Craving a decadent Valentine's Day craft?
Here's a story I produced with five easy and enchanting ways to frame your favorite photos. First, add a touch of sparkle to store-bought mats with mirror tiles secured with glue. Just don't tell Amy how lovestruck we are with Kevin's Nantucket Reds.
To make a sweet surround for your little one, trim a mat with ribbon. Of course, who better to play the part than Seleta's Sterling Grace?
Next, turn a favorite page into a meaningful mat with beautiful books, maps or even newspapers. Here, WD editor Ayn-Monique and new hubby Josh live happily ever after inside an encyclopedia entry about love.
Finally, baby Ella's spreading her wings in a mat stamped with lady bugs, while Grace and her family shine like stars in magic-marker stripes.
Thank you to our friends for their frame-worthy photos! Your prints have charmed us all!
Such cute ideas, I have a little ‘print’ project up my sleeve for my valentine too!
I love the matting done using the newspaper, but the others are awesome too and the possibilities are endless when using sharpies/markers too.
The matting using pages from the encyclopedia are my favorite! I was trying to come up with something creative for my sons room when I saw these in the magazine a couple weeks ago. I can see sports pages making great mats for his soccer and basketball pics!
Hope all is well with you guys and you are settled nicely into your new home. Life has thrown us all kind of curve balls and I have very much been out of the loop. Can’t wait to catch up.
xo, Jen
Love the glam look of the mirrored frame, perfect for a bedside table.
You had me at stripes ( magic marker ,WOW) . It is so much fun to see fellow bloggers’ families. You always go the extra mile and it shows:) Happy Valentines Day!
I love the mirrored tiles and the stripes! I want a display of my favorite wedding pictures just like Amy has on her mantel. I’m not sure that I have the patience to color in those lines as perfectly as Grace; I’m impressed!
These are all great ideas, thanks for sharing them with us! I love the photo framed on the encyclopedia page. Mounting photos on top of maps sounds like a wonderful idea too!
Kat 🙂
The ribbon mat was darling, as well as the cute little girl and her cat in the frame! Thanks for sharing such sweet ideas! xx Danielle
I am in LOVE with the bold stripes idea! Brilliant, and best of all, free! And the mirrored one is so glam and adorable. I was just in a craft store a few days ago and saw little square mirrored tiles on sale and thought of buying them, but had no idea what I’d use them for … I’ll have to go back and pick them up, along with this WD issue! Thanks for sharing:)
xo,
Mary-Grace
Eddie and Jaithan, Beautiful article! Easy ideas and they look so GOOD. My favorite is the ribbon mat (and adorably cute Sterling Grace)!
If you have the time, visit my blog APPLESandRUBIES – I’m giving away a pair of my earrings for Valentine’s Day!
Best, Loretta
So many wonderfully creative ideas…adore the frame with the pink ribbons around Seleta’s precious daughter!!
Making great memories look better! Loved that you used photos from people you knew.
xo Cathy
Fabulous ideas. Love the mirrored ones.
These are fabulous ideas to give a frame a little more detail and umph. I love them!!
Don’t you just love photos? The people always look so happy! I did a project on my blog, you would be so proud because you’re the one who keeps inspiring me to do them. You can also see a little of my studio if you’re interested.
I am always amazed at the incredible creativity that you have. Do you ever rest? I love your blogs. I read them all. Happy Valentines Day to you and Jaithan.
I bet you know which one’s I love. The sparkly mirror tiles and the black and white stripes, so fun, Eddie!! Kathysue
Cute ideas! Love seeing Seleta’s daughter!
Great ideas! Really love the wedding pic!
I love how you always manage to take things to a whole new level. WIth Valentine’s around the corner, that wedding photo on the encyclopedia page is especially charming!
xo Elizabeth
Fabulous ideas, as always!
You have brought
such a fresh, new
appleal to WD! Love
all of these ideas;
the encyclopedia idea
especially caught my
attention. Love it.
xx Suzanne
EEK!!!
Such great ideas!
I love all of them!
Thanks Eddie, your the best!
Smiles, Dolly
Love this! Thank you so much for incluing our family pic in this feature. What an honor it was! xoxo
Hi guys and thanks for the tips. They are all great and it’s such a great idea to cover an old frame. I feel inspired!
That chocolate fondant on the cover of the magazine had me on my knees..! I am doing a full body detox at the moment (am in week 3..) and am feeling the lack of chocolate in my life.. Sigh..
Hugs from afar
xx Charlotta
Love the newspaper background! An love you too! XoXo 🙂
styling my daughter’s wedding in June ….
I’m loving this …
I need to lose those 230 pounds … lol
thanks for our chat
Hi E & J, I love the newsprint looking mats — fantastic. They are all great, and I can see using any one of them myself. I think that’s what I like most about what you do — it’s all attainable, doable, and real. Way to go, (again…) 🙂 Love your stuff. Have a great weekend.
