This is my favorite time of year, the brisk weather, the changing leaves, Thanksgiving, then Christmas… it doesn’t get much better than that. 🙂 I’ve been decorating my house for Fall and wanted to make a little something for my mantel. That’s where this comes in:

I inherited a bunch of frames from my in-laws who are having a Spring Fall cleaning in their house, and I’ll pretty much never turn down free frames!  You know there was no way I was going to keep it looking like this though. I primed it then painted two coats of leftover Bear Claw (it’s a color we painted an accent wall in our living room in our first rental); it’s a beautiful, warm, spice kind of color and the pictures really don’t do it justice.

I wanted the frame a little more aged though so I mixed up some black craft paint with a little bit of water and wiped it onto the frame with a rag, like a glaze, then wiped off the excess.

With the frame how I liked it, it was time for me to make the sign for the inside of the frame. I designed a stencil then cut it out of vinyl with Cami.

After positioning the the stencil on a piece of leftover burlap that I already had, I used a paintbrush to dab black paint in the letters, being careful to dab in up and down motions so the paint wouldn’t seep under the stencil. 

Then, I just stretched the burlap over some cardboard and secured it into the back of the frame.

Ta-da! The finished product. I love the way it turned out and I’m excited to try more painting on fabric. I’m also excited to remake more hand-me-down frames. 🙂