I have been trying for about a year now to accessorize our house with adorable and mushy pictures of us, cutesy pictures of our pup, and wonderful photos of our families. Last night, in between cleaning out a hall closet and playing with my pup, I attempted this feat again. I broke out my stash of picture frames and rearranged a few shelves in our living room. I set my sights on this trio of white frames — I love the white frame with the patterned, yellow mat that I bought from Target a bajillion years ago. The other two frames are just… meh. Boringggggg.
I picked them up from the thrift store last year and never did anything super exciting with them. Last night I changed that.
I pooped the mats out and dashed off to my craft room to unearth some paint!
One mat got a green polka dot treatment using the end of a pen.
The other got a blue chevron stripe. I did both by hand and just eye-balled in. After all, the other side is free for painting if I screwed it up!
Once my mats were dry, I popped them back into the frames and set them on a shelf in our living room. Lord knows this won’t be their last home, but for now they are quite the colorful and cheery trio.
Cute, huh? Now I need some purple and orange and I’ll have a whole rainbow of frames.
A Smith of All Trades 