New Art on a Itty Bitty Budget

Quote of the Day:

Where we love is home 

~ home that feet may leave, but not our hearts.

                              ~ Oliver Wendall Holmes Sr.

 We hung new pictures over the sofa last night and I think they turned out beautiful.  And I don't think I could have done it any cheaper.  The plan was a lot different from the finished product but only because I liked it enough to leave it like this.

I can not for the life of me, remember where I got these illustrations from but they were almost exactly what I was looking for.  My plan was to actually print penciled etchings of seashells on transfer paper.  Then transfer them to a woven off white fabric and stretch them.  After that I would paint these frames an off white and frame them without the glass.

 I looked everywhere for frames.  And didn't want to spend a lot and really was hoping to rescue some from a thrift store.  Have  you ever tried to find 4 matching frames in a thrift store?  Impossible.

 I found this real wood frames at Family Dollar of all places.  They are 11x14" frames with matting!  Can you believe that?!  Once I got them home I decided not to paint them since the wood matched my furniture perfectly.

 So what was my final costs for this whole project?  Well that's the best part.  I downloaded the illustrations and had them printed at Staples for $1.00 each = $4.00 and I had 2 coupons for the frames for B1G1 half off.  $5.00 each with 2 half off = $15.00.  

***Grand Total:  $19.00***

I think the wall still needs something more.  I was originally going to go with bigger frames and probably should have but I'm overall happy with them.