Just a short post to tell you how awesome this little scanner is. For Christmas Eric’s parents gave me a gift certificate to Amazon. With it, and a little of my own money, I bought the Pandigital Photolink 8.5-Inch x11-Inch Photo Scanner. I bought it because it scans in 300 dpi and 600dpi either straight to your computer or to a memory card. For some I suppose that this wouldn’t ge too interesting or exciting, for me.. IT ROCKS! I have all of my grandmother’s photos, memorabilia, etc. that it’s not even funny. I’ve long wanted to scan all her pictures and burn them on to DVD for each of my cousins. I got over 3K of my grandmother’s pictures scanned with this thing in two days. I had been using my flatbed scanner and while it scans, it takes longer. This little thing is so little I can sit at the dinning table, watching tv and just sling my pictures through the scanner every few seconds. AMAZING! I’m just about done with all my grandmother’s photos and things, next stop.. all my mom’s pictures. Thanks to Bob and Julie for a great Christmas gift!

My mom has these two frames in her house that are magnetic and super cool for pictures. I love the idea of having a place to share pictures with visitors and that is easy to change. I like my framed pictures but I thought this would work well and easy to change. I saw her frame and thought, “I could make that for a lot less.” So here are my directions to do, just that.

What you’ll need:

1  12×12 frame
1 12×12 sheet of magnetized metal
1 flour sack towel
double-side tape

Note: I got my supplies at Craft Warehouse for under $15.00

Step 1: Place double-sided tape along one side of the 12×12 metal sheet.

Step2: Lay the 12×12 metal sheet on top of the white flour sack towel.

Step 3: Adhere the flour sack fabric to the double-sided tape.

Step 4: Complete steps 1-3 for each of the four sides.

Step 5: Flip the 12×12 metal over as shown below.

Step 6: Flip your 12×12 frame over and remove the backing.

Step 7: Remove the glass too.

Step 8: Place the covered metal in the frame.

Step 9: Place the cardboard backing back on your frame.

Step 10: Your project should look like this.

I can’t believe that it turned out so great! I can’t believe the money I saved either. The original frame, that my mom has, now costs $50.00. I spent $15.00 and about 30 minutes.

I’ve made two of these already and put them up on the wall as you come into our home. I love them because I can put new pictures there for a while. Once I’m bored with them, I print new ones and post them… the best thing is I can use the pictures for my scrapbook pages later.