How to: A Picture Easel

PROJECT SKILL LEVEL: CBE {Couldn't be Easier}

Are you looking for a fun and casual new way to display your photos and pictures?

Today I will be showing you how make a picture/photo easel from an vintage hem measurer.



These "flashes from the past" often show up at garage and estate sales, or the thrifts. This one cost 50 cents at a local thrift shop.



That bottom part held a pin cushion which I removed. Its cover was dirty, red and full of holes.




I took the bottom apart easily by unscrewing two small screws. I am lazy, I used a knife blade instead of looking for my little screw driver.



I decided not to recover the pad. I liked how the gray felt underpad looked. I screwed it back into place. I used the knife again.

Don't tell my husband.



I flipped the metal arm part over. I just loosened the wing nut (What a phrase!) and slipped the metal arm over the ruler part upside down. This gave me a way to hold the picture in place.



Now I have an interesting easel to display things I sell at the flea market. I hope you have another idea about how you can have fun with your stuff.