YEAHHHHHH!!! It’s Freaky Friday and boy are you in for a treat! I’m so happy to be welcoming Becky and her talents! She is as talented as she is beautiful so sit back and enjoy!!! Take it away Becky…
Happy Spring Blue Cricket readers! I was honored when sweet Becca asked me if I wanted to do a blog swap. Go easy on me, I am a blog swap virgin.
I write a little blog called Beyond The Picket Fence. I love junk and thrift stores and garage sales. I make most of my things out of something someone else has discarded, helping to keep it out of landfills (plus it is cheap!). I try to show things on my blog that YOU could do, out of objects that are easy to find. One of those items is frames. Thrift stores have hundreds of them, and they are usually only a dollar or two.
You can use them to frame maps:
You can use them to frame maps:
or make bulletin boards like this PB inspired one I recently created.
If they have glass in them they make nifty dry erase message boards,
or you can glue 2 or 3 together to make shadow boxes.
I thought I’d show you how to make some $1 framed mirrors look much more expensive. I started with this frame and 2 of these mirrors from Michaels. I painted them quickly with primer.
I then painted the mirror frames brown and the larger frame blue and then green. I sanded a bit and rubbed walnut stain on them.
Next I traced the inside of the large frame on cardboard. This was fairly flimsy cardboard so I cut out 2 and hot glued them together.
I covered the cardboard with burlap from a coffee sack. You could use scrapbook paper or patterned fabric. Then hot glue the mirrors in place and voila–inexpensive framed mirrors dressed up!
Thanks so much Becca for swappin’ blogs with me–you and your wonderful blog inspire me! Hope you all come visit Beyond the Picket Fence and join in the junkin’ fun!
AHHHH!!!! How cool was that! You blow me away Becky!
Thanks so much for classing up the joint!
LOVE this! This is the first time I've heard of her blog, so I'll definitely be following from now on. Great post!
Wonderful! I really love this idea! Thanks girls!
I already read both of you, so I'm enjoying seeing you in a "new" blog environment. Happy weekend!
Love that! Never thought of making shadow boxes with multiple frames- thats awesome!
Becky, thanks so much for all these wonderful ideas! Becca thanks for sharing Beckys blog with us!!:)
These ideas are all so great! I discovered Becky's blog about 2 months ago and was an instant fan.
CUTE!!!! Loved her post!
Clever, clever!
I already love both your blogs. Thanks for doing this swap. It's always fun to swap with another blogger. Keep creating and inspiring!
Heather @ http://www.savingmoneylivinglife.com
These are very inspiring ideas! I esp. love the framed maps. I will be on the lookout for frames!
post makes me want to get to framing..lol
Thanks for the fabulous ideas!
Found you through Beyond the Picket Fence – fun ideas! Now following.
Susan
http://www.BlackberryJamCafe.blogspot.com
Becca,
Thanks so much for having me at your beautiful blog and for all you do for bloggers!
XOXO,
Becky