From This to That

I love re-using things!  I love shopping at thrift stores and finding things that I know I can use, or make something "new" out of it.

So about a week, or so before I went to Misty's she had told me about this song that she had heard and really liked.  That got my mind rolling.......

First I found this at a thrift store for a couple of dollars:

(Lovely, but completely out of my taste for hanging on my wall)

I bought a can of spray paint and a little bottle of black paint and got to work! I left the picture just as it was and painted right over the glass and frame. :)

The end result!

Don't look too close because it's certainly not perfect....

The first few coats went on beautifully smooth and looked wonderful!  Then I went to put the last coat on and it must have been too cold, or something because the paint kind of froze, making it crack all over (the paint cracked, not the glass).  But I think it made it look even better that way.
 

 (This was before I had the letters painted in.)

So I carted it off to my sisters and now she can worry about finding a place to put it. :)   It really was so fun to do (if you like to paint), you should try it sometime - and let me know what you made. :)