Canvas

Photo prints

Mod podge

Brush to spread mod podge

Adhesive Shelf Liners - from dollar store, to cover the sides of the canvas (You could also use some paint or leave the edges as such)

Scale & paper knife/scissors to cut the paper liners

Have a great day,

Hello there,Hope your day is going great.Today is about photos. Hanging pictures at home is really great, it is beautiful and it is therapeutic too you know because it brings back good memories and will cheer you up on a dull day There are lots of places where we can get canvas prints but they are expensive. So if you want some cost effective photo canvases, here is how you could do it.OptionalIt is best that the canvas size and the photo size matches, that will ease things a lot, but one down side to that is that sometimes there might be a slight differences, so if u order a slightly larger photo print, it is fine as well. You could then cut the photo exactly to match the canvas.This is what I did,Cut the adhesive liners (4 strips) and glue it to the edges of the canvas using mod podge. I used one with a wooden look.Alternatively, if you want to just paint the edges, go ahead and paint all 4 edges.If you do not want either, go ahead to the next step.Once the edges are glued, apply mod podge on the canvas - front - and then glue the photo on the canvas (if the canvas and picture sizes do not match re-size accordingly)You do not have to wait for the glue to dry for the next step.Once you have placed the photo on the canvas, apply the mod podge on the photo, it is best if you can spread the mod podge evenly using a paint brush or foam brush.Apply the mod podge on the sides of the canvas as well.Allow it to dry. Do be careful about the surface on which you keep the canvas for drying - do not keep on paper because it could stick on the canvas.Once dried, apply the mod podge on the back side edges of the canvas too, allow it to dry.The coat of mod podge acts as a glue, gives a nice finish to the photo canvas and also protects the photo.Hang the pictures in a good pattern and you are all done.5 Photo prints 8x10 cost me 15$ from snapfish and I bought a set of 10 size 8x10 canvases from Joanns for ~14$ (after 40% discount)This is the wooden look I was referring to earlier.