I absolutely love ornate frames. The more victorian and gothic they look the better. I am hoping to one day re do all the frames in our home to only be this type of frame. I have gradually started but right now we have soooo many things framed it would cost a small fortune to replace them all. My Mother In Law always keeps an eye out for them at garage sales. She had found me a silver 5 x 7 one a while back when I was upcycling frames for my limited edition framed art prints. I decided not to use this one for the project and keep it all to myself. 🙂 I just wasn’t sure when or how I was going to use it until today.
First I painted it. I mixed a plum purple with a hint of hot pink to make the color I wanted. While it was still wet I brushed a dry cloth over it to get some of the silver shine to come through. After it dried I printed one of my favorite photos of Elsa Lachester on photo paper. It is of her on the set of the Bride of Frankenstein applying her makeup. Perfect to hang in our bathroom! I just love the way it looks with our Be Your Own Kind Of Bootiful sign (that I got for $2.50 during Halloween at Dollar General)! On our other wall is the Sourpuss Clothing Beauty Is Only Skin Deep clock that I recently picked up on their clearance for only $6!!
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Living Dead Girl Nicole 
That is COOL frame Nicole… Love the coloring too… : }
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Thanks! She found me another one for $1!! It’s gold now but gonna paint it as well and find a good pic 4 x 6 pic for it the way I did this one. Keep your eyes open for frames like this in 8 x 10 size! I want to transfer all our autograph celeb pics into cool ornate victorian frames too!
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I will, I’ve been looking at estate sales near us lately, there’s something every weekend.
http://www.estatesales.net can find some cool stuff, and there are pics of sale items, so you can see if you like anything worth going for.
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Frank and I actually went to a few of those. It’s weird walking through someone’s house but you can find some cool stuff.
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