Black and White photo framing with personal touch - DIY

Taking pictures is my passion. I have thousands of them but unfortunately I can't display all of them. Having few digital photo frames around the house helps in this case;) but there are always few of these special pics worth putting in a nice decorative frame. I like black and white pictures the most. They have this unique character. I always look in stores for some interesting patterns and textures on different things, weather it is a napkin or a placemat or maybe a wallpaper. Visiting craft stores is of course always a good idea in search of these kind of things too. Here is what I did recently with my favorite picture of my son from his early years:

• I found in Target this black textured placemat just $2.95 and interesting napkin also $2.95

• my eyes were also drawn to this black and white ribbon stripe decorative paper just $0.99

• I bought black frame on sale for $10 in a craft store and started playing with all my items

•  I cut the textured black placemat as my main background first...

•  then I tried my napkin to put as a second background but I found the zig zag design to be too big for the size of my frame. It would definitely look better in a bigger frame as a main background. In this case I would have had to cut a lot of it... (Tip: if you use any fabric to be framed always steam iron it first for smooth, wrinkle free look)

trying zig zag napkin

•  ...so I ended up with my decorative ribbon stripe paper as my second background and here is final result. Hope you like it:)

in my office:)

...another idea, if you don't want to frame picture necessary. I used an artificial white flower and removed glass from the frame. Like I said just an idea;)