Chocolate Monday

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.

Yet one more thing to do with a picture frame.

Find a large-ish frame. Spray paint it the color of your choice.


Meanwhile, get a piece of thin wood or hard wood from Lowes or Home Depot. Cut it (or have it cut there) to the size of the back of your frame.


Cover one side of it with pretty papers (or I used fabric), using Mod Podge. Mine's pretty thick (5 coats).


Screw the decorated wood onto the back of the frame, pretty side up.
You can be done at this point but if you want legs, keep on going.
You can buy small table legs from Lowes or Home Depot too. Paint them.
I took the giant screws out of the back since they were much too big to use for this project.



With a miter saw, I cut mine at a slight angle so the legs slanted out a little when I glued them onto the back of the tray.



Liquid Nails is how I got them to stay on.
Dries fast and holds like...well...nails.



(I'm thinking about painting the frame black instead.)
The End

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.

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!