Personized Wooden Picture Frame

Whenever you pass a local car wash gift shop, chances are that you might see personalized picture frames. They are that much in vogue. There are embellished decorated picture frames for almost every person: Moms, Dads, Grandmas, Grandpas, Husbands, Wives, and babies, Graduates and even dogs and cats! Some photo frames are quite innovatively designed with photographs.

Frames that give a sense of elegance and class to pictures are Wood Picture Frames. Once wood frames are delicately carved, hand painted, embossed or polished in various styles; they can be beautifully set apart from the usual plastic or acrylic frames.

Various materials are available for you to make your personized wooden picture frame like wood, heavy card stock, glass, leather, metal etc. all you need is your imagination to create a beautiful photo frame. You can etch, carve, cover or decorate the frame.

Before anything else, you’ll definitely want pictures, which you want to frame. So fill your camera bag with required instruments like the camera, memory cards, tripod, extra batteries, extra lenses and other instruments. Consider the place you want to frame very well before clicking on he camera. That way you’ll get an idea of how well the frames will coordinate with the pictures and vice versa. For instance, if you want to decorate your home with charming floral, mountain or landscape pictures, you need to design frames accordingly.

The next step is to set apart the pictures you want to frame. Then choose frames accordingly. If you want a personized wooden picture frame then a great idea will be to buy an unfinished wood frame from any craft shop. Keep in mind that the frame you buy has the correct photo slit size and the correct direction: horizontal or vertical. If there is any glass or matting take it off. Now add a base coat on the whole frame to seal the wood. Then design the base of the frame, as you like. Add a coat of paint to match with the photo colors, let it dry completely and then start decorating.

One more beautiful way of decoration is to stick pieces of colored scrapbook paper all over the frame. Then decorate it as you wish. If you have rather artistic handwriting then write words beautifully to describe the photo in the frame. Also, you can print words on the computer and stick them on the frame.
While decorating make sure that it coordinates with the picture. If the frame contains a serene waterfall from a virgin mountain, then botanicals or shimmering glass drops will look attractive.

There is nothing like a personized wooden picture frame if you like simplicity and elegance. The older wooden frames were of one single color but today you have cherry wood, sleek gold and silver, natural or semi gloss finish, lacquered, varnished, hand sanded, kiln dried etc. No matter how it’s done, what you have is a lasting photo frame casing lasting memories.