Rustic Wood Wall Art Pic
Hi all and welcome back!
I’ve got even more fun wall art for you guys! Â I know I’ve been on a kick, but this room has a LOT of wall space and I didn’t have much to hang, so I’m making it all myself :).
I noticed a while back that on a couple of big photo sites, you could order your picture on a piece of wood. Â I thought it was a great idea, very pretty – but also comes with a hefty price tag. Â So I thought I’d try it myself.
I had a couple of snapshots from my phone that I loved, but they weren’t great quality, so I couldn’t blow them up for large wall hangings. Â So I decided to make them into a collage in PicMonkey. Â PicMonkey is great for editing photos and I use it all the time for my blog photos. I went into their “collage” option and played around until I got this pic.
I would love to walk you through step-by-step, but I did this a few months ago and honestly can’t remember how. Â I just played around until it looked like I wanted. Â I could spend all day on PicMonkey (and it’s free)! Â Once I had the pic the way I wanted, I uploaded and ordered it from Shutterfly.
I always have scrap wood laying around, so I went through it until I found a piece that would work.  I trimmed the white part off the pic and then trimmed the plywood to be just a little bigger, so that it would create a frame.
Once I had the size I wanted, I stained my board using a couple of coats of Minwax Ebony wood stain. Â Then I used Modpodge to glue the pic onto the board.
Once that dried all nice and pretty, I did another coat and pressed down the spaces that were sticking up a bit. Â Then I took a drill bit (you could use anything) and scrape it across the frame a bit to make it look a little more worn.
I could have hung it like this, but I wanted to add a little more to it, so I drilled some tiny little starter holes in the top and hand-screwed in these little hooks that I found in the hardware section at Wal-Mart. Â I also found that chain there, so I grabbed it.
Then I couldn’t figure out how I was going to hang the chain. Â I was just going to hang it from a hook, but that didn’t look right and it wouldn’t hang straight. Â So, while I was poking around the hardware section I saw one of these…
It’s some sort of pulley thing. Â (I think that is the official name). Â I forgot to take a picture before hand, but it was silver, so I spray painted it with Rustoleum Metallic that I use on everything.
Since it was magnetic, I threw a magnet on it! Â I love it because I can change this whenever I want :). Â It seems like animal skulls are “in” these days and I’m embracing this Oklahoma thing, so I just went with it.
That’s it! Â Pretty easy stuff!
How do you display family photos? Â Do you have any picutres that you’ve turned into wall art? Â I have a bad habit of displaying them on Facebook and that’s it. Â I feel like the mom in that commercial that never hangs up pics of her kids, haha. Â I’m slowly redeeming myself.
Check out my DIY Industrial Wall Blanket Holder HERE.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
April
I’m partying over at REMODELAHOLIC!
How fantastic. Thanks for sharing. I found you on made by you Monday
Thanks so much Heather!
What a fun project! I love how it turned out! Thanks for sharing! I think I might try this one!
Thanks Emily! So easy to do :).
I love how this turned out. What a great idea- cheap and easy and really cool!
Thanks Michele!
I love this! Your projects are always so much fun!
Thanks Allison!
This is so cool! I love how it turned out! I have always wanted to do something like this but was not sure of the process.
Thanks Emily! Super easy!
This is such a neat idea, and doesn’t look too hard! Thank you for sharing your craft!!
So easy! Thanks Ashleigh!
This is such a sweet photo frame! I love it 🙂
Thank you Yanique!!
Very cool! I really need to do more with pic monkey. I used it some back in the spring, but kind of forgot about it. You always have such beautiful pictures. I love the collage option! Will defintiely have to try it out
It’s so fun…and addictive! We will play sometime. Thanks for coming by, Karyl!
OMG! I am so glad I found you (or we ended up in the same share train). I love your rustic wall hang!
I saw your tutorial of your gallery wall (with the trees) and loved it but then my phone died and I couldn’t find it again. SO GLAD I found you!! LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR STUFF! You rock!
That is SO awesome to hear, thank you so much!! You made my night 🙂
Wonderful wall decor. Love it!
Thanks Gunjan!
You have talent girl! I love the whole chain and pulley idea–so industrial and cool. That animal head is totally something you have rustic industrial down to the tee!
Thanks Jess :).
Very cool DIY project! Thanks for linking up to Blogger Brags. I have pinned your post to the Blogger Brags Pinterest board.
Thanks so much Sarah!
Great idea!! Stopping by from Blogger Brags – hope to see you net week! Cheers, Kendra
Thanks Kendra!
I really like this! i’m always looking for cool ways to display pictures! Thanks so much for sharing at the Submarine Sunday Link Party! I hope you’ll stop by again soon!
Navy Wifey Peters
Thanks so much T’onna! I’ll be back :).