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Recycle a magazine into funky frame!
So cute!
ps- who knows what i was thinking when i typed "phrase" instead of "frame"!

Posted by Jocelyn from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States • Published See Jocelyn's 17 projects »
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  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 1
    Step 1

    Here is my little drawn tutorial! and the following steps will be real life pictures.

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 2
    Step 2

    get a magazine page and have some glue ready!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 3
    Step 3

    fold up the corner!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 4
    Step 4

    fold up the folded corner just an itty bit!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 5
    Step 5

    turn that foldin' into a rollin', and keep rollin'! make sure the roll is tight!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 6
    Step 6

    almost there!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 7
    Step 7

    add some glue!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 8
    Step 8

    hold it tight while the glue dries!
    repeat this step like a hundred times

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 9
    Step 9

    glue a picture to the underside of the shoe box

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 10
    Step 10

    start hot gluing some magazine rolls on the shoe box!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 11
    Step 11

    trim the edges!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 12
    Step 12

    keep a gluin'!

  • How to make a recycled photo frame. Recycled Magazine Phrase - Step 13
    Step 13

    use the different colors to create designs. continue onto the sides, and tada!

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A Moms Choice
A Moms Choice · Champaign, Illinois, US
Wow, this is really cool looking.
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Jocelyn
Jocelyn · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US · 17 projects
haha, thanks! i post more of my ideas on my blog- http://alwaysspreadlove.blogspot.com

and yes, that is a tattoo on my shoulder!
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KraftyKonves
KraftyKonves · 2 projects
and sry but i must ask is tht a tatoo on your shoulder
?
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KraftyKonves
KraftyKonves · 2 projects
u hav sum awesome ideas so dont be greedy n keep em all to you lol jk but very awesome i love the idea if only i had magazines lol
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Joy K.
Joy K. · Garland, Texas, US · 80 projects
Very cool~ I can't wait to try this one ^-^
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Mel
Mel · Belgium, Wisconsin, US
@Mrs Black, I imagine that's all the time spent rolling up the pages, and holding them while the glue sets. The actual putting together of the frame would go fairly quickly. You might try making the rolled pieces over the course of a few days, a handful at a time, to make it less tedious.
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babe-cake
babe-cake · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 2 projects
thanks for the tutorial. I made one and just used a peice of cardboard for the back. and tacky glue works good too, i didnt have a hot glue gun.
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LILY
LILY · Pompano Beach, Florida, US · 17 projects
very cool
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Mrs. Black
Mrs. Black
that is sooo awesome!! but does it really take 5 hours??
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PIN-UP ^alex^
PIN-UP ^alex^ · 20 projects
so AWESOME! i must try this at once! thanx so much for the how-to Happy very much appreciated
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