Happy birthday, Louise!

For my friend's birthday this year, I wanted to find something a little bit different to give her as a gift. I couldn't find anything I liked, so I decided to expand my creative horizons and try making a unique photo frame.

It was quite a simple project, in theory! All I did was take a plain wooden photo frame and the embellishments to decorate it with and a glue gun. I found a mixture of purple and pink buttons, some flower buttons and some pink seed beads to decorate the main frame. I bought the wooden scrabble tiles to spell "Friends Forever" or "Forever Friends" depending on how you look at it - part of the design charm ;)

First, I used the glue gun to glue the bead pearl string around the edge of the frame. Then, I made the top left corner button from a large purple button, 3 flower beads and some purple ribbon. Then, I glued that to the frame and glued the letters on. After that, I glued on the buttons and inserted some pearl beads and pink seed beads at random and pressed down to secure. All in all, the project took about an hour, which is pretty good for a first attempt I think! Pretty pleased with how it turned out - hopefully the birthday girl is too (and that the beads have managed to stay on - those seed beads were a bit pesky!!)

The Finished Article - all it needs now is a photo!