Try these great decor Pretty as a Picture Frames to help make your home or holidays feel extra special. This is a quick craft / crochet project that you may enjoy teaching kids and personalizing their project at the end. These can make great fridge magnet decor, holiday decorations for the tree or wreaths or a nice gift for a teacher or loved one.
The project uses Cabone Rings. I know what you are thinking, I didn’t know what they were either. They are just plastic rings found in a typical craft section. For myself, I was unable to locate them in my local craft store. So what does any crafter do, they improvise, of course.
I considered the usage of the ring and realize it’s more decorative that stiff poster board like a cereal box would be suffice. So I made my own rings. Here’s below on how I did that:
How to Make your Own Cabone Rings
Pretty As a Picture Crochet Frames. Find a cup or something round that is about 2″ diameter. Place the cup or object over the cardboard and trace around it. Then, you will, by hand, roughly sketch another ring about 1/4″ thick from the outside edge of the circle. The crochet will cover slight imperfections if you are not completely round. Pretty As a Picture Crochet Frames. Cut out of the rings from the cardboard, including the center piece. Pretty As a Picture Crochet Frames. Using the ring to trace the circle before you crochet over it will help you get the right size of your picture. Print your pictures in square if you can or just take an existing photograph and trace a circle over it. The size of square we used was 2″ x 2″. We did this on Photoshop. Pretty As a Picture Crochet Frames. Once you cut out the picture, you glue the back of the frame and place the photograph over the glue to hold. Pretty As a Picture Crochet Frames. My family. Daniel, Riverstone and I, Mikey. Pretty As a Picture Crochet Frames. Riverstone in a basket. She sure loves sleeping in the basket!
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Thank you for sharing. Beautifull I like it
I like it .thanks for sharing.