I will quickly admit that I am a lover of all things lucite. There’s something about it that looks so “otherworldly” and luxe that I’m always quickly drawn to it in stores or online shopping. While it can be expensive to buy large lucite pieces, I have several smaller bits of lucite throughout the house (like these bathroom towel and hand towel holders). When I saw some lucite blocks for sale, I thought they would make great photo holders for a mantel or bookcase.
Supplies:
–Canon PIXMA MG7720 photo printer
–photo paper
–4×6″ lucite block
–gold photo corners
-painter’s tape
We worked with our great friends and longtime partners at Canon USA for this project! I used my gold PIXMA MG7720, which I can always trust to create really quality images. First you’ll want to resize your photo smaller than your lucite block so it will leave a border around the edge (I made my photo 3×4″). Print your photo onto photo paper.
Cut our your picture using scissors or an X-Acto knife.
Use a ruler to make sure your area is centered and mark off with painter’s tape a space the size of your photo.
Attach four picture corners in each corner of your taped off space.
Slide your photo into the corners (you may need to cut it down a bit more to fit depending on how thick the photo corners are), remove the painter’s tape, and your new photo frame is ready for the mantel!
LOVE IT! You can also orient your picture as a landscape instead of horizontal if that works better for your photo, and you could even make two sets of four photo corners side by side if you wanted to display smaller photos or two Instax pictures. The lucite and gold look so pretty with the other gold accents around the house (and you can use whatever color corners you want), and I also like that I can switch out the photo whenever I like as well. If you ask me, this project is clearly a good idea! xo. Laura
Credits // Author and Photography: Laura Gummerman. Photos edited with the NEW A Beautiful Mess actions.
15 Comments
Such a cool idea! <3
Wow, this looks store-bought! So well constructed!
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I love this!
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I love this.
This is too cute, and so easy, too! I’ll be trying it when we get our living room redesign in order. Thanks, Laura =)
This is so cute and simple!
Paige
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This is so cute! I need it!
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Where are the swans from? I am in love! *heart eyes*
What a cool idea, and it’s so easy to craft!
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Goes great with the… ducks? Swans?
This is such a great idea 🙂 x
Jessica — NinetyCo
Your puns, so fun. 🙂
This is such a great idea! I love how easy it is to switch the photo for a new one.
Once again, another awesome idea! So easy too. I’m definitely doing this for some of my favourite photos and as gifts too but I think I’ll use the silver photo corners instead of gold (silver is more my thing).
I just found this via your “15 ways to display photos” roundup. I am not a DIYer but this is so simple – yet so chic – that even I can manage it! I’m definitely going to have to print some photos so that I can give it a try!