Wall of Masterpieces

One of my new favorite things on earth is the unfinished wood/seasonal aisle in the back of Michaels. It is downright flippin' awesome. I picked up a few of these a while back, with an idea in mind. As soon as I saw them, I thought they would be SO FUN for one (or both;) of my girls' rooms. Both our girls are nonstop drawing machines - machines, I tell you! - so we have endless masterpieces, and they're always so proud to display them. Like on the fridge, which is fine. Like on the clothesline in the playroom, that's fine also. Like grabbing the tape from the junk drawer and sticking them all.over.their.walls - not so much. Or better yet, using stickers, YES, STICKERS (which, by the way, do not come off) to attach their pieces of art to the walls. I reeeeally love that. So this, I thought, would not only be a cute way to show off their art, but hopefully keep them from using the lovely tape/sticker method.

The frames are laser cut, and only a few bucks. They come in oval or rectangular shapes. The large ones are $6.99 and the small ones are $2.99, but with the 40% coupon, they're even cheaper! Add some spray paint, and you've got a super cute frame (minus the glass of course).

I already had some spray paint - I went with a few white, and a couple different shades of blue. Reagan's room is lavender (Sherwin Williams Wisteria - AWESOME COLOR!), with some blue and green, so since I had a pale blue spray and an aqua one, I did a couple in those shades. But all white would have been cute too.

Then I picked up a few sheets of scrapbook paper (again, in those colors to match her decor), cut them to size, and taped them to the back. And I mean, taped them. Those suckers aren't going anywhere;). I flipped them over, and hot glued some binder clips that I already owned (thanks to my teaching days!), so I would have a way of attaching her art.

And that's it! Hang them with just a thin nail, and start adding some masterpieces!

I used the small ones for photographs. I thought that would be fun, as she gets older, and wants to change the pics. But for now, I just used one of my favorites of her dancing on the sand...

and snuggling her sister:)...

On the larger ones, I hung up some of her "schoolwork" ;)

And some fun stuff she's done around here, like her latest novel, "Thumbulena" (aka Thumbelina;)...

If you look very closely at the larger ones, you can see I had to use two sheets of scrapbook paper to fill the entire frame. So there is a line where the two meet, but it's not the end of the world. Plus, if there's a large picture on display, you won't even see it.

My little superhero was tickled when she saw her new Wall of Masterpieces!

I think these laser cut frames are so cute, I might just fill the entire wall!





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