Making your very own art

I recently gave my kitchen a facelift by spray painting/painting a few key items. I went from bright reds to blues/greens. I had found this picture, well two of them actually, at a garage sale for $1. While it worked with the red theme it didn't look so hot with the blues/greens. I kept looking for something else in my new color scheme to fit in the space but had no luck.

Then I thought what if I just re-painted this perfectly usable canvas that doesn't match my decor any more anyways?

I got my inspiration from The Nester-www.thenester.com/2012/01/handmade-wall-art.html.

I spray painted on a coat of primer...

...then hit it with a coat of the blue I used in the kitchen.

Just started sponging on different shades of blues, greens, golds & browns. I used spray paint,  acrylic paint & leftover latex paint.

Picked this guy up at Hobby lobby & spray painted on dark blue swirls. When those dried I sponged some more to blur the swirls a little

 

Finished product! All with a recycled canvas & left over paint.

Jewelry display

I have saved a ton of old picture frames from other houses that just don't fit into my current decor. My mom needed a jewelry organization system. She is really into her jewelry & changes it everyday. I thought it would be cool to display it like a piece of art. I went to pinterest to get some inspiration and it all seemed relativity easy.

Here's a picture I will NEVER hang again! I dry brushed some white paint over the gold but made sure to leave some of the gold peaking through.

The picture was mounted on foam core poster board so I up-cycled it. I hot glue gunned fabric to the poster board.

I went to Hobby Lobby & picked out drawer pulls that I thought were cute and screwed them right into the board. Then I popped the whole thing back into the frame and there we go up-cycled jewelry display!

I liked how that turned out so well that I decided to use one of my bigger frames for a bulletin board in the kids playroom at my moms house to keep all of their creations off of her fridge but still displayed. I turned a drawer pull upside down to hold the tacks.