Thursday, January 20, 2011

Creating Some Cheap Wall Art

I have really been into crafts lately.  My husband always said that I need to get a hobby. He has a lot of hobbies. I only enjoyed shopping and hanging out with friends when I wasn't working or hanging out with him.  But what?  Then I started reading blogs, and from those blogs I found more blogs, and so on.  Everyone had such neat things that they would make out of nothing that cost practically nothing (still leaving me money for my other love mentioned above: Shopping!) 
I found my hobby:  No, not blog reading.  Well, okay I read blogs on a daily basis, but crafting and recreating things I find from other blogs.  This has also given me creativity to create things that I think of.  Whew, didn't know I had it in me!  Here is something I made by going to a fabric store, picking out something I love, and hanging it up on some free wall space in my husbands bathroom...
Here is the fabric--a pretty green and white print design.  My husbands bathroom is brown, green, and a neutral light brown.

I got a yard of this fabric for $8 and then split that with a friend.  She was thinking the same idea for her bathroom.  I then went to Target and purchased a frame for $19.99...
I thought the brown wood frame would look good against the tan brown wall color and framing the green/white print.  I was unsure of whether to keep the white mat in the frame and played around with the idea, finally deciding to keep it in...
Next step, I taped the fabric to the back of the mat.  There might be a more professional way to do this, again I'm new at this...

And then framed it!

I have yet to get my husband to hang it, more pics to come when it is in his bathroom.  So there you have it, quick, cheap (total $25, and I'm sure you could find a cheaper frame) and easy!
Now what to do with all this leftover fabric, any suggestions?  It is a little less than 1/2 a yard.

There has got to be something cute I can make with the leftover fabric....but what?  I don't know how to sew, but that is on my to-do list for summer break!!  Have a good day!!


1 comment:

Jenny said...

Tell Kevin he needs to get a move on with hanging his new art for the bathroom! :) I love it! Can;t wait to find a white frame for my fabric!