I don't know about you, but I find it way too easy to fall into a rut and do the same things over and over again, even seasonal decorating. When it is your business, that is unacceptable. So this spring when a client asked me to re-do the mantle in her barn, I set out to come up with something new and different...and I did.
I started off with some frames I found laying around my garage (we all have those). I removed whatever was in them, dusted them off, painted them flat white then painted two of them a springy blue and two of them lime green.
I wanted them to look a bit weathered, so as the frames dried, I gently wiped off some of the paint. You can see the end result here and how easy it was. Once they dried, and I played with them a bit on the mantle, I realized they just weren't quite right; they looked too clean and frankly, were a bit boring. So I decided to give them a bit more character.
Somehow I came up with the idea of adding moss to them...and it worked! So I hot glued the frame and pressed on bits of moss to different spots on each frame, making sure not to put them on the same on each frame.
I loved the result! It gave the frames a unique look and added needed dimension.
But...
It got to be too much of a good thing, and to do it to all four frames was just too uniform. So I wrapped twine around two of them and added just a touch of moss to the twine. On this frame, I glued a plastic egg in the corner. Too cute. I'll show you the final result next time.
So have fun, be creative and see what you come up with on your own!
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