{New and Good... A Picture Wall}

i love the way our picture wall was before.

{old pic to refreash your memory}

but when we painted the walls, i knew it was time for soemthing new.

i wanted it to be a bit more random and colorful.
then i saw this photo

it was on someone's pinterest page...but i can't remember who??:)

i loved everything about it...the colors...the randomness...exactly what we were looking for.

so i copied it.:)

kind of.

i bought almost all of the frames at walmart and target.

i went for the most inexpensive ones i could find because i knew i would be painting them.

once i had bought what felt like a gazillion frames, i started working on the arrangement.

i just laid it on the floor during nap time and played with it till i had it just right.

it was actually fun...kind of like building a puzzle.

i took a quick picture then cleaned it up.

i printed the picture and used that to plan what colors and photos would go where.

choosing the paint was tricky.

i spent many an hour in front of that huge wall of acrylic paints at hobby lobby and michael's.

i love a good project mess.

once all the photos were in the right frames, we laid everything out on the floor again.

hanging everything was tricky. (especially since it was 9 o clock pm  the day before janey's party...sorry baby!)

the fact that things were a bit more random and unmeasured was good though.

dave started with the bottom line since we knew we wanted that to be level and then we just built up.

........ta-da.......

i think it looks amazing in the room and adds just the right pop of color.

i think it will be pretty easy to add to as well.

i would like to go a bit more up...and out.

i was thinking about a pretty bunting over the top...what do you think?? too much??

maybe underneath? maybe on the fireplace instead????

who knows:)

one of my new favorite views in the house!!:)

here are some of the goodies i used.

i love us print - free

what i love most print - free

let all that you do print - free

you are my sunshine print (looks like she's on vacation!:) )

you are loved print - free when i purchased the sunshine one.

bird plate from pier one

have a happy day,

cindy

{thankful for}

1. a project done...check

2. more projects swirling around my mind...i love projects:)

3. hearing aubrey sing on the monitor in the morning

4. target finds

5. time with janey today at brownies