My daughter had two matching frames for her daughters’  first year baby photos.  One of the frames recently was broken.  So she decided to make her own.

She used Designer Series Paper for the background; 104401 1 3/8" circle punch for the photo’s, 105090 Word Window Punch for the months, 112530 Circle Scissors Plus for the large 1 year photo, 113490 Baroque Motifs stamp set (large swirl), retired Simon lower chipboard letters (other letters printed from the computer), 114889 Scallop Oval punch, 107305 Large Oval Punch and miscellaneous buttons.

These turned out so well.  Great job Melanie!

Here are two Definitely Decorative Decor Elements projects my daughter recently did.

She put the Chalkboard Decorative Sign above their telephone.  It is available in three sizes:

119664 Decorative Sign 13 3/4" x 15 3/4"  $14.95

119665 Decorative Sign 17 7/8" x 20 7/8"  $18.95

119666 Decorative Sign 23 1/2" x 26 1/2"  $29.95

Use any chalk to write on the image.  Clean using a chalkboard eraser or a damp cloth.

She adhered "Our Attitude Toward Life" Decor Element on the glass part of a gold frame.  Because of the reflection on the bottom of this frame, I don’t know if you can see that she added some brown rub-on’s also to the glass part of the frame.  This looks very striking on her dark blue wall.

This Decor Element is available in five colors:  black, basic gray, chocolate, kraft and white.  It also comes in four sizes:

9 3/4" x 7 1/8"  $15.95

13" x 9 3/8"      $17.95

17 3/4" x 12 3/4"  $19.95

25 7/8" x 18 5/8"  $21.95

I was going through my craft boxes and found this little 3"x3" frame.  I just can’t seem to leave frames alone.  I have to alter them!

Here it is after I altered it.

Supplies used:

100712 Brushed Silver Cardstock, 101910 Shimmery White Cardstock, 113694 Heart to Heart Punch, 116630 Modern Label Punch, 101227 1/16" handheld punch, 109131 Silver Embossing Powder, 102283 VersaMark Pad, 100005 Heat Tool, 109109 Vintage Brads, 104430 Dimensionals, 113439 Big Shot Die Cut Machine, 115963 Finial Press Embossing Folder.

Last Friday, my daughter came over to help put up the Tres’ Chic Definitely Decorative wall art.   It’s all my daughter’s fault that I bought this.  She walked into our house one day and said that the Tres’ Chic wall art would look awesome in this opening above the stairs.  I thought about it and realized that she was absolutely right.

I bought the Tres’ Chic in black, medium-sized (27 3/8" x 53 1/2") #119541.  The Tres’ Chic wall art can be purchased in 4 sizes and 5 different colors.  Contact me if you want more information about ordering it.

Here is the blank wall opening that was recently painted.  Most people put a painting or large floral arrangement in these openings.  Since I don’t like to do what most people do with decorating, I was excited to try something different.

I am afraid of heights and try to avoid ladders.  My daughter doesn’t really like heights either.  She really didn’t like standing on a ladder over a staircase, but she was a trooper, and did it.  The Tres’ Chic wall art comes in about 8 numbered pieces.  Each piece has "x’s" where you line up the pieces so they are straight.  The directions said it would take around 1-2 hours to put this up.  It took us about 1 1/2 hours, including interruptions from the grand girls.

We were both so excited when she got the first word done! 

Here is Melanie’s glowing face with the finished project.  We were worried that all the words weren’t going to fit, but they did! 

Then my "interior decorator", that would be Melanie, said I should get black candlesticks with red candles and put on either side of the Tres’ Chic wall art.  All I have is my mother-in-law’s crystal candlesticks.  So you know I’ll be on the hunt for black candlesticks.  She was right–again!  I value her opinion on alot of things, including decorating!  Everyone who comes to the house, now stops and looks up at the Tres’ Chic wall art, and have glowing comments about it.  I LOVE IT!!!

I love being able to dig into my stamping and scrapping supplies and find ways to make my decorating projects unique.  While shopping for treasures, I tend to pick up frames and pack them away until I need them.  Here are some frames that I have been working on lately. 

This frame was black, so I painted it a beige color.  Then I lightly sanded it to make it look distressed.  I cut around the images of my daughter and son-in-law and mounted it to a piece of  #118401 Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper.  I punched the sides of the paper with the #117649 Pinking Hearts Border punch.

I couldn’t find a photo of my newest grandbaby, Ashley, that fit perfectly in this shabby ol’ frame.  First, I put her picture on Whisper White cardstock, but it just looked washed out with the white frame next to it.  I used the #113439 Big Shot Die-Cut Machine with the #114521 Oval Scallop Frame, using the #116478 Groom Specialty Paper (black stripes).  I love how it looks now!  The black oval frame draws your eyes to the beautiful baby!

This was originally a bright white frame.  I lightly sanded it and painted it a mustard yellow color and sanded it again to shabby it up.  It was still too plain, so I added a piece of #112454 Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware with the word "cherish" from the #115108 Warm Words stamp set.  This is my son and daughter-in-law’s first family picture at Ashley’s baptism.