Anyways.
Back in August I found this fancy little gem at Goodwill for $5.
Not hideous, but definitely not me. I was in it for the frame, baby. I brought it home and thought it would be funny to tell Jarrod I bought it to hang in our bedroom. Much to my surprise, he glanced at it and said "That's awesome!" So either the joke was on me, or I can't really trust him to honestly appraise anything I bring home. Oh well.I'd originally thought it could be my chalkboard, but the picture itself was basically painted on cardboard and it was badly warped. So I took it apart, painted the frame black, slapped some new picture hangers on the back and this weekend I finally got it hung. It's taken me six weeks, which in Kira-land is a relatively short amount of time.
I went back and forth about what I wanted to hang inside the frame, but finally decided on just making it a little art gallery. A couple of eye hooks and some picture wire took me about five minutes to rig up.
And now I have a fun little place to display.... stuff.
Stuff such as scrapbook layouts just languishing away in an album.
Or maybe some of my kids most recent masterpieces. Haydn's going through a dragon phase.
This was a scrapbook layout I did forever ago for a contest at My Kits and Pieces. The pictures are of my grandmother holding my mom as a baby, my mother holding me, and me holding Rowan. It has meaning to me and I've been waiting a few years to find the right way to display it.
I haven't scrapped in forever and this post makes me want to dig out my supplies and make a big mess.
But instead, I'm going to keep chipping away at the unfinished projects I already have going and post about them. Yay me for finishing something I started!
Just goes to show, one man's trash:
Can be another man's treasure. Thanks Goodwill!
If you want to see some more fun ideas for displaying children's artwork, check out this post at I Am Momma, Hear Me Roar. I laughed a little bit because I found it AFTER I wrote this post, and saw that a lot of people had this idea before me, and did it a little better heehee. Se La Vie!
That is a cute idea Kira. I just have the kids work in frames right now, but that would show off more. I would probably get the same reaction from Glenn like you did from Jarrod. :) Here's to a great week! :)
ReplyDeleteI love how it turned out, way to go girlie! I am hoping to make some pumpkin scones today so I came on over to find your recipe and here I find you have been finishing up some projects, yeah!
ReplyDeletegreat idea Kira! glad you got the frame transformed before the pic got hung up :)
ReplyDeleteHaydn's dragons are awesome! Aria is really into them right now too. There is a book at the library called how to draw dragons,knights, and castles. He may have fun with that one. I LOVE spray paint. The lines on that frame are fantastic! good job my crafty friend. (ps - I think I may be getting in the mood to pull out all my scrapbook stuff too)
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