A Star Danced : Duct Tape Wrapped Picture Frame

I made a stop at the craft store to pick up a couple items, and score! they were having a sale. Their Duct Tape was on sale. I grabbed two rolls of Redskins tape for 50%! (That came to $10 for both) While I was waiting in line, a lady asked me if I was going to make a wallet with the tape. I know I can pass for a few years younger, but I had no idea I looked 13! I honestly wasn't sure what I was going to do, I just thought it looked cool and I would figure out something later. Of course I didn't say that. I just said the first thing that popped into my head.... "I'm going to wrap a picture frame with it!" She loved the idea and told her friends who also loved it. So, it was settled. I was going to decorate a picture frame with duct tape.

I did this in about 10 minutes, while watching TV.

I've never seen this done before, but I knew I wanted the frame to have a wrapped feel. It's going in a room dedicated solely to the Skins, so we don't need to see the logo or team name on the frame.

Wrapping the tape around the frame would have made it too bulky, and would make it harder to get the angle I wanted. So instead, I cut the tape into short strips. That also gave me some control over what part of the design would show. I wanted it to look random, but I did a little adjusting.

I am so happy I got the background color of the art right! I don't like to steal other people's work, but I couldn't find the original creator of this design, so I made my own. Using just Microsoft Word starter, I made my own color maroon (score it worked!), decided on a font that I liked for the words, and arranged them. Then I cropped and added the logo. I printed it off at Staples for 50c.