Faux canvas prints

I've been wanting to put some pictures that we took recently as a family but haven't wanted to frame them the traditional way but also didn't want to pay the hefty price to get them printed on canvas. Enter: Mod Podge. I've been a fan of mod podge since college and have used it in many different ways but this is pure genius. I bought some canvas' at Michaels craft (50% off), printed my pictures at the local Costco and painted the edges of the canvas' with craft paint. I had to trim my pictures down to fit the canvas which was pretty easy. Then I mod podged the prints onto the canvas', waited for them to dry and then painted over the entire canvas. I only did one coat. And voila. If you look closely, you'll be able to see that they are not the real deal but I don't care. They look nice and when we get new family pictures next year, I won't feel bad throwing these away and getting new ones. It helps to have such cute subjects for a photographer to capture. Not me of course, the kids.