ok soooo while cruising pinterest the other day I came up with an idea to make a picture frame(s) that I could use to display seasonal pictures. It turned into a bigger project than I expected, my brain worked better than my reality. But after several days, I finished it!
My original idea was to just find an old branch and tie the picture frames to it. Well when I couldn't come up with a branch that I liked, I went with an old piece of wood I found laying behind our shop. I took in into the shop and painted it white.
After discussing with my husband how to "hang" the picture frames from the board, we talked about things to put on the top of the board to sorta disguise the fishing line being tied to it. We discussed a few things, but then I thought "hey what if I make some blocks with our last name on them?? Well that was a good idea, but then I got an even better idea (or so I thought) what if I do the seasons and we change it throughout the year? oh yes! this is a FABULOUS idea! Soo, next came cutting out the blocks. I found a 2x4 and measured it (they're really 1.5 inches tall) so I measured out the lines to be cut at 1.5 inches a part to make cubes. However, I'm not the brightest when it comes to power tools, and cutting the blocks with a chop saw did not leave me with perfect cubes. (user error, 100% on that!) But I carried on and dealt with it anyway.
Next came painting my blocks to match the board.
While they were drying I did the math and figured out how to space the blocks out. (That, was also not the easiest thing I've ever done. Sorry Mr. Rowden, I know you taught me better, but my math skills are a bit rusty.) Once I had my holes marked I used the smallest drill bit I could find and drilled the holes in the board. I also took my picture frames (14 magnetic picture frames for the fridge) and drilled tiny holes in them to tie the fishing line to.
Next up I decorated the blocks with stickers. I found all of them in the scrap booking section at walmart. I placed the stickers so that each season and it's corresponding decorative stickers were in order so that with just one turn of the block, you'd be on the next season, make sense?
Once the stickers were on I turned the blocks upside down and hammered a straight pin into the center of the bottom. Finding the center was a little more difficult because of my awesome chop saw skills resulting in uneven blocks, but alas, I managed to do it all. The straight pins fit down into the holes I drilled into the the board.
I then laid the board out on the floor and arranged the frames where I would want them. Next I threaded the fishing line through the holes in the board (use a small needle for this, otherwise you might find yourself cussing inanimate objects) then I tied the line to the frames using the holes I drilled in them earlier.
Finally it's done!
I left hanging it up to my husband. As much as I wanted to have fun measuring and marking and figuring out where the studs were, he lives for that kind of thing so I let him do it ;).
I still need to fill the screw holes with caulk, add a few more pictures, and move the picture above the board because it is not centered, but other than that I'm pretty proud of my little DIY project!
