DIY Framing First Baby Shoes – Anyone who is a regular reader of Mudpie Fridays will know that I have a thing for Keepsakes. Something that has been on my to do list for a long time. But I’ve never managed to get round to, is framing Kippers first baby shoes. Figuring that I was too busy I enquired about getting them done professionally. It turned out to be a lot of money. A lot more than I was expecting so I decided to try myself.
The first time didn’t go so well as I thought a standard box frame would work. Turns out that despite being soft and squishy babies shoes are actually quite high around the heel. In the ended I settled on a deep box frame from Amazon which cost £14.99. I also brought a pre-cut photo mount online which cost £1.99. Which meant I saved about £53.00 each!
If you are thinking of doing this yourself other things you will need are a 30cm ruler, pencil, rubber, scissors, sellotape and some good quality glue. I opted for silicone because I know that once it dries it will hold really well. I have used it before for ceramic tiles in frames. Plus it allows for a sneaky bit of repositioning and movement if needed.
Step One: I need to trim my photo mounts to size as it turned out I hadn’t taken the thickness of the frame into consideration. If you brought the same frame as I did then you need your mount to be 27.5cm square. I had a 15cm square appeture in the middle.
Step Two: I used my little hand held vacuum and hoovered the inside of the frame to make sure there was no dust or little bits of chipboard in there. I then put in the mount and used tape to to secure it to the sides so that it gave that box effect. You could just attach it to the mount board if you would like.
Step Three: The frames come with a substantial mount board backing so I cut a piece of scrapbook paper to size. I decided on white to ensure that the frames stayed an light as possible. I secured this to the back of the mount board using silicone glue. Use the end of the tube to spread it very thinly so as not to leave bumps in the paper.
Step Four: I then marked out the corners of the aperture using the ruler, leaving a very small dot. That way I could get the shoes in the centre of the frame. I used silicone to glue to the shoes to the covered mount board. Then I placed the frame over the top so I was happy with the position. If not I gave them a little wiggle to get them in the right place. I left the glue to dry overnight.
I think the finished result came out quite well!
Have you framed any of your baby’s or child’s memorabilia?
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44 Responses
We have done this with my daughter’s and granddaughter’s shoes, it is lovely to see them side by side, wish I has mine too to make it 3 instead of 2 generations
I have done this too with all four of my little ones! Great idea!
What a great idea – a treasured keepsake
What a beautiful keepsake, I never think of things like this
Oh Em Gee! How cute what an amazing idea, love it!
It looks so lovely! l wish l had thought of this when ours were younger but will definitely do this for my grand daughters lovely keepsake 🙂
ooh! think I might do this as a Christmas present for my brother (he just had is first little one)
I’ve never thought of doing this
Yes, they did turn out really well. Keeping baby items does get expensive so your idea and instructions are very helpful. Thank you.
What a beautiful idea, I would love to give this ago I started some frames last year for my three children on with all there firsts but never finished
This is fabulous. A great idea of something I could make for my best friend!
we have all our kids shoes and some of their outfits
What a lovely idea. My best friend has just had her first baby, so I will suggest this to her
what a wonderful idea
Shame, both mine lost shoes and continue to do so!
This is such a cute idea
That’s such a great idea – I wish I’d kept our first shoes now!
We’ve kept our daughters first shoes but haven’t done anything with them yet, such a good idea
What a lovely idea!
Great idea, I didn’t know what to do with my little boys shoes. Currently up in the loft, probably getting dusty 🙁 They are just so cute!
This seems so easy to do and it looks great. I wish I had done this with my son’s first shoes x
I never did this with mine – passing this page on to my niece for her newly-walking daughter!
This is such a lovely idea…I never thought to do this with mine but I still have the shoes in the loft !
What a great ide, we still have ours so I could still do this x
Wonderful idea, i wish i would have kept my children’s shoes
What a wonderful idea! Thanks xx
Im so sentimental that this is really such a lovely idea, many thanks
this is a brilliant idea. great post.
That looks really nice. Our son’s first shoes are hanging up by their laces in hubby’s car, and have been for over 30 years (not always in the same car lol)
Great idea. We have kept all of my little girls clothes and shoes…sentimental!
They look lovely. I have kept ours but not framed
What a lovely idea x
What a really good idea
What a great post. I am going to try this out with my grandchildrens shoes
Aww this is such a lovely idea, I havent done this before but would consider it for my Goddaughter as a personal gift
oh my goodness what an amazing thing to do
What a lovely idea, I wish had done that!
What a great idea I have my daughters baby shoes stuffed in a box x
Such a cute ideas. Thanks for the step by step guide
This is a lovely way to keep a treasure like this. I have saved my son’s first shoes but never thought to make something like this.
Oh wow, that’s such a great idea! 🙂
This is such a fabulous idea! I will definitely be doing this with my little princesses shoes!
What a great idea, thanks for the wonderful article!
These are so sweet, i remember buying babys first shoes- such an important moment x