How to frame a book - A Little Golden Book

This weekend my family and I jumped in our car and made a little road trip to a quaint, little town just north of us.  I happened upon an old bookstore that had Little Golden Books displayed on a shelf near the front window.  Some of you may or may not remember the Little Golden Books, but they are classics!  I few of my favorites were, The Poky Little Puppy, Scuffy the Tugboat, and The Little Red Caboose.  Because I wasn't sure what their value was worth, I asked the store owner to make me a deal.  When he said, "$.50 a pop," I knew I had to have a couple.  I couldn't find any of my personal favs, so I picked out two other titles that I knew and loved - The Jungle Book and The Country Mouse and the City Mouse.

Because I'd found a couple of frames a few days before, I decided to frame those little gems.

I found these framed photos at the Goodwill for $3.99 each.

I painted the frame using Valspar Aquatic Edge.

I found scraps of fabric in Heirloom by Joel Dewberry that I had used on a dress for my daughter.   I cut the fabric so that it was about 1" bigger on all four sides of my shell photo.  I glued the edges using Fabri-Tac, but a hot glue gun would work just as well.

Add a dab of glue to the top and bottom of the back of the book {you could use more, but I didn't want to damage the back of the book}.

A quick before and "almost" after

Have fun creating your own vintage book art collection.

xo,

Jen