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2022 Disney Inspired Frames for Kimmie – The tradition continues: Installment 1 – Aladdin inspired part one.

Every year for Christmas, my daughter asks me to make a Disney inspired frame to use for her kids annual picture with Santa. Who am I to turn down her request. I have already told her that the frame for 2022 will be Aladdin. Then I started thinking, why stop there?

So, this will be the first installment of what I hope to be many Disney inspired frames I make this year. All of the frames will be for my daughter to use for Christmas. But now, hopefully, she will have more than one to chose frame.

This is the inspiration I am using… sort of.

I initially thought maybe I could paint the frame to look similar to the inspiration photo. Then I realized that there was no way it would work or that I could do it. So I decided on the next best thing… SHOPPING!!!!

While looking around on Etsy, I found some Aladdin die cuts that I thought would work so I purchased them from twinpapercreations. I am so happy I found her. These die cuts are exactly what I was wanting to use for the frame.

Before I received the die cuts, I looked around on Oriental Trading to see if they had any party decorations that I could possibly use. Mostly napkins and paper tablecloths. I found a couple of napkins I liked and a tablecloth so I ordered them.

Once they arrived, I realized that one of the napkins although cute just would not work for what I had in mind. When I ordered them, I loved the colors on it and hoped the colors would continue when the napkin was opened. Sadly, it was not that way. I may, however, be able to use the napkin border for something. If it doesn’t work like I’m thinking, they will be save for another time.

The other napkins have the color I feel would work best for the vision I have in mind. The color and the gold elements are very nice.

The table cloth may or may not have a purpose. It is definitely too large for the frame I currently have, but if I go with a larger frame, like an 8 x 10, I could use the light blue area as a matt for the photo. It just depends on the frame I use.

The frame I currently have on hand is for a 4 x 6 photo which is what she usually gets. But now I need to decide if it will work or not. I will let my daughter make that decision. By the way, this frame was given to me by my daughter when she asked me to do this project for her a couple of years ago. I do not remember how many frames we started out with, but there are only 3 left at this time. I have purchased a two other frames because I was wanting something different to go with the theme for that particular frame.

Until we make a decision about the frame, I will keep the items I know I will use in a pocket sleeve for safe keeping.

2021 Disney inspired frame for Kimmie – it is a tradition

Once again, it is time to make Kimmie’s Disney Theme frame for her Photo with Santa her kids do every year. I decided that this years them is Toy Story. Of course, every frame requires a shopping adventure!!!!

My first stop was to Party City. I found a couple of things that could possibly work for the idea in my head, but I needed to see the items up close. I decided on an 11 piece table decoration set. I know there are pieces that I will not need, but the three I had in mind would work perfectly.

My next stop was to Hobby Lobby. Luckily, I knew what I was looking for so I didn’t stray from the task at hand. I decided on a frame that would resemble a fence and this one is exactly what I had in mind. I also purchased a sticker set that had blingy MERRY CHRISTMAS and also Christmas lights. and a couple jingle bell necklaces that I thought I could repurpose the bells for this frame. Unfortunately, I did not remember to take a picture of the stickers, but it definitely is on the finished project.

My final stop was to Michaels. For the first time in a very long time, I only purchased what I knew I needed. Varathane premium fast dry wood stain in weathered gray and Varathane ultimate polyurethane water based, crystal clear gloss.

Now that I have all the supplies I would need to purchase, it was time to get started on the Disney Toy Story inspired frame. The figures I decided to use o this project were Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and Jessie. I trimmed them down to remove as much of the red background that I could. I know it isn’t perfect, but that’s okay.

I decided to not sand down the frame as I wanted it to feel like a fence so stained the frame. And it only took one coat of stain!!! I love the color and I have plans for other projects to use this stain on!!!

Once the stain dried, and it did dry fast, it was time to paint the inner portion of the frame. I used a white acrylic paint I had on hand that I purchased either from Hobby Lobby or found on Amazon.

After the white paint dried, it was time to decide on the numeric stickers I had on hand. I was not sure of the size of numbers would be best so I sent pictures to Kimmie to let her decide.

She decided on the smaller numbers so I placed them at the bottom of the frame and tried to decide on the placement of the Toy Story characters. I decided that I thought I would add character if I could place Jessie at the top of the frame to make her look like she was climbing over or something like that. So, this is the final placement of the characters with the Merry Christmas sticker below Jessie and the Christmas Lights stickers around the white frame. Jingle bells were added to Jessie’s hands and are held in place using E6000 glue. The 2021 stickers were so old they would not stick on their own so I used my Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to keep them in place.

I am currently in discussions with my daughter regarding next year’s frame. I think it my be Disney Aladdin inspired. My mind is going crazy with all of the possibilities for the 2022 theme.