Hellooooo~
So today, we'll be making an Autumn/Fall Leaves Themed Shadow Box. It's actually really simple to make and it looks great as a room or apartment decor piece! It's a great decorative piece for the fall season, especially if you're really festive. One idea is that you make 3 of these frames but change the placement of the leaves and hang the 3 frames near each other, it'll look gorgeous!

I went to Michaels to purchase a pack of shadow boxes (frames), which comes in 3 frames. The pack of 3 frames were on sale, but in case they aren't, try using coupons (you can get them on the Michaels' website). Each frame comes out to be about $3~$4 each. At Hobby Lobby, I bought the leaves in a pack of 18 for $4.99 but you can also use coupons on them if they are not on sale. You can buy the floral wire anywhere for relatively cheap, especially with coupons. So the lesson here is to always check the craft store's website for coupons. I have the Hobby Lobby and Joanns Apps, I also went online for coupons at Michaels.


What You Need (Supplies)
1. Shadow Box (I got mines at Michaels)
2. Scrap-booking Paper
3. Fake Leaves (from Hobby Lobby)
4. Pencil
5. Scissors
6. Floral Wire (Brown)
7. Tape - Regular tape & Double-sided (Optional)

The Steps:
1.  Take out the backing of the frame.
2. On a scrapbook paper, trace around the back piece of the frame. Cut around the traced lines.
3. Tape the scrapbook paper that you cut out onto the back piece of the frame.
4. Take the floral wire and make a fold at the end of the floral wire, about a few millimeters. Do this for both ends.
5. Insert the folded ends into the leaves (there should be holes on the stems of the leaves for you to insert the floral wire into)
6. Bend the floral wire to make it look like branches.
7. Bend the floral wire in half, but adjust it so that the two leaves are not aligned evenly. Make sure one is longer than the other.
8. Twist the bent end together to make it look like a branch that splits out.
9. Bend the twisted/bent end  and place the back piece of the frame in between the bent part of the wire. (Check video)
10. Tape the wire onto the back piece of the frame.
11. Place the back piece of the frame back onto the frame and secure it.
12. DONE!
Note: I apologize because I know the steps are difficult to understand because it is very difficult for me to explain this. It's easier if you just watch the video.

DIY Video:



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