Ok…I’m going to have to hijack a couple of these ideas! I especially love the newspaper one. I might take the wedding announcement of a friend…play with it on my mac…then mat a wedding pic in it…thanks for the idea! k
So many great ideas! Really… love them all!
xx
You surround yourselves with very creative friends! I might need to try the black marker trick myself.
Warm hugs,
Mon
Loving these ideas! I am especially smitten over the elegant little mirrored tiles and the encyclopedia page (that one I’d love to attach a 3-D element like a lovely grey flower made from some tattered vintage ribbon or fabric!)
BTW, my husband and I went to Terrain the other day and I thought of you. FABULOUS place, I just had to blog about it!
I love all of these ideas. Your ideas are a great addition to Woman’s Day. My mom gets it and hasn’t passed this issue on to me. Now I want it immediately!
Again, creative fabulous ideas. Am loving all these ideas, tempted to go dig out the ribbons, papers, old books and gettin’ busy. 🙂
Thanks as always for getting the motivation going.
xo
My very favorite is the mirrored frame!! very elegant!! Hugs to E & J
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
The images matted on the encyclopedia page paper made my heart beat faster.
Amazing as always. Wishing you both a day filled with happy hearts.
The ribbon one is my favorite! I’ve been thinking of doing this next time I frame something!
Hi Eddie and Jaithan: Come visit our Dixie Highway shopping, expedition, its right up your alley. I’m with the crew that liked the encyclopedia matting. I use fabric left over from different jobs to make our household frames. They are my favorite.
Best,
Liz
Dovecote Decor
I absolutely love the book/ newspaper print frames. Great idea… they look classic!
Love your blog Eddie.
These are great inspirations.
Mr. Goodwill Hunting
alright already …
I’m heading out in to the sub zerp tundra to snag that magazine!
can’t take it anymore.
You are so creative! Thank you for bringing simple beauty into my life.
Love the ideas! Especially the ribbon and newspaper.
I was just about to ask about this feature. Love what you did with these photos!
You know I adore ALL of your posts, but this one was especially wonderful…thank you for including my little sweet pea in your stylish story! Big hug to you and Jaithan!
fun ideas. my fav is the book page mat. thanks guys
Eddie……Your ideas inspire.Fabulous spirit……I have been following you for a very long time. Have you ever designed or stitched needlepoint? Would enjoy brainstorming. I am a needlepoint artist and designer…….
What clever ideas!! Your creativity amazes me!The magic marker stripes are too cute!
Carol in GA
What an amazing site! Eddie, my friend told me about your site and mentioned that I should share with you my designs. Do you want me to send them to you? I make custom home prints.
I’m so glad to have found this site, diving in as we speak, love what you’re doing here…keep it up! 🙂
rachel @ http://www.theinspiredhouse.org
The wedding photos mated over text from a book is very effective, I’m going to have to remember this idea! Janell
Hi Eddie, Thanks so much for your positive comments on my blog ! Love the picture framing ideas with the encyclopedia- that’s very special….
Have a great weekend, the two of you.
So chuffed you stopped by 🙂
X
I am in LOVE with the idea of print as matting-BRILLANT!
Utilizing newsprint, my favorite. Great ideas as always Eddie, all very doable.
Have a terrific weekend ~ Deb
Great ideas. I especially love the wedding photo. Happy Valentine’s Day to you both!
When I was scrolling through the pictures I thought it was Seleta’s daughter and then I went back and checked and I was right! A great post, I love the idea with the encyclopaedia.
Happy Valentines Day, Eddie and Jaithan 🙂
Carol at Sofas & Sage.
Coming back again – just to wish you a Happy Valentine’s day!
I adore you guys.
ox, Mon
Happy Valentines Day Eddie and Jaithan!!!
I am so fortunate to have you both as friends!
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Happy Valentines day E & J!
I live the encyclopedia idea…it really looks amazing!
Thanks for the inspiration and Happy Valentines day!
Ashlyn
Great ideas Eddie! Hope you are having a lovely V-Day? Many hugs to you both
Anna
Eddie and Jaithan-
…and Happy Valentine’s Day to you!
Loretta
I knew that was Seleta’s daughter immediately – love her blog and what a beautiful family she has! Love these photo matting ideas!
LOVE the sparkly mirror tile matting idea! The book or newspaper idea is lovely too as you can choose some meaningful words to accent the photo! Thanks, Eddie … once again, fab!
yeah..sadly…that v-day has gone
LOVE #3 with the ribbons.
Your comment on my blog just made. my. day. But Really.
X
Diana at dianashaedecor.com