DIY Letterhead Art

I can't take credit for this awesome idea, I found my inspiration from one of my favorite blogs Young House Love. I am all about DIY art, and this is a great idea for something more personal.

When I saw the YHL version I figured it would be as easy as typing something up in word and cropping it accordingly, but I was way off. They actually searched for a newspaper article that began with the right letter for them, which is honestly the hardest part of this whole project. After looking through a hefty stack of Real Simple magazines with the BF's help, I found our letter (literally in the last magazine I searched through, go figure).

So I scanned my little article clipping to my computer (we have a fancy printer scanner combo thingy) and then selected the portion I wanted to print. I left more text in because I like this look better, and it mentions "Sunday feasts" and I thought that was darling. I printed it out on high gloss photo paper and replaced the art I had in the middle of my gallery wall, and ta da!

Super easy and super cute! My kind of DIY project :)

Keep Calm and Frame Fabric

I know many people have a love/hate relationship with all the "Keep Calm" posters that have been circulating in the past few years. I joined late in the game with mine, and of course I chose a Tiffany blue version for my home. My "Keep Calm" print lived in the kitchen for the past few months, but with the new wall color being a soft shade of blue-grey, the blue on blue really started to bother me. Although I still love my "Keep Calm" print (even though it does little to actually keep me calm, fancy that) it was time for a change.

This might look familiar...I used some excess fabric from my most recent hope chest redo and framed it in a distressed brown frame I found at Goodwill awhile back.  Framing fabric is my new favorite thing. It is SO inexpensive and there are so many different fabrics out there with amazing prints (that might be overkill if used in too great an amount, also). It is easy-as-pie to update this form of art, which is great for an indecisive decorator like myself. 

I'm thinking of either distressing the frame more to lighten it up, or just painting it a new color entirely (maybe white, shocking I know). This frame grouping works fine in the kitchen, but the darker frame looks off when combined with the mini-gallery wall I made in the living room...at least to me.

See what I mean? It's not just me, right? haha. So, I have a little more DIY elbow grease needed to make the frame just right. But these are the moments I live for, really. :)