Quick Change

Cute little fruit pics.
Nice, but they've been hanging around the kitchen too long.
Time for something new.



Take the frame apart. Separate the double mat. Color the little bit that shows of the 2nd mat with a black Sharpie. Cover the top mat with leftover wallpaper from the bathroom (could use scrapbook paper). Print out letters. Put it all back together and ta-da! Better, I think.




This only took about 30 minutes because I had everything I needed when I got the notion to switch it out. So instead of putting it on the bottom of the Projects To Do List, I had 30 minutes to spare so I just did it. The longest part was deciding on which font went best with the new mat.

A Girly Room

My girls share a room. But really it's mine...to decorate. I'm sure in a couple of years I'm going to get the boot and the Jonas Brothers posters will take over. Until then, this is what they have to live with.


The picture frames are a Target clearance (formerly dark brown, spray-painted white). The mats were redone with fabric scraps that match some other things in the room. They are hung on a regular old curtain rod with the ribbons threaded through eye screws on the back of the frames.

Framed

Here's a pretty picture frame Bridget made for her group of girls at church to save for their future wedding day. She had them write letters to their future husbands too! :)

Here are her instructions for the frame:
'I got a square, wood frame from the dollar store, spray painted it white and hot-glued the florets on (I bought them at www.homesew.com a while ago, they are called "swirl florets" and they still carry them).'






It looks just like those frames we spend a small fortune on for wedding gifts!

Meet Amy

No, it's not a new American Girl Movie...but she is American and she is a girl. She's also a busy, hands on mom of 5. Amy has a knack for scheduling and organizing her large family and sometimes finds time for some creative projects like today's feature. Being only 2 years apart, I know some of her many talents, and believe me, she's way better at stuff like this than she was at learning how to drive... he he...
Amy has a large wall right next to her kitchen table. Here's how she filled the space.



Those are pictures of her 5 kids at various ages doing what else? Eating!


She bought the wood letters at Michaels and used a paintbrush to "paint" a thin layer of really tacky glue on the back of the letters. Then she put masking tape on top of them to hold them there until they dried (ooh, you could even use the vinyl letters that are all the rage now...). She says the hardest part is doing the math involved in making sure that your pictures are evenly spaced on your wall space, and the letters are even trickier to get them centered on the wall also....Well, we took a college math class together and she did struggle a little...ha ha! Just kidding A-frame!

Bon Appetit!