A Touch of Coral...Crackle Photo Frames

I have been searching everywhere for coral decor for my guest rook/ office-- which I painted a vibrant shade of teal/turquoise. To my surprise coral is hard to find.
My friend Jamie (she has a lot of things) gave me some frames and floating shelves. The frames were already painted a teal color. She suggested painting over them in gray and using sand paper to make the teal peek through.
When I was at Hobby Lobby (my home away from home) I saw crackle paint! What a genius invention! I got gray and coral to go with the crackle-- and headed home (along with the items for various other projects that you will see later) and began on my frames.

Here is what the frames looked like when I received them.

I started my experimenting with the ones that would be teal and gray. Per the crackle directions I added a 'medium coat' (I am still not exactly sure what that means) to two of the teal frames I let it dry until 'tacky'-- and added the layer of contrasting color on top. The 2nd coat of paint came at various points in the drying process because I couldn't quite grasp what tacky meant exactly.
You then let it dry and it does its thing!

As you see I did (2) with coral on the bottom and gray on top; (2) with teal then gray; and (2) with gray then coral.

I think they turned out pretty good!

 I actually had to get photos developed-- did you know you could still do that!

And how does one hand shelves with minimal tools-- paper, a pen and a screw driver-- bet you didn't know you could measure with a piece of paper!