DIY Wall Hanging: Showcase The City You Love To Love
Looking around the bare white walls of my bedroom, I realized I was desperately in the market for a little wall art. I wasn’t, however, in the market to spend boo-koo amounts of money playing interior decorator, so decided to try a do-it-yourself approach. Here’s the step-by-step guide for showcasing the city you love to love on the cheap.
1. Gather your materials. You’ll need: a photo of your favorite city (which you can print at your local Duane Reade), Mod Podge, paint, a paint brush, ribbon, wood glue, framing stickers, and a wood panel, all of which can be picked up at your local Michael’s Craft Store.
2. Paint the wood panel the color of your choice. My bedroom is a mix of ivory whites and coffee browns, so I stuck with the minimalist white theme.
3. Using the wood glue, stick the photo in the middle of the woodblock. Apply several layers of Mod Podge, the first 2-3 as coats, the last to bring in texture. Think of applying “artists’s brush strokes”.
4. Once dry, stick the framing stickers on, and attach the ribbon to the back of the wood panel with a few drops of wood glue, creating a nice little bow for hanging on the wall.
Voila! Four easy steps later, you have new wall art to display that fits the color scheme and mood of your place perfectly! I ended up getting a little wild, and placed mine in a wall collage of framed photos, postcards, and mirrors (all of which can also be purchased at Michael’s…one stop shop, folks!)
How do you showcase favorite photos from your travels?
By: Jessica Tiare Bowen
This is so what I will be doing! We have lived here for seven years, and I have yet to find a good way to use up more wall space…thanks!!!
Yay, glad I could help inspire some fun holiday craft time!:-) Make sure to share pics of your finished masterpieces!
As a stick-figure challenged drawer, and the daughter of an amazing artist, I can get down with this creative DIY wall art!
Love the ribbon and the cute little corner “brackets,” too!
P.S. Nice mani in photo 2
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Haha, thanks for noticing the mani;-) A woman after my own heart!
Wow !! That’s really a great creativity to showcase our memorable pictures album. I love the way you think. respect !!
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Thanks Susan! It’s a fun way to showcase all the places you travel too, as well!:-)
Creative craft! If I could only figure out what that building is in the center of the photo.
That’s a tricky one!;-)
Love it! Thanks for the step-by-step!
Today most photos end up staying on a hard drive or camera…if lucky they make it to a digital frame…
I prefer to look at photo albums—or scrap books but I fail to complete either! lol.
Exactly! There’s nothing better than sitting around looking at craftily put-together albums, but I think the digital camera age has sadly let photo publishing fall to the wayside!
Very Cool.
Umm, I think you might know how I showcase my photos. They go on my blog!
I do have a large unused frame for 20 or so pictures just sitting on the floor.
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I love perusing photos on your blog, especially the food ones!:-)
That looks great, Jess! Thanks for the step-by-step instructions. I’m not sure I ever would have thought to do this, but I love it!
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Thanks! You just never know what blog-worthy moments will come out of your day!;-)
Jess I love how you used the “boo-koo” term; I always laugh when my best friend says that! This is a great way for me to redecorate my office when I get back home, using those Instagram prints I ordered and are now collecting dust, I’m sure … Oh, and since most of my money goes to travel, I think this will be a great way of gifting people for the holidays! Can’t wait to try it!
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Haha, it’s one of those “words” I constantly overuse in conversation;-)
Definitely a great cost effective way to gift for the holidays, and also give your loved ones sentimental moments from your travels!