I love painting flowers on various household objects, so as you can imagine, my pinterest feed shows me various others things that can also be painted with flowers. When I started seeing thrifted frames remade anew with paint, I knew I had to give it a try. I just couldn't help myself. I pretty much stopped everything else I was doing and me and my daughter turned our afternoons into a handpainting handicraft afternoon. I might have stayed up late one night finishing mine. Oh, how I loved how they turned out. The rest of my frames seem so boring now and I feel the need to paint them all. Alas, that has yet to happen. 

But, I had to try some dark blue combinations. I saw another frame on pinterest that did a gold and blue combination with scallops and I knew I had to try it. Then I remembered my diy painted wooden play cake and wanted to try a painted frame with flowers on a dark blue background. The tiny flowers are much more impressionistic from afar, but are so sweet and dainty up close. 

What I really love about all these frames is that they feel very folkish and feel like we're in a cottage. Cottagecore decor is a new style that I just really love and these hand painted flower frames are an easy way to incorporate cottagecore into my decor. 

1. Make a Inspiration collection of painted frames: I wish I had all the floral designs in my head, but I don't. Unless I've painted it before then I need to see inspiration pictures. I like to look up folk paint on furniture or simple folk flowers. I also have saved alot of flower and hand painted frames here

2. Flat Frames: there are some fun frames out there, but for painting flowers, I find that a flat surface is easiest to work with. My daughter had a hard time with her curvy frame, but she insisted on doing it. 

3. Use fine tip brushes: I soon realized that fine tip brushes are key for tiny detail work. I definitely made it work with thicker ones, but when I finally did fine tip, it looked so much better. 

4. Don't Give Up and Finish the design: As I was painting my greenery vines, I kept thinking they looked terrible. But I finished them and then added some accent greens and then the flowers. Those details made them go from unsure to imperfectly perfect. 

5. Picking paint colors: If you're planning, or wanting, to use this in a gallery wall, try to stick to a palette. This will then look so great on the wall if they are similar colors in that palette. Also, if you know the picture you're putting inside the frame, consider picking paint colors to match the picture. 

I hope this post inspires some of you just as I was inspired by others who have shared their beautiful frames. I hope I have more to share in the future!