Decorating a frame with broken glass

When Rob and I were first married and had a brand new house that we were so excited to fix up, one of the first things that Rob did was to add an extra lock to the sliding glass door. It was one of those locks where you drill a hole in the door frame and slide the pin in so the door can't move... Well when Rob drilled into the frame the drill hit the glass and shattered it. I heard a loud cracking sound and turned around just in time to see all the glass explode out of the door and hit the ground. Neither of us said anything for a minute, and then I started laughing and Rob started cussing. We ended up with a brand new door and a {now} funny story.

I swept up the broken glass and saved it in a vase. It's come with us each time we've moved and I've loved always having a piece of our first home.

A few days ago I got an idea to use some of it to decorate a picture frame. We have a picture on our shelves of Rob & I just before we got married (it's the picture that was on our wedding invitations).

I painted the frame white and then used Mod Podge to glue down the glass. I'd spread a layer of glue across part of the frame and then cover it with glass, finding pieces to fit together as best as I could.

After it dried I went back over all the glass with the Mod Podge. I piled it on pretty thick and let it run into the cracks to fill them.

I love how it turned out!