Satin Frame Tutorial

For my cousin's album (see previous posts) I decided to make frame for the photo of her and her fiance on the cover of the album. For this project I used cardboard, 1" sating ribbon (mango and magenta colors), adhesive tape and glue gun. First, I cut the cardboard frame that would fit 4x6 picture frame according to the dimensions below. This allowed me to have extra ribbon on the both side on the frame to wrap it around the frame and hide the cardboard. I also made opening of the frame 1/2 inch smaller on both sides to make sure picture fits nicely and album's background does not show in the opening. I then started to cut strips of ribbon and attaching it to the frame (see below)

As you can see the mango ribbon overlaps in the corners and it's perfectly okay because the magenta ribbon will cover up the imperfections. I then cut 10 smaller strips of magenta ribbon that would wrap around the frame (you can do as many as you want) and attach it to the back of the frame. Once complete, I used adhesive to attach photo to the frame and glue gun to attach frame to the album. Caution here: if you place hot glue on the photo, the heat may damage the photograph, so try to stay away from it. You can also make a plastic sleeve for the photo about 1/2 inch bigger in the length than the frame so the photo can easily accessible for replacement. Place the photo in sleeve before adhering it to the album.

Finished front (before adding picture)

Finished back (before adding picture)