Thrift Store Christmas Decor Tutorial

I can't wait to show you what I have today. This is definitely up top with my favorite projects I have done! So let's get to it...

A few weeks ago I went to our local thrift store to
see what I could find to do my crafts.
I went down the frame isle and came across and old oval frame
with quite the beauty of a painting in it...note the sarcasm here!!
 I knew that I could create something Amazing with this frame
so I bought it for a whopping $1.00!

When I came home, I thought about what I wanted to do with it and knew it needed to be something Christmas. So here is what I came up with:
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This really was so fun to take something old and make it modern and new!


Here's what I did to make it:
1. The painting was screwed into the frame so I unscrewed it and remove the painting. 
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2. Then I took the frame and spray painted it red.
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3. I bought some fabric to put for the background to cover up the ugly painting. I also bought some little embellishments and ribbon to add to this to spruce it up.
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4. Next, I took the fabric and cut it about the size of the oval painting.
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5. I took some spray adhesive {my new favorite stuff} and sprayed the painting with it. I did it according to the directions on the can. Then I put the fabric onto the painting. I smoothed that out and let it dry for a bit. Then I took scissors and cut the excess fabric off.
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6. I cut some sparkly red ribbon to fit in the spot I wanted it to on the board. I also used adhesive spray to glued that onto the board.
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7. Now is the fun part...figuring out the embellishments. It took me a minute to get it just right, but finally came up with this:
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8. Lastly, I cut out the words "Joy to the World" in brown vinyl on the circut and transferred those onto to the fabric.
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There you have it!! Super fun and SHABBY CHIC Christmas Decor from a Thrift Store Frame!!
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I LOVE it!! What do you think??



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8 comments:

  1. You never cease to amaze me! This is so cute! I am going to sharw your link. What a great talent you have! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. You never cease to amaze me! This is so cute! I am going to sharw your link. What a great talent you have! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. You never cease to amaze me! This is so cute! I am going to sharw your link. What a great talent you have! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. You never cease to amaze me! This is so cute! I am going to sharw your link. What a great talent you have! Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Jill, this project is AMAZING! What a beautiful transformation!

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  6. as usual an amazing job :) you are so creative!!

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  7. I love how this turned out! So pretty! Visiting from DearCreatives.com

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  8. Very lovely!!
    This for sharing at Show & Share, featuring this tomorrow.

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