When displaying my collections of fake bake foods, I like to add in food related art prints that fit the theme. I design these myself and then print at home, before framing. Here is how I put them together:
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The print collection that I was working with in this post was a pie theme that I wanted to incorporate into my pie and pudding cabinet. I ended up deleting this particular collection from my shop because I wasn't happy with the resolution, but I do have this pie collection, this pie menu collection and this fall pie themed set.
My print collections are designed as JPG and PNG files (with a bonus PDF when possible) that can be printed from any photo service you upload them to, but you can print from home as well.
I'm currently working with an obsolete printer that doesn't let me choose proper photo settings and instead requires me to 'scale'. The values that I chose were 100, 75 and 50 as I was trying to hit the proper 8x10, 5x7 and 3x5 frame sizes. Also, I was using the PDF file here instead of the JPG or PNG, so that made my sizing a little trickier too.
No matter what file or printer type you use, you still might have to trim your print to fit your particular frame. The easiest way to do this is to lie the glass insert over your image and then lightly trace around before trimming.
After tracing I cut it out and pop it in the frame.
Here is another example using the apple pie print. Here, even though the image printed in the proper dimensions, the image was still cut off a bit.
Sometimes the way that photo frames are constructed you end up losing some of your image because the glass area is smaller than the size that the frame is noted as. If this is a problem for you image, simply go up to a larger sized frame and use a pretty piece of paper as a background if needed to fill any gaps. I find that this happens more often with older, thrifted frames than newer made ones available for purchase today.
And here is how the collection turned out. I think the varying of sizes makes the set look more interesting once displayed.
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And that's how I frame my printables from home.
I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2025
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