Today I’m going to show you just how sneaky I can be. I had this lovely set of Ikea picture frames over the sofa. For the past year they had housed Georgia O’ Keefe, but when I had the Halloween party I wanted to add something frightful in them and so I opened them up and that is when this happened. I broke the glass in one of them.
Well you know me, I wasn’t going to do anything about it. Too busy, too lazy, too cheap, you pick my excuse. The truth is I was in a rush to decorate and I wanted to stretch myself a bit and not do what I had done last year, which was add two vintagy looking Christmas cards in the frames.
I am working on toning down the red for this year’s Christmas theme and I really liked this plaid fabric. It had once been a pair of shorts but no one ever wore them so…. I cut it into rectangles fitting over the frames, and using some sticky tape, taped the fabric over the glass. This was a new idea for me because usually I add paper or cards to frames but I had never added fabric in this way before. It is a simple and temporary solution. I promise to get the glass changed, but after the holidays!
I also had this long piece of chiffon-like fabric. This was a piece left over from a curtain I had made years ago.
These are my Christmas picture frames with wreaths.
Do you ever stumble upon new ideas out of sheer laziness? I hope my Christmas picture frames with wreaths inspires you to think outside your comfort zone and try new things. And remember to try and reuse what you have at home.
And now for the big question which I’ve been obsessing over. In my quest to eliminate the red I ended up adding 3 red stars to the wreaths. This was not the plan at all but they look pretty good. Should I remove them and just leave the wreaths all white or do you like the red stars?
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botanic bleu
Sunday 11th of December 2016
Mary, Love your scientific way of creating the cardboard circles. Works for me, and I was a high school geometry teacher for too many years to remember. Judith
Carol@blueskykitchen
Monday 28th of November 2016
Mary, that's one of the most resourceful DIY projects I've ever seen. And it turned out really cute. Great job.
Michelle
Monday 28th of November 2016
Bwahaaahahaha I can't believe for a moment that you're lazy Mary. That beautifully creative mind of yours always works overtime and this just proves it. Your lazy-way wreaths are perfect and the stars aren't really red, they're more of a very light maroon. P.S. I have some pajamas that have that same plaid pattern and it's about time for them to be re-purposed. You've just given me a stunning idea. Thank you ;-)
Mary
Saturday 28th of January 2017
Michelle I will be waiting to see what you do with the pajamas!!
Keri
Monday 28th of November 2016
Mary, I like this idea of simply covering the glass with fabric. I don't think it's lazy but clever. The wreaths look great and I think you should keep the red stars; they pull the fabric and the wreaths together. Can't wait to see the tree, looks great so far from what I can see.
Linda at Mixed Kreations
Monday 28th of November 2016
Looks great Mary! Simple yet pretty with just the right amount of color. I like the added touch of the stars giving it just a pop of red. You are right about Santa, nothing you can do about that. He's just red,LOL. I don't think you are lazy at all, I think you just think outside the box on most things, and that is a good thing. Your creativity is always unique, and amazing!