First and foremost, it's absolutely ridiculous how excited I am to post this. Let my dorkiness begin :)
I found these frames at yard sales this year and have been keeping them for a project:
Frame Number One: $3.00
(Is that a unicorn?)
It has really pretty detail, but there were some stains on the fabric part.
Frame(s) Number Two: $5 for all 3
(Um.. yes. Those are wolves.)
(Do you feel like they are staring into your soul? I do.)
Again, the frames have really nice detail.
Something to remember when you're "shopping" at garage sales-- find items with potential! You can always clean it up, paint it, change the photo, etc. (I really am turning into my mother.)
Then, I got an idea from several different blogs about purchasing letters from craft stores and decorating them (You can paint them, glue fabric to them, etc). I got ours from Hobby Lobby for about $2.00/letter.
So.. where is all of this going? Well, the band needs a "banner" and a way to display prices for the grid that goes behind the table. It looks like this normally (okay, it's an old and awful picture-- but I'm trying to give you somewhat of a visual):
Now, add one can of Krylon Metallic Matte Aluminum spraypaint and one can of Krylon Short Cuts Red spraypaint, and we're ready! (Side note: take out the glass/artwork from your frames and wipe down/dust the frames before painting!)
All of my supplies:
The Finished Product:
(both frames are painted the same silver color--just have different lighting in the pictures)
For the larger frame, I ditched the painting and kept the frame open. It draws attention to the bright red TJB letters and helps create a "theme of frames" with the smaller frames. For the smaller frames, I put the glass back in and put in a few sheets of plain white printer paper-- it creates a great surface for a dry erase board. Grab a dry erase maker and you're ready to go! We will list our prices for the merch on the frames. (Sidenote: you could even put a really cool fabric in instead of the white printer paper. Just make sure it's not too busy so that you can read what you write on the glass.)
Total Cost:
Frames-- $8
Letters--$6
Paint--around $10
Paper--had already (aka free)
Dry erase marker--had already (aka free)
=$24
Love. Love. Love.
How will I hang them, you ask? My next task: add hooks on the back of each frame so they will hang from the grid. At our next gig I'll take a picture of what everything looks like, so watch for an update :)
Bonnie-thanks so much for the prayers! So sweet of you. We found out my husband will probably have to have some kind of surgery on his hip joint. We know there's a lot of damage and deterioration of the joint but we don't know why, or what caused it to be like that. So we have to set up an appt. with an orthopedic surgeon, and hopefully we'll find out some more info. But we're really thankful that it wasn't something worse...
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to tell you, that I love the frames you got. :) And the silver spray paint makes them look so awesome. :)
P.S. The wolves are eerie ;)