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Friday, February 26, 2010

Before & After: Frame turned Memo Board

While flipping through the Wisteria Catalog, I saw this bad boy and thought, "So Easy To Make!". Instead of spending $39 on a little one, I made my own.

When we moved into the house, there was a few old frames left in the garage (along with a lot of other random things). I used on of the largest frames for this.

It was super dusty and gross, so I cleaned it up then taped it off. There is a cream stripe through the middle of the frame, and I wanted to keep that, so I did two seperate "tapings" so I could spray paint from both sides of the stripe.

 
  
 Once the paint was completely dry, I brought it inside, turned on the hot glue gun and grabbed my 99 cent store twine.
  
  I cut up five pieces of twine.I glued one end of each piece to one side of the back of the frame.
Once the left side was all dry, I glued each opposite end of twine to the right side of the back of the frame. I did it this way for a reason. I was able to keep the twine much more taunt when one end was already glued into place. I could pull it tight while the glue dried. If it is not taunt enough it will droop when you hang things to it.
 
 Then I just put a bunch of clothes pins to it, and hung it in my kitchen. It holds a few photos and lots of "inspiration images".
I also hung my home-made apron that I sewed a couple years ago. I love it, and it matches my kitchen actaully. It is usually hidden away in a drawer, but now I have a place to hang it. 
 
 


  

 
While I was taking these photos, I was also in the middle of emptying my dishwasher. I left the door of it open, and forgot. I had my eye in the camera, and backed up right over it. I fell over backwards, lost my slippers, dropped the camera, and landed on a pile of knifes. Luckily I, as well as my dishwasher & camera was not hurt. I was lying on the ground cracking up at my clumbsiness.
 

  

 

17 comments:

  1. Well the pictures were worth it...your home looks like a magazine or catalog! And your frame is SOOOO cute!

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  2. This is so cute! Can I post it on my blog? I think I spy something familiar on it!

    I also love your paper wreath and it looks great on the windows.

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  3. Super super cute! Need to make one of those for myself!

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  4. Oh my gosh!!! I'm glad your ok! The memo frame turned out cute. I've got all the supplies needed here already so I think I might give that a whirl! ;)

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  5. Ok I made the frame too!!! I love it so much...its in my entry way outside my kitchen. This project couldn't have come along at a better time because that part of the wall was blank and I was wondering what to put there...plus my fridge was getting crowded. Lol. SO i just transfered all the pics from my fridge to this memo board. You are a rockstar for coming up with this adorable and easy project!

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  6. You've inspred me to try on as well! As usual yours is perfect :)

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  7. I love the frame! It is the perfect size! I MUST go and find me one! So glad that you were not hurt with your little mishap. I am such a unlucky clutz-I probably would have got a knife stuck in my butt and broke my leg. I can just picture the paramedics coming to the house on that one.
    Thanks as always for the awesome inspiration!

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  8. How adorable!
    What a great idea!
    You did a fantastic job!
    Your kitchen is adorable!

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  9. I love this idea! Thanks so much for sharing. I have a vintage frame that I've just painted in my garage, and had no idea what I was going to do with it....now I know :)

    Tracey

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  10. looks like that spot was made for this - love the idea - brings in rustic to soften modern

    and so glad you didn't get hurt :)

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  11. Lol, Im glad you are okay! I can just picture you doing that though!

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  12. I hope you don't mind, but I referenced your post on my blog....I just had to turn my old frame into one of these great memo boards after seeing your post! Thanks!!

    http://myhouseofgiggles.blogspot.com/2010/02/vintage-frame-memo-board.html

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  13. i just had to come back again to look at the cool color combo of the frame, the chicy apron and your kitchen area. i love to gaze upon beauty and this gave me my "fix" again today. thx!

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  14. I just laughed so hard from your comment on falling over backward. AT WORK!!!! thanks! :)




    xo

    Jo

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  15. LOVE this... I want to go look through my basement to find a big, empty frame!
    if you're interested, we have a friday fun find party- we'd love it if you'd link up this week! :)

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  16. Haha! At least I'm not the only clumsy one! Glad you weren't hurt. This frame is adorable! I love the way the color plays off the wall color. I must admit, that wreath caught my eye. Please tell me about it. Thanks!

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  17. What a great project!! talk about RRR! I have done the walking-backwards-with-camera-in-hand thing too! Funny! The frame is really great, but the vignette on your table grabbed my attention too! Great job!

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