String Art Frame Tutorial

Welcome to my newest craft tutorial post! The blog was a little recipe heavy on the run up to Christmas so I want to be sharing more crafts and DIY with you this month. This String Art Frame Tutorial came to me while I was out shopping. I knew I wanted to do some string art without spending too much money. I was looking for some kind of board to use when I saw this frame in the shop and it came to me. I could decorate the frame using string art! I’m in love with the finished piece and want to make loads more in all different colours!

String art frame tutorial

So what do you think? I love the green against the dark wood frame but the possibilities are endless, with different coloured frames (you could even paint a frame before you start if you wanted an unusual colour) and different coloured string. This is going to live in my office as the colours look really great in there. On another subject entirely, how cute is my gorgeous boy in this picture? This photo is about a year and a half old now so he still has his chubby baby cheeks in it!

string art frame tutorial

Let’s start with our materials! I used:

A photo frame, it needs to be made of wood to be able to put the tacks in, this one was made of chipboard.

Tacks, I used carpet tacks as they were shorter so they didn’t go all the way through and come out the other side.

Hammer.

Threads in a colour of your own choice, I used two contrasting colours but it’s completely up to you!

A pencil and a ruler.

string art frame tutorial

The first thing I did was take the back of and the glass out. Then I drew the lines on the inside and outside edge, where I wanted to put the tacks, in pencil.

string art frame tutorial

I then hammered the tacks in. You need to be careful, especially on the inside edge not to go all the way through with your tacks! I rubbed out as much of the pencil as I could but I didn’t really need to as the string would have covered it anyway. If you were using a lighter frame than me you would need to though.

string art frame tutorial

Start your string off by tying it to the first tack and trimming off the excess. I started with my darker colour.

string art frame tutorial

First I went round the outsides.

string art frame tutorial

Then moved on to filling the middle.

string art frame tutorial

I then moved on to my second lighter colour. I debated with myself for a while if I should add more string at this point. However I decided that I still wanted to be able to see the frame colour underneath. If you want a more solid colour though just keep wrapping. Tie the ends off and trim them and you are done! Just put your glass back in, add your photo pop the back on and it’s finished.

string art frame tutorial

string art frame tutorial

string art frame tutorial

string art frame tutorial

If you haven’t tried string art before this is a really good starting project. Give it a try yourselves and let me know what you think. 

Lianne x

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26 Comments

  1. January 10, 2017 / 11:21 pm

    This is such a fantastic idea! I’ve done string art before but I’d never thought about doing it on a frame. So beautiful!

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 11, 2017 / 5:58 pm

      Thank you 🙂

  2. January 11, 2017 / 4:40 am

    I’ve seen string art and loved it, but I haven’t done it myself! This looks like a great project to start with!

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 11, 2017 / 5:59 pm

      It is a simple project as I had never tried string art before 🙂

  3. January 11, 2017 / 6:26 am

    Love all your decor tips! This is a great inexpensive one.

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    • Lianne
      Author
      January 11, 2017 / 5:59 pm

      Thank you!

  4. January 11, 2017 / 8:36 pm

    Awww. This is so pretty! I have not tried string art, I think I should after seeing this.

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 12, 2017 / 9:48 am

      You definitely should! It’s quite relaxing 🙂

  5. January 11, 2017 / 10:09 pm

    Oh wow what a great DIY project. I have a few random frames that I would love to do this.

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 12, 2017 / 9:49 am

      Thank you! Good luck 🙂

  6. January 12, 2017 / 3:10 am

    What a cute DIY!! I would totally love to make this and even gift them to someone.

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 12, 2017 / 9:50 am

      These would make a great gift! Someone suggested a Father’s day gift! Thank you 🙂

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 12, 2017 / 4:13 pm

      Thank you 🙂

  7. January 12, 2017 / 4:04 pm

    What a unique idea! Love inexpensive projects like this.

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 12, 2017 / 4:13 pm

      Me too! thank you 🙂

  8. January 19, 2017 / 1:06 pm

    This is such a cool idea. I’ve seen it many times on wood but never on a frame. It really jazzes up the frame and makes it stand out. Pinning this one. And I hope you come to our Sweet Inspiration link party which runs on Fridays to add your project or recipes.

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 19, 2017 / 8:57 pm

      Thank you! I’m glad that you liked it and I would love to join your link party! Thanks for inviting me. 🙂

  9. January 21, 2017 / 10:45 pm

    The photo is so sweet! I haven’t tried out string art yet, but really want to, it’s on the list and your idea of transforming a frame with it is really cool! Thanks for sharing at Sweet Inspiration this weekend!

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 22, 2017 / 1:16 pm

      Thank you! I love link parties, I’ve just got round to linking the posts back to the party and I’m just going to check out everyone else’s posts now 🙂

  10. January 30, 2017 / 6:51 pm

    I love it Lianne! I wouldn’t have thought to outline a picture fame but, I’m glad to have this in my arsenal of ideas to try 😀 Thanks for the inspiration. Pinned & sharing!

    • Lianne
      Author
      January 31, 2017 / 9:23 am

      Thank you so much! I think I’ve fallen in love with string art, I find it quite relaxing. 🙂

  11. February 23, 2017 / 9:20 pm

    This is such a cool idea I’ve never seen a style like this! So cute!

    • Lianne
      Author
      February 25, 2017 / 6:53 pm

      Thanks! 🙂

  12. April 18, 2017 / 11:22 pm

    That’s really cool! I love how it turned out! I’ll have to try string art sometime.

    • Lianne
      Author
      April 21, 2017 / 5:31 pm

      Thank you! It’s a really fun craft to try. 🙂

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