Framing My Grandmother's Old Jewelry into "Art"

My Grandma Ida passed away about 13 years ago. She had given me a lot of her costume jewelry. It isn’t worth much but it was special to me. I have kept the jewelry in a bag for years. I have always wondered what to do with it as it is not typical jewelry I would wear. I decided to display it so I could have memories of her to look at each day.


I bought an inexpensive frame that came with the precut Mat. I then used scrapbooking paper I thought would go with the jewelry style. It was an antique looking pad of scrapbook paper I bought for $5.

I then put paper behind each frame in the mat board. I laid the jewelry out on the paper. Once I got the layout I liked, I put a piece of foam tape on the back of the jewelry to secure it. I chose this instead of hot glue so the jewelry wouldn’t get ruined.

Once the jewelry was put on the board, I framed it. I am planning to hang it in my room. I figured the entire project cost me about $45 (This included the frame).

Below are pictures showing the finished frame and what products I used for this project:

20x30 Frame
20x30 Matboard
Scrapbook Paper (Material or Wallpaper could also be used)
Tape
Scissors
Foam Adhesive Tape

FINISHED PICTURE

PAPER USED

JEWELRY AFTER I LAID IT OUT

CLOSE UP OF HOW I MATCHED THE PAPER TO THE JEWELRY

CLOSE UP OF THE PAPER AND JEWELRY

FOAM TAPE I USED



FOAM TAPE ON BACK OF EARRINGS



FOAM TAPE ON BROOCH



FOAM TAPE ON BRACELET





CLOSEUP OF JEWELRY ONCE I FOAM TAPED IT TO THE PAPER



FINISHED PICTURE IN FRAME

Link:

http://www.abc4.com/content/about_4/gtu/featured_on/story/Jewelry-Display/nmHqyVQ_IkutPBaukbg4RA.cspx