IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT, MAKE IT YOURSELF

Where has this week gone?

Sometimes regular life takes over and it doesn't leave time for much else.

I am sorry for my lack of posting. :(

But before this week ends, I want to share with you a little DIY project.

I have been remodeling our formal living room, I am almost done, but not quite there yet. 

You all know that the moment you change a small decor item in your home, it is like chain reaction, 

you have to start moving or changing everything else. :)

Well, that was the case with this project. 

Since I changed the colors in the room, some of the items I had didn't look very nice, 

the picture over the sofa was one of them. 

After looking around for a couple of weeks and not finding anything we really liked, I decided to make my own using the picture I already had up there and everything I had at home, so this project was completely free.

Remember my old picture?

I took it apart. Painted the frame metallic bronze

and covered the whole thing with drop cloth.

It took me a couple of days of thinking what to do next.

First I thought of stenciling, but I wanted something a little nicer, so I made a sunflower wreath using cardboard, metallic craft paper and burlap ribbon.

First I cut an 18 inch circle out of cardboard, it doesn't have to be perfect, since it will be all covered.

And I cut a second smaller circle for the center.

These are the material I used.

I made a leaf pattern and sat down and cut leaves for a good hour. :)

After that is done, it is very easy.

Using a little drop of hot glue, just start forming your flower in any pattern you would like.

 And I added a small matching ribbon to finish it off.

I love the way these colors look against the drop cloth.

And that's it! Very simple.

I will share with you soon the other changes I made to the living room.

Until then, have a super great weekend!

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