Finally the frame is finished! (Try saying that 10x the speed)

Now I know I have been slacking massively lately on the blog front which I will put mostly down to the Great British weather we've had over the past few weeks.

I've been too busy sunbathing in my garden to sit inside!

But the wait is massively worthwhile I promise you! . . . . . . . I finally finished the turquoise frame that I started a good few months ago! See how I started it all here and my latest chapter here.

I finished it outside while enjoying the sun so here are the final stages . . . . . . . . I decided to go with the pinboard idea rather than making it a chalkboard . . . . . . .

I started off with just a big piece of cardboard and traced the shape of the back of the frame to get the right size to go into the frame and hold the material on it.

Here I made sure the cardboard fit properly into the frame and would leave just enough room to also hold the fabric around it as that would pad it out a bit.

I chose this fabric from Hobby craft which cost me £1.99 for a metre and it was also doubled up so it worked out really cheap. It's just burlap which I love, kind of rough and ruggid and a bit of a vintage feel to it.

Then I got the rough sizing of the burlap to fix around the front side of the cardboard

Out with any creative fanatics trusty tool . . . . . . the staple gun to fix the burlap in place over the cardboard

I like to think I was making sure that it was all stapled in place and nice and securely when actually I was just really enjoying firing that bad boy! Seriously satisfying.

My overall costs for the frame were;

Frame - £6

Paint - Free. Found amongst the MANY in our garage

Cardboard - Free

Burlap - £1.99

Total - £7.99

So the final before and afters . . . . . . .

Any questions or thoughts please send my way. I hope you enjoy!