Date Art

Do you have picture frames laying around like this?

they have great lines and a good matt? they just need a little tlc.

remove the staples.

after i got it all appart, i spray painted the frame black.

this frame is an odd size, so this matt was a keeper, it just needed some paint.

first i took the inner matt off by using a knife and carefully sliding it between the matt and the board.

(excuse the dishses lol)

ok so its off

i just used regular laytex paint and a roller.

ta da!! dont waste your money buying new matts!

while the frame and the matt where drying I went on Word and created my date art.

since the opening of the matt was 7in by 11.5 i made sure to keep the text inbetween those in the ruler. I printed it off on scrapbook paper since its 12x12 i just cut it down to the standard 8.5 width and left the whole 12in length. centered it in the matt and hung it up!

the top dates are our birthdays the red is our wedding day, and the bottom is our first date, and engagement date.