Marcy is here to show us how to make Vintage Pictures on a dime dollar.
hi. my name is Marcy(aka) a girl in a gorilla suit. i am just another mom(of 5) trying to find her creative place in this world. these past few years, i have found myself using crafts as a therapeutic tool, while facing some of the hardest challenges in my life. i am a self-proclaimed, certified NON-professional crafter who loves diet coke, m&m’s and popcorn, and usually in that order! I hope you enjoy my tutorial…
i wanted some vintage lookin’ santa pictures but i didnt want to pay a lot for them.
so i headed to the dollar store to see what i could find.
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i spotted these gift boxes.
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vintage lookin? yes.
picture of santa? yes.
3 for $1? triple YES!
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once i got home with ’em i came up with this liddle idear
(all by my liddle ol’ self i might add!)…
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i started out by measuring and marking the bottom of the box,
right where i wanted my hole to be.
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i used my pencil to poke a hole for my thumbtack.
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then…because i am VERY o.c.d like things straight…i measured and marked my walls. then i stuck a thumbtack through the hole (on the bottom of the box) directly to the wall. …
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then i slid the top of the box over the bottom part of the
then i slid the top of the box over the bottom part of the
box that was attached to the wall.
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i repeated those steps with the other two boxes and this is how it turned out……
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i ♥ it.
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3 vintage looking santa boxes pictures canvases (wink!wink!).
ALL FOR $1!
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love it. love it. love it.
Thanks Marcy! Don’t forget to enter today’s Oh So Girly giveaway!
Hi! I'm Linda, the craft addict behind Craftaholics Anonymous®, a craft blog. Crafting is cheaper than therapy, right? When I'm not DIYing something, I can be found taxiing around our 4 crazy kids or working out. Or shoe shopping... because you can never have too many shoes! Happy crafting! ♥
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Wow what a brilliant idea. I never would have thought they were gift boxes.
What a great idea! They look wonderful and Christmasy!
I love it too, they do look like wrapped canvases. How clever.
What a cute idea! Very cute blog!
WOWZA that is a fantastically good idea. And it stores flat for next year ha ha!
I LOVE this idea! My three year old were just complaining we needed somethign else "Christmas-y" to hang on our dining room walls-this idea is perfect!!!
Ooooo…so smart! Jolly Old St. Nick would be proud!
Great idea! I love the dollar store. It looks like a hundred bucks, but barely costs anything.
Wow! That is a really great idea! So easy!
I LOVE YOUR IDEA-perfection my dear.
Cheri
what a great idea and they fold for easy storage after :D
pk @ Room Remix
Clever, clever, clever! They don't look like gift boxes at all. Love this idea…
Oh my goodness, SO smart and they do look like canvases! *slaps forehead*
Must go see if I have any gift boxes…
i am so glad everyone likes them! thank you so much for including me in RTW…and for all the other awesome ideas!
merry christmas.
I just found this lol and think it's great. I know it's no way near Christmas time but I was looking!
This is a great idea for any holiday or celebration. Or if you find a box pretty enough it could become a permanent picture…or you could use any box…and mod podge scrapbook/wrapping paper onto it.
Oh no…see what you started lol!!!
I also featured it on my Celebratiosn and Holidays blog.
Here's the link:
http://celebrationsandholidays.blogspot.com/2011/04/turn-gift-box-into-pictureby.html