Christmas Card Wall Art by Silo Hill Farm

Today I have a special treat for all of my visitors!  Danni is sharing an awesome Christmas project with all of us!  Do you know Danni already?  If you don't, you're going to love her!  

Meet Danni:

Season's greetings to all of you Pondered Primed Perfected readers!  I'm Danni from Silo Hill Farm and it is my privilege  to be posting for my very good friend Sherry here today!  

 I'm delighted to share this cute, easy and inexpensive framed vintage photo project with you.

 The whole project came in at less than $2.00!  Gotta love that, right?
Here's how I did it.  The supplies are.........

Hinged double photo frame (Dollar Tree...guess how much? Yep $1!)  Photo mat (Dollar Tree....4/$1.00....that makes it 25 cents!)  Black and white photo from a Christmas card (free).  You can find a lot of very cool vintage Christmas photos for free at The Graphics Fairy though.
You can ignore the little package of gems, because in the end, I felt like I didn't need to use them.
Let me give you a close up of that Christmas card print because it's absolutely adorable, which is why I saved it for several years!

Seriously, do you not want to just hug that little girl??!!!  

I put the oval mat over the photo and slipped it into the large half of the frame.  

I wanted to put some cute saying or something in the small frame.  I made this on PicMonkey.  (I love PicMonkey!)  

It just seemed appropriate for the picture.  I printed it out, trimmed it to fit and put it in the small side of the frame.  It was at this point I decided not to add the little gems.  It somehow took away from the vintage feel of it.  

   It may be my favorite Christmas project this year.  Easy and inexpensive, yet simple and precious.  Come to think of it....that's just how I like my Christmas to be!  I hope yours is the way you want it to be as well!

Thanks for sharing this darling project Danni!  I love it!  That little girl with the Christmas tree is just a doll.  
Sherry

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Halloween Decorating ~ Easy Inexpensive Skull Plate

I like the freaky creepy feel of Halloween. 

I found the skull graphic at the Graphics Fairy and printed it out.

The glass plate came from the Dollar Tree.

Using a washable marker I put ink on the rim on the bottom of the plate and pressed it onto the skull print to create a cutting template.

I cut just inside the marked line to create the circle above.

 

It fits perfectly inside the bottom circle of the plate.

I mixed 1 part white glue with 1 part water and with my craft brush applied it to the bottom of the plate, just inside the bottom circle.

I pressed my skull graphic onto the plate and smoothed it with my fingertips...making sure to work out any air bubbles.

I added another layer of homemade mod podge to the back of the paper and then I let it dry completely and added another coat.

I'm thinking about adding some Krylon Looking Glass spray to the back...maybe.  There's a plate on the Graphics Fairy blog with a worn mirrored background.  It looks really antique~like. 

It looks good with my other bargain Halloween decor.  Most of this came from the dollar store.   I had the wooden bottle crates and the "TREAT" jar already.

It's not a very gorry, scary Halloween display. 

We don't want the little kids scared out of their britches.

The "TREAT" canister usually holds treats for our dog. 

But for this month it will hold Halloween candy for the kiddos.  :) 

The candle is "flameless" (battery operated~love these!).

Black crow trapped under the wire basket. 

I bought two but can't find the other....I guess it flew away...

I found the black wire pumpkin at Goodwill.  Cute, right? 

Dollar Tree silver frame.

 I added the phrase "TRICK OR TREAT" with a crow graphic,

also from the Graphic Fairy website.

CREEPY IS COOL!

 Sherry  :)

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