Sorority Picture Frames and Badge Boxes

With our chapter's Big/Little reveal coming up soon, I thought it would be fun to make my future little a few picture frames that she can put pictures of her favorite TriDelta moments in (and of course pictures with her Big!). All of the frames are unfinished wooden frames purchased from Michael's. Here are a few that I have made with a few tips and ticks on how I made them.

I'm in love with the Lilly Pulitzer for TriDelta pattern, so for this frame I began by painting the whole frame white. I then projected a print out of the pattern using a small craft projector, which you can get here from Hobby Lobby, on a blank wall, aligned the pattern how I wanted it on the frame, and taped the frame to the wall with basic painters tape. I then just filled in the colors starting with the accent colors much like you would with a paint-by-numbers kit. I painted the edges hot pink for added effect and then sealed the frame with a basic clear spray paint.

These next two frames are actually my favorites and the easiest to make. I painted both frames white and then sealed them with clear spray paint. I did the same with the wooden dolphin accents, which we also purchased at Michael's. I then used wired burlap ribbion, currently available at most craft stores, and created bows. Once I was happy with the bow shape, I hot glued it down to the frame. I then hot glued the dolphin on top. I decided to keep one for myself and give the other to my future little. On the one for my little I also used glittered letter stickers to write out "Delta Delta Delta."

For the last frame, I painted the frame white and then painted small wooden letters from Hobby Lobby to write out 'Big' and 'Lil' in the same blue as the dolphins above. For the tittle over the 'i's, I mixed Elmer's Glue and gold glitter together to make my own glitter glue and then painted it on the letters with a paint brush. I then hot glued the letters to the frame and sealed it with clear spray paint. 

I am very excited to  present my future little with the badge box below. It is a small, unfinished wooden gift box from Michael's, which I painted and then glued flowers around the edge of (the pearls were pre-glued to the flowers). The wooden "sisters" sign on the lid also came from Michael's and is part of their current spring collection. I then used tweezers to place each individual pearl sticker on the edge of the lid. As an extra bonus, I plan to paint my future little's initials on the underside of the lib as soon as I find out who she is.

Happy Crafting!