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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Starry eyed

Happy 4th of July! I thought I would get a quick post in for the weekend.
Did you see this cute Patriotic window done by The Creative Crate? It was featured on U Create a couple of days ago. It reminded me of a project I did last year.
Which is pictured below. It is a regular picture frame from Wal Mart. I painted the frame and the back of the glass. The lettering is done with a dry erase marker. I change it with the seasons, I use it to record medication dosages and to write quick reminders. Wouldn't it be cute to have three of them, one above the other, the top and bottom smaller than the middle? You could write Home Sweet Home, Live Laugh Love and so on.Anyway, after seeing the flag, I knew I needed to do something similar, but with a frame a little easier to get a hold of. So, I got a $3 Wal Mart frame.
Painted the frame. Cut of a template of a star. (I used paper, which was a big mistake. Next time I will use contact paper.)


Painted the star.


Then stripes.





Not perfect, but I love it.

Another great affordable gift. You could do any season. I know I will be doing a Valentines day frame. The wipeable board is a great gift for Newly weds, they could write sticky sweet gaggy messages to each other or just about anyone. Also, a good affordable way to fill space on a wall and add color.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Art Wall

My kids were starting to bring home so many art projects, that I needed to come up with something to display a good amount of them at the same time. This is my stairwell. I painted 3 strips of 1x2 MDF,varying lengths so that at any point on the stairs my kids would not be able to reach the hanging art. I then hammered in very small nails.
I bought these paper clips, at Target, to hang the art with.

It was time

I am sure this happens to everyone. We get a list of things we would like and check of items we always end up going back and have to replace the first items and start over again. You then put off what you can until one day you realize you can't wait any longer.
Can anyone guess which one is the new one?