Pinterest Ideas

I spend a lot of time on Pinterest. I've gotten all kinds of great ideas from the various Pinterest boards that I follow. Ideas on what to wear, meals to make, organization ideas, and of course, craft ideas. If I actually created as many projects as I've pinned to my scrappin love board ( on csbuechs), I probably wouldn't be able to move around in my house.  :)

I've had a picture frame, that I bought at Ikea, for quite some time. I knew I wanted to do something with it, but I wasn't 100% sure what. I tried painting it. I was going to try distressing it. But, the finish on the frame made it so the paint would just wipe off.

I put the frame into the Goodwill bag. But, before I donated the frame, I found an idea on Pinterest. It wasn't exactly a frame, but I liked the idea. Here's the project that "pinspired" me.

I have a lot of school projects that I saved from my son. And, with him going off to college next year, I thought, why not decoupage the writing, from one of his class assignments, to the frame. That would make it more personal, and I could add pictures of him in the frame. So that's what I did. Here's the end result. I love that it has my son's writing on it. It really makes it special.