Picture frames that is, however I am sure that if you tried this on your glasses frames it would work nicely. Don't hold me to that though.
I found the frames for my latest gallery wall at a thrift store and they were more like 80's brass instead of the new chic 2013 antique brass we all love so much right now.
Before I keep going and speaking of the 80's, I should just mention that today in the background of writing this blog post, the new show "The Goldberg's" is playing and the first few minutes had me in hysterics. They had me at the crimper. Did you have one? Do you wish it was still cool to walk around with kinks in your hair and scrunched up socks?
Back to the frames.
Here are the frames before:
just a little dated looking
supplies:
frogtape
rub n' buff (i used grecian gold but there are many colours available)
rag
some sort of dark wax, i used miss mustard seed antiquing wax
tape off the glass of your frame or remove the art/glass. this piece was professionsally framed so removing the back was not an option for me without ruining the frame
one of the best methods for applying rub n' buff is your finger. it gives a nice smooth finish and controls your application. as you apply, you then use your rag to smooth out the finish and buff
you can see the top part of the frame has the gold applied and the vertical piece is still the original frame
after you finish your buffing, rub a little of your antiquing wax into the frame.
voila, DONE!
old frames transformed on the cheap.
Have a great day,
Meg
joining
stone gable
craftberry bush
french country cottage
