Pretty Decoupaged Ribbon Picture Frame

   First, I painted my frame this pretty green color. I actually combined 2 colors to achieve this shade. The colors I used were Soft Apple(Folk Art) and Citrus(Anita's).  I painted 2 coats, mostly paying attention to the inner and outer edge since I knew the ribbon would cover the remainder of the frame.

   Once the paint was dry, I then had to cut the ribbon to the appropriate lengths to fit the frame. I used scotch tape to temporarily hold this into place. Since this still left a little too much uncovered space on the frame, I decided to take this pretty sheer fuschia colored ribbon around the inner edges. About half of this ribbon is actually covered by the wider ribbon. I angled the ends of the ribbon to "meet" at each corner. Getting the correct length and angle was actually the trickiest part of the entire project. Next time I will use a protractor and cut the ends of the ribbon at a 45 degree angle for to create the corners. That should make this step much easier.

   Since I got some of the green paint on the backing of the frame, I decided to combine Soft Apple and Deep Ocean Blue (both are Folk Art Brand) and go ahead and paint it a color that also coordinated with the ribbon. It will now be pretty to look at even before it has a picture in it. :)
   Ok, this step was the next tricky part. I turned the ribbon over (still taped in the shape of the frame) and used Mod Podge to glue my other ribbon into place with about half of the width on the underside of the wider ribbon. Any tape that was used on that side, I then removed. Next time I am going to try sewing the corners together. This is the first time I have Mod Podged a frame with ribbon like this, so I just want to let you all know of any steps that I believe could have made this a little easier and less time-consuming. :)

   Once that awful part was finished (ok it really wasn't that bad, it just helped teach me a little patience which definitely is not my strongest virture :)), I place the ribbon onto the frame and straightened it into place. I then place a piece of scotch tape on one end to hold it into place. On the opposite end as the tape, I painted a coat of Mod Podge(which I am becoming SO addicted to!) to the first few inches. I did this a little at a time across the entire frame and then just removed my piece of tape.

 

   At this point, my frame could have been completely finished, it was beautiful by the way. I wanted to see how it looked with a couple of coats of Mod Podge over the top of the ribbon. This step is entirely up to you :). I am very please with the completed results, although I am not sure if I should have apply the last coats of Mod Podge when using the sheer ribbon. If made it bubble just a little. This is barely noticeable and gives it a handmade look, so it still turned out quite lovely if I may say so myself! Overall, this was an easy and fun project and looks so pretty for Spring and Easter. I think I will give it to my sweet niece, Anna Grace. :) Now, I want to go out on this beautiful day and buy lots of pretty ribbon so I can make more! :)



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