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Emily x

Decoupage photoframe

A quick post to show you my latest craft project, it is so easy to do and really effective.

Ive decorated some more photo frames using a decoupage technique this time I used a street map of Amsterdam and a paper souvenir bag that we got when buying postcards on holiday, to frame our holiday snaps from Amsterdam.


You Will Need:
A photoframe
PVA glue
Small paint brush
Paper
a photo to frame!

The gift bag and map were perfect materials because they weren't shiny or too thick (these can be diffcult to paint on smoothly and can cause problems when glueing at the corners).

First cut your desired paper into small squares or strips like in the picture below

Using PVA glue paint a small section of the wooden frame and put a square of the paper onto the glue then smooth over with more PVA glue using a paint brush. Keep going lining up the paper squares and overlapping slightly at the edges if you want.

When you have covered most of the frame you may need to leave it to dry so you can cover the rest without getting sticky fingers.

The PVA glue will give the frame a nice shine when it has dried.

Pop your photograph in the frame and display!



Emily x

Photography Book Auction

My course is holding an auction of photographic books to raise money for our final year publication.

We have an amazing list of signed books and rare prints on offer kindly donated by photographers such as Broomberg and Chanarin, Martin Parr, Stephen Gill, Josef Schulz and Richard Long.


visit this blog for further information on making a bid and a complete list of items for sale:

http://www.photoart2010.co.uk/


(it is possible to make an absent bid if you cannot make the event)

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My photos are on the sides of the buses!

I'm going down to the bus station tomorrow to flag one down and take a photo

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whoop!