Jesus Picture Frame

Hi friends! Did you enjoy the weekend? Well, I've been procrastinating this project FOREVER! I found this really cool frame at GW when my sister came to visit us, back in October.  I immediately knew I wanted to put one of our wedding pictures in it. I thought it was so cool and different. Not something you could just go buy at Target.  My sister couldn't believe I was buying it. We both laughed about it while paying for it at the counter in GW. 

 I put it in the trunk of my car and had it in there for months! Well, since October. I felt like He was keeping me safe as I was driving!

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It costs me $7.95. Maybe a little much for an old chipped picture, but I really liked it, and knew it had potential. 

 It was freeeezing outside when I finally decided to tackle this project. I had bought blue spray paint for this, but I didn't want to go outside. The wind was blowing 39mph! So I used the acrylic paint that I used for my painting a few days back to just "hand paint" instead of spray paint. The color of the acrylic paint was Azure Blue.

I let it dry overnight and gave it a second coat, just to make sure I got all the nooks and crannies. 

The acrylic paint dried really flat and matted looking which I knew would. So when it wasn't so windy and cold, I then spray painted it with a clear glaze to seal it and to give it a shiny glossy finished look.

This is after the glaze letting it dry on the porch.

I popped off the back using a screwdriver to pull back the staples

And took out the portrait of Jesus

I used the portrait to trace an 8x10 wedding photo of ours that would go into the frame.

A perfect fit!

Then for support and stability, I put the picture of Jesus behind our photo. He is always watching over us! :)

The finished product!!

I haven't hung it on the wall yet, because I'm not sure where I'm going to put it, but it will have a home soon! 

Think you might like something like this in your home? Be sure to stay posted for a chance to win some of my D.I.Y. designs!