Framing Project

Since I have been looking at Pinterest so often and I have this new apartment to decorate to make it feel more like home I have been trying to come up with some fun home decor. Now because of Pinterest I now have some ideas on what I would like to do, but still little idea on how to actually do them. Well this time shockingly enough I used the ideas and gave it a little spin. Using some of the stuff I already had to make it a little more doable. (Gotta love budgets!) I was able to find the stencils for about $4 at Walmart, $1/ frame at Dollar Tree, scrapbook paper I had thanks to Mom Seward, mod podge probably cost less the 10 cents for the 1/2 cup I made.

I made sure that the frames had the ability to hang since I will be hanging this one the wall when I get the chance. 

I have to be super organized when doing project because if I leave or get distracted at ALL I forget what I'm doing and can result in a frustrating mess. So here I have decided the order in which I will use the paper. Each paper represents a letter to spell out FAMILY.

You can't see very well but I was able to fit all the letters I wanted on this one page. Yah! I also learned that since I take after my mother and have an unsteady had that it helped immensely to safety clip the stencil to the paper so that I could trace without messing up so frequently. Another thing is to flip each stencil so the lettering is backwards that way you do not have writing on the side of the letter you will be displaying.(A lesson learned a little too late, thankfully I used pencil to trace with.)When it comes to me and crafts the less I'm frustrated the better!! Well I guess that's probably the case for everyone huh. :) Once traced I then cut each letter out. I preferred the letter to be slightly bigger so I cut around the tracings instead of right one.

I then took the scrap book paper (it had already been used for the 'mail holder' I made earlier, so that's why it's pre-cut unlike the rest) and measured it to the mat that would go inside the frame to get the correct measurements needed. After making a 'master' I used it to cut the remaining five squares.

Also a lesson learned is that it's easier to use the back of each scrapbook paper to safety clip and then instead of tracing where I needed to cut make a dotted line. Once I finished measuring and cutting I then safety clipped each letter to the alotted page. Again a step most people probably don't need but for me and my forgetful mind it helps a LOT.

Next I then used the mat again safety clipping the desired paper. I then measure the distances to place each letter in the middle of each paper. I then made small markings with pencil at the corners of where the letter would lie.Then using my homemade mod podge I applied glue to the ( very Important) back of the letter. With care I placed each letter onto the paper as centered as possible. :)

Though if I ever do something similar again I will make a few changes to improve the outcome I am happy with the end result. I can't wait to hang it up. The more I get on my walls the more Jake and I seem to enjoy living here. Even if it is too much city for us. ;)