The dance company that Phoebe is involved in has a big sister/little sister program. They pair the junior company members with with senior company members so that each girl has someone specific to go to when she has questions or needs help. It also helps the older girls to reach out to the younger ones and really builds a sense of unity among them. The name fits nicely.
Phoebe’s big sister is a friend of ours and from the start has gone out of her way to help Phoebe feel included…even before she was Phoebe’s official big sister. I will forever be grateful for this very sweet young lady.
For a Christmas gift Phoebe made her this great silhouette using the same method that we’ve always used. But this time she added elements of the girl’s costume and decided to cover the frame with fabric to make it really fun.

Her big sister actually has two little sisters so Phoebe made one for the other sister, too.

I love the way they turned out. Phoebe did all of the silhouette by herself and I helped with the frame.
Here’s how we made the frame…
Supplies:
fun fur fabric – we purchased 1/3 of yard and can probably do 5-6 picture frames with it
frame – we used frames that fit a 4X6 photo (make sure to get one that when it is covered you can still get the back on)
black scrap booking paper for silhouette (other colors for embellishing)
white paper for background (you can run it through your printer to print names on it)
glue (for the paper)
spray craft glue (for the fabric)
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Looks good!
Hi Angi, I’m Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com), and I’m visiting from the Barn Hop.
What a great gift idea! I love that it’s so personal and meaningful.
Anyway, thanks for posting this. If you’ve never visited yet, I hope you can pop by my blog sometime to say hi…
These really did turn out SO cute! They’re even cuter than what I envisioned when you described them to me!
Picture Frames are always being popular for gifting purpose and it is much better if we gift someone a handmade frame. I have tried making frames many times and would like to try this one also. Let’s see if I can make one. Thanks for sharing.