If you celebrate Hannuakah, your holiday crafting had better be done.  But, if you celebrate Christmas, you’re in luck – you still have a little over a week to get all your presents ready.  In the spirit of procrastination, I will be featuring a few projects this week that have some things in common: they’re pretty inexpensive, they require very little crafty talent to complete, and they take an hour or less from start to finish.

Today, I’m featuring the glitter frames.  Not going to say who I made them for lest she read this, but there’s a certain person on my gift list who loves all things sparkly.  If you have someone who needs a little bling in his/her life, these are perfect.  I whipped up all four of these frames in less than a half an hour and they were super easy to make.

What you need:

-Glitter in whatever colors you want.
-Glue (Elmers works really well for this.)
-A paintbrush
-Picture frames (I used the black ones that come in 2 packs at Ikea)
-Lots of newspaper or junk mail to cover your work surface

Now put it together:
1) Remove the backing and glass from your picture frame.  Cover your work surface with newspaper.
2) Squirt a nice, thick line of glue along each edge of your picture frame. Use your paintbrush to spread it around so that there is a layer of glue completely covering the front and all of the side edges.
3) Liberally sprinkle your glitter all over the frame.  Don’t skimp – whatever isn’t needed will easily shake off once the glue is dry and can be returned to the jar.  Make sure that all the edges get well-covered.  If you don’t have enough coverage, try tapping the edges on your newspaper so that they pick up the extra glitter from pouring it onto your frame.
4) Let the glue dry – overnight is best- and then gently shake off your frames to remove the excess glitter.  Fold your newspaper in half to collect the glitter and dump it back into its container.  Replace the glass and backing on your picture frame and you’re all set.

That wasn’t too hard, was it?

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