After we had our family pictures taken, I was left with this. 10 pictures that I wanted up on the wall. Some of these were new sizes and I need 10 new frames. That my friends, turns out to be really expensive. So, I started looking at other options and found a great idea on Pinterest.
You take blank canvases and mod podge your pictures right on top and it turns them into photo canvases. I am not a crafty person at all, but this sounded super easy so I decided to give it a try. I headed out to the craft store and for $40 picked up all the supplies I needed to make 10 canvases.
Step 1, take black craft paint and paint the edges of the canvases.
Clearly at this point I stopped taking pictures because I was concentrating on my craftiness :) But, after the paint dries, you brush the mod podge (which looks just like elmers glue, but dries clear) on the canvas and on the back of the picture. You glue the picture to the canvas. Then you go back around the edges of the picture with black paint. Next you paint a layer of the mod podge on the top of the actual picture.
That is the scary part. You feel like you are ruining your beautiful picture, but have faith, it will dry clear.
All up on my wall. I couldn't be more please with the result.