Frames : I like using wallpaper samples as objects to frame because there are many different images to chose from, in many styles and they are free!!! The borders are the ones I prefer.   

I also use wallpaper (ones with no distinct images) to make mats for other kinds of pictures.

Decoupage

Here is a simple wooden box on which I applied fruits that I cut
from a wallpaper border. Once the paper is glued, you applied a few coats of varnish to protect the whole thing.

I used the same technique to redo some flour/sugar/coffee containers you find in the kitchen.
The containers were very useful but ugly, and new ones would have cost a lot. So, a bit of spray
paint (on the outside only! we don't want to poison anyone.) and some fruits from a border,
a bit of varnish and you have brand new containers that everyone will find beautiful! 

  
 

The finishing touch

Here is a box I built from a scrap of plywood. I built it to store my clothes pins.
Once I was done painting it, I simply applied the square image of the lamb that I took on a border to the front of the box.
I gave it a few coats of exterior varnish to protect the paint and the image.

Estimated cost: about $4.00 for the hinges
 
 
 
 

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