Do you remember awhile back when we shared this tip about creating black and white oversized artwork for a ridiculously low price? Well we're still sort of obsessed with the idea; it's just so cheap we can't help ourselves. So when we came across this similar idea, we loved the twist added from a basic hardware store staple. Can you guess what inexpensive product these giant photos are mounted on?
We checked in with Mandy over at Sugar Bee Crafts where she's been busy making this giant 4'x3' piece of artwork for her daughters' room. It truly makes the space their own and we love that it's done on a budget that most of us can afford (without eating Ramen for a month).
She used the same idea we spoke about previously and printed out Architect's Blueprints from her local Staples. The print is cheap, but how do you hang artwork of that size? Well Mandy makes it easy with a simple piece of insulation board from the hardware store. They're the same ones we mentioned in this post about hanging cool fabrics for cheap, and we think it's the perfect material to keep cost and weight down on an oversize project of this nature.
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Thank you for this. The universe is giving me a sign.Saw something on 'Cup of Jo' just the other day about framing big pieces in this way -- My dad gifted us with 2 GIANT oversize photos of his underwater photography and to frame them both would cost over $600. So they've been sitting in the frame shop for 6 months. I think this idea is the way to go.....
I used styrofoam insulation as a mounting material for vintage scarves. Just pulled them around and pinned them to the back. So light to hang (used the removable picture mounts from 3M) and I can unpin them and change them out whenever I want.
i saw this tip in a magazine a few years ago for mounting 12x12 sheets of scrapbook paper. to keep from losing any of the paper design by having to reduce the size to cover the edges of the styrofoam mount, they suggested gluing ribbon on the ends to create a finished edge. haven't tried it myself yet but the photos in the magazines looked very nice.
Great idea! Going to do one with my ather tht passed away last yr, how do u stick/glue on the insulation??