I took a week off to enjoy my 25 year wedding anniversary in Maui, but today I?m back with a charming new DIY project. Vintage art and traditional decor has returned, and both make a home feel cozy and welcoming.
I?ve always loved botanical wallpaper so I thought a collection of the small scale papers would look so sweet and unique if secured to frames and mats for the purpose of displaying vintage herb prints.

 

I chose Spoonflower as my source of wallpaper and did a search for ?small scale botanical wallpaper?, then I browsed the patterns to narrow down my selections.
On Spoonflower, you can order a swatch of wallpaper and the company will send a 24? x 12? sample. When wallpaper was on sale a few weeks ago, I chose three botanical non-pasted wallpaper prints to play with.
After the three wallpaper samples arrived, I bought three 8×10? matted flat edge frames at Michaels to frame 5×7? herb art prints.

To recreate these wallpapered frames, you?ll need 12×24? wallpaper samples in a pattern of your choice, 8×10? frames matted for a 5×7? art print, scissors, a flat paintbrush, and tacky glue.
Cut the wallpaper samples in half so there are two 12×12? pieces. Cut a 5×5? square inside the first piece of wallpaper. Apply tacky glue to the front of the 8×10? picture frame and layer wallpaper on top. Cut angles to allow wrapping wallpaper around the inside of the main picture frame.

Next center the mat over the top of the wallpaper...