I love crafts that are quick and easy. I don't have a lot of patience and I don't have a lot of spare time. So I try to find little things I can do with ease that don't take a lot of time. I need immediate gratification or I lose interest. A few weeks ago, you will recall that I took the kids to the local drive thru zoo and petting zoo. Garret, my 12 year old grandson, took an awesome picture of a rooster. I loved it and wanted to put the picture in the kitchen with my rooster "stuff".
I found a cute wooden frame and painted it black and wiped off some of the paint to make it a lighter color and put the picture in this frame. I love it. The frame was $1.00 and I printed the picture at home on matte photo paper. I had the black craft paint so I now have an adorable little picture for just $1.00. I need a piece of chicken wire 4 x 6 to place over the photo to add a little something to it, but when I checked at Lowes, you had to buy a whole roll. They don't precut it anymore. I'll look at a craft store for wiring to use.
Here it is setting on the shelf in the kitchen.
I bought a brown wooden tray that the bottom of it was red and green Christmas design. I never thought to take a picture before I painted it, but I painted it blue.
I had the tall vase and the sweetgrass flowers. My daughter-in-law bought me the jar candle at Mother's Day. I had the little votives. I purchased the click glass vase for $1.00 and the colored rocks inside it for $1.00. The tray was 25 cents at a yard sale and I had the paint. Total out of pocket expense to make this display for the beach room was $2.25.
