Home Sweet Home Frame

I made this frame to celebrate my lovely niece Emily finally getting the keys to her very own brand new house, without this blooming virus she would have been in there for May!

The frame  originally came from Poundland about two years ago, it was in their Christmas sale and I think I paid either 50p or maybe even 25p for it, I forget, but I just knew it would come in useful one day

With an idea in mind I thought that the original string might just be a touch too high, so taking the back off the frame I lowered it by about 1cm .........

....... then I thought some more and decided to change the natural coloured string and pegs altogether for a more lively red to mirror the roofs of the houses I had planned to use.

The houses, trees and walls came from a toy village play set, found in Poundstretcher and costing £3.99 for a whole net of other buildings, trees, people and animals.  

I simply stuck the houses and trees on a wall to create a sort of shelf.

I will admit to having a few doubts at this stage, was it the craft sticks that weren't quite right, or perhaps the lettering on the mini scrabble squares was too dark ......... however  I persevered.

I stuck the craft stick scenes onto the back panel with two layers of adhesive foam tape, so that the back of the pegs could fit behind them.

The punched sun and small red hearts were after thoughts to help draw the house and trees together, and the hearts to add extra meaning to the sentiment.

At this stage I began to mither again, something just wasn't right but I couldn't put my finger on it ..........

.......... in the end I decided to sleep on it and then it dawned on me that it was the plain white background that was all wrong, it made everything look lost and unconnected, if you know what I mean.

In the morning I undid it all, finding a patterned paper that "went" and then, I think, it all fell into place. I also decided that the string and the pegs didn't add anything either ......less is more. I simply glued the three panels straight onto the background, instead of using the foam pads, as there was more than enough dimension as it was.

.......... it took a while ...... but now the frame well and truly done and dusted!