Transformed!

Okay, so this project was just plain fun. Thursday I had to get out of the house so I went to Goodwill. I had been wanting to "redo" something. So I went to the picture frames and found 3 that I thought had some potential. Here they are again in their original state.


I got them home and cleaned them up then sat them out and stared at them waiting for inspiration. Aha! I got up and started gathering all my painting supplies, scrapbook supplies and well, just supplies. Then I just created, one of my favorite things to "just" do. The hardest thing was to wait for the paint to dry!
The first one I took was the square one. I painted it a cherry brown and then cut a piece of thick scrapbook paper that matched and framed it without the glass and the matte. Actually, I started with the paper and then picked out the paint.


I think it looks very classic and modern at the same time.

Next was the most fun. The matte had 4 cutouts the same size but alternating landscapes. I sifted through my supplies and found some 3-D beach stickers. Some were too big for the space but I found 4 that would fit perfectly. Next I found two coordinating papers to break it up a little. I painted it white and while each coat dried, I cut a piece of cardboard to fit the frame and adhered the paper and the stickers to the cardboard using the matte as my reference. When I put it together it was cute but the white frame with the white matte was too.....well white. So I painted it a kinda beachy blue. Perfect!.....no not quite. I took sandpaper to the edges randomly and exposed some of the white paint to give it a slightly weathered look. I love it. Again I ditched the glass.


The weathered look doesn't show up well here in the lighting of my dining room with my iPhone. But it looks cool.

Finally the biggest frame. I had my paper picked out for it way before starting it while I was looking for one of the others. I had to cover with white first but had originally planned on painting it a citron green and an orange in the original style to match the paper but after painting 2 sides decided it looked better plain white. So after a few more coats of white paint I had finished. Except it was too much space. It needed something. I remembered an idea I had seen in a magazine that had framed a letter. I didn't have a letter in my plethera of eclectic supplies. So I had to wait. Mom and I went to Girl's Night at JoAnn's last night and had a great time, even met Suede (I had no idea who Suede was but supposedly someone from Project Runway. My mom has decided to get some blue for her hair as well)


Sorry random people that made it into my blog.

Where was I? Oh the letter. So I got home after midnight and painted the letter white. I haven't attatched it because, well all of these frames are for sale and someone may want a different letter or color. But you get the idea...



So here they are




Would you have recognized them? Now to figure out what to do with the glass!

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