{"id":4630,"date":"2009-10-07T10:22:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T14:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?page_id=4630"},"modified":"2009-10-08T08:50:51","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:50:51","slug":"tutorial-goth-picture-frame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?page_id=4630","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: Goth Picture Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\nI got the basic guidelines for this project from Voltaire&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paint-Black-Guide-Gothic-Homemaking\/dp\/1578633613?tag=shadmano-20\">Paint It Black<\/a>, a fun little volume (although a bit pricey for its size and contents).  It&#8217;s fast&#8211;an hour or two from start to finish&#8211;and the results are surprisingly effective.<\/p>\n<p><b>Materials:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A cheap picture frame with a wide border (to give you room to decorate)<\/li>\n<li>Spooky things to glue to the frame<\/li>\n<li>A hot glue gun<\/li>\n<li>Ultra flat matte black spray paint<\/li>\n<li>Silver metallic or grey acrylic paint for accent (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Spooky wrapping paper or scrapbooking paper for picture mat (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table summary=\"this table is for layout\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"2\">Click the thumbnails for larger images.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/1frame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/1frame_thm.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Frame\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>I used a wooden frame (the color doesn&#8217;t matter, since you&#8217;ll be painting it), for an 8&#8243;x10&#8243; picture.  The overall measurements were 12&#8243;x14&#8243;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/2bats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/2bats_thm.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bats\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Decorations included a novelty plastic bat (I was going to use the spiders but decided against it)&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/2snakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/2snakes_thm.jpg\" width=\"157\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Snakes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Several rubber insects, lizards, and snakes from an assorted bag I got from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/http:\/\/www.orientaltrading.com\/\">Oriental Trading Company<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/2skulls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/2skulls_thm.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"144\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Skulls\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>And some styrofoam skulls I got from a decorative garland, also from Oriental Trading.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/3cutskull.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/3cutskull_thm.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"147\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Skull\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>I used a box knife to cut the skulls in half.  One of those heated-wire cutters designed for cutting styrofoam would have worked even better.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/4toysonframe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/4toysonframe_thm.jpg\" width=\"176\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Toys arranged on frame\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Remove the glass and backing from the frame, then arrange the items on the frame.  Play with the placement until you&#8217;re happy with the finished appearance.  (Remember that color doesn&#8217;t matter, since this will all be painted black.)<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/5hotglueframe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/5hotglueframe_thm.jpg\" width=\"197\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Hot glue on the frame\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Use a hot glue gun to glue everything down.  It doesn&#8217;t matter if you get a little messy, since you&#8217;re about to drip glue all over everything anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Prop the frame upright, then drip hot glue all over so it resembles candle wax.  (You might want to practice on a piece of cardboard until you&#8217;re comfortable with the technique.)<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/6paintedframe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/6paintedframe_thm.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Painted frame\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>When you&#8217;re happy with the result (or when you can&#8217;t stand to deal with any more of those annoying little hot-glue threads, whichever comes first), let the glue dry thoroughly and then spray everything with ultra flat matte black paint.  It&#8217;s best to use a brand that will stick to plastic, since many of the toys on the frame are plastic or rubber.  Let dry overnight.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/7accentedframe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/7accentedframe_thm.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Accented frame\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>You can stop at this point if you like, or use acrylic paint as an accent.  Dip a natural sponge or a wadded-up paper towel in grey or metallic silver paint, then dab on newspaper until almost dry.  Dab on the frame.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/8matte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/8matte_thm.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"194\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mat\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>If you want to add a mat, cut a piece of spooky wrapping paper, scrapbooking paper (there are a number of Halloween-themed designs) or stiff fabric to fit and then glue to the mat.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/9finishedframe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/attic\/howto\/frame\/9finishedframe_thm.jpg\" width=\"166\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The finished frame\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Put everything together, add an appropriately spooky picture, and display in a prominent location.  Easy!<\/p>\n<p>These go together so quickly and inexpensively (particularly if you can get second-hand frames from Goodwill) that you could create an entire gallery of spooky frames.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:15px\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got the basic guidelines for this project from Voltaire&#8217;s Paint It Black, a fun little volume (although a bit pricey for its size and contents). It&#8217;s fast&#8211;an hour or two from start to finish&#8211;and the results are surprisingly effective. 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