DIY {I Love You Because Frame}

Today you will find me guest posting over at Love, Fun, and Football about how to break your New Year's Resolution. Go visit Erin and say hi for me!!!

Sooo since my coffee mugs were a big hit (and by "big" I mean you all left some fun comments), I figured.."hey why not try something else." Sometimes I think that it takes someone showing you how easy it is for you to actually DO IT. Thankfully pinterest shows you how x 10000 because everyone like to repin the same thing... Well this little post kept coming up so I got a little excited at the store today and figured..ehh let's give it a try.

Supplies needed:

• Someone you love: husband, boyfriend, mom, dad, sister, brother, babies or kids....y'all I was just thinking while I was typing, wouldn't this be great for an older child? Instead of notes in the lunch kit, leave notes on their frame. I still have all the notes my parents left for me. They (kiddos) WILL thank you later on.
• Scissors
• Picture frame (I'll admit this...mine is a $2 frame from walmart)- any size you want but mine is an 8x10
• Scrapbook paper- I always buy those books that are like 5 dollars for a crap load of fun paper
• Flowers- I bought mine in the craft section...you can make your own but I wasn't even going to try that....not yet
• Hot glue gun and glue- handle with care :)
• Printer or awesome handwriting- I hate my handwriting so my printer came in handy.

Steps To Make Your Very Own "I Love You Because..." Board

Step 1
   Decide on the background for your frame. I say go light so that your writing shows up really well. Our house is all browns and tans so...wa-la.

Step 2
   Print out "I love you because" on your scrapbook paper. This proved to be a daunting task for me because I can never make it easy on myself. I cut my HUGE scrapbook paper to the size of a normal sheet and then did a couple of practice sheets to make sure the spacing was right...again I'm a perfectionist....gotta let that go. lol The suggested font was century gothic and some downloaded font but my computer hates me so I used one I had downloaded a long time ago - Holiday Home

Step 3
    Put your paper in the frame....yes...it's as easy as that. Just do it.

Step 4
    Cut or make your flowers. I wasn't about to try making mine (YET) so I bought ones that are like the colors from our wedding. If you have been around my blog for a while, you know it's my obsession. hehe

Step 5.
    Decide where you want your flowers. Play around with it until your happy.

Step 6
    Glue on your Flowers with your hot glue gun. I held mine on there for about 20 seconds and they stayed very well!

Step 7
   Write your loved one a note and set it in the perfect spot!

 

 

Original Post.... I'm not crafty enough to make my own flowers (YET) but I just loved this idea.

 

Source: onthegobride.com via Ashley on Pinterest