Hey, Don't Toss that Old Frame!

Reusing frames is easy and,

well,

 

useful!

See how easy it is:

My daughter had a wall that was a bit bare after we moved her bed to it's new spot.

 I found this matted picture that had seen better days.

 I turned it over and began to disassemble it.

(I know.

It is probably not the greatest thing to use your silverware.

Call it,

"Gotta get this done in between impending catastrophes perpetrated by household children.")

 The mat had been bleached by the sun

and was an ugly shade of blue/gray.

 I got some black acrylic paint out
and began painting one of two coats onto the mat,
allowing the first coat to dry before applying the second coat.

Be careful at the inside edge.

(If being careful is not good enough, you can always touch up the inside edge later.

I was not so careful with the cat picture you will see in a minute,

so I redid the inside edge in a very light lavender color.)

While this dried,
a back was added so that the frame hung width-wise instead of length-wise,
as I needed.

 When the mat was thoroughly dried,

I put the whole thing back together with a picture I had taken of our mini horse Misty.

(I had it developed in a 8" by 10" size).

 

 I had found these pretty glass enclosed real butterflies at a second hand store

(My daughter loves butterflies)

(Does anybody not love butterflies?)

as well as this scissor-cut silhouette of a cat.

The cat was in this frame, but the mat looked like something from the 80's,

so I took it apart and painted the mat black on it as well
(and the inside edge of the mat a very light lavender,
as previously mentioned).

 We all liked the way they filled the wall;

even Levi was excited.

(Although he may react that way because he hangs around with us girls all the time
and is just copying us.

  We will make him appreciate a woman's touch to a home.

Someday, this will be appreciated.

No, forget someday.
It's appreciated right now!)

 The wall looks more filled in,

and her room looks cozy.

I still need to ad knots to this quilt I made;

it's one of the few quilts I've ever made.

 

My Grandfather put this mosaic puzzle together and then glued it and framed it.

I love that it was all made by him,

especially now that he has passed on.

Some pictures on a wall make these kids smile...

which makes a mom smile knowing such simplicity can make kids happy.

(I will post Part 2 of The Nanny Love Story later this evening.)

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