Thursday, March 1, 2012

Framed Veggie Print

I put together another little project today!
In another post, which can be found HERE,  I showed what I did with one of a set of outdated framed pictures I had.

What I started with...they were old greeting cards that I framed sometime in the 90's and I just couldn't bear to look at them a day longer, so I decided to renew them and make something more up to date.
The before:



The first thing I did was to repaint one of the mats. I used a little bottle of Americana craft paint that I had....the color is Hauser Light Green. Using a 1-inch foam brush, I applied 2 coats of paint.


Using an inexpensive can of matte black spray paint, applied 3 coats of it to the picture frame.

The last thing I did before putting it all together was to go to Wordle to make the 'print'.

I just love this website. For those of you who may not know about it....you can type in a list of words, a sentence or paragraph, and it will arrange the words into a 'word cloud'. After you generate your word list, it gives you the option pick different colors, the arrangement of the words, whether you want the words horizontal or vertical or both, there are quite a few different fonts to play around with.

I just typed the names of some green vegetables, then I selected several shades of green, the font I wanted to use, then printed it out.

As far as I could tell, there is no way to save the word cloud, you have to just print it out when you are done making it, and it doesn't let you select a size...it automatically printed mine out to fit an 8'x 10' frame, but I wanted to use my mat which has a 5x7 opening. I personally didn't like how it looked in an 8x10 frame....I don't like things too symmetrical and liked how my 5x7 mat covered part of the words. 

Here is the painted frame, and the printed word cloud:

Since I re-purposed an existing frame and mat, and I already had the foam brush and paint, this project ended up costing me....nothing! I like those kind of projects. :)

Here it is all finished:

Again, there is that ugly shelf that I need to replace, but for now, this is where everything is sitting.

I welcome all comments...please let me know what you think, and have a great day! :)

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17 comments:

  1. I love it! I'm partial to green. :) Isn't it great when you can re-purpose stuff for no money?! I found you through Linky Followers Party Hop Blog and am now following you.

    http://www.laurieslittlebitsofcreativity.com/

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    1. I love green too. And yes, the more inexpensive a project, the better I like it. I love taking old stuff and giving it new life. I visited your blog, and am also following you. Have a great day!

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  2. Good job! A new piece of art without any cost is great!

    (Visiting from Feature Yourself Friday)
    http://the-wheeler-family.net/onewheelersworld

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    1. Thank you for the nice compliment, and for stopping by my blog. Have a great day!

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  3. Awww this is cute! Love the idea of using green food! So cute!

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    1. Thanks...it was fun to make! Have a great day!

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  4. Very nice update. Love it!
    Sarah
    www.budgetfriendlydecorating.com

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  5. Nice update! Thank you for sharing at Potpourri Friday! I appreciated your participation!

    Please consider changing your word verification to "no".

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    1. I appreciate the compliment, and for letting me link up to the party.

      Thank you also, for letting me know about the word verification. I didn't know I could change it..haha! It very annoying when trying to leave someone a comment, so I'm glad you mentioned it to me and I was able to turn it off.

      Have a great day!

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  6. Jackie, what a great makeover you made for free. Free works for me! I'm not following you on Linky and hope you follow me there, too. BTW, thanks so very much for mentioning Wordle...I have to check it out soon.

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  7. Helen, thank you for stopping by my blog and for the nice compliment. I'm following you as well! :)

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  8. MUCH better!! I didn't realize you could repaint a mat like that! Thanks for linking at Shine on Fridays!

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  9. This is so pretty. I didn't know about that website before. Thanks for sharing at Fabulous Friday.

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  10. I've made some framed prints like this for my mom and mother in law as gifts one year. I really like doing it with food names!

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  11. Love the no cost redo! Following you from TDC-stop by for a visit!

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  12. So cute! And I'm loving the fresh shades of green!

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