Home Decor with Mary Pat

 Hi Everyone,
Practical Scrapper Mary Pat  here to show you a new way to use an old picture frame and turn it into a fun home decor piece. 

I don't know about you but I have a ton of picture frames that are going unused at my house.  Whenever I see a good sale I always pick up a couple.  Did you know that the glass on the frame makes a perfect dry erase board?  So knowing this I gathered up my Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker Messages collection.  This line is perfect to create a fun message board for the family. 

Start with a piece of thin 8x10 piece of chipboard.  Cover and embellish it as you like.  Just be sure to leave a big enough space in the middle so that you can write your messages.  The embellishments need to be flat so that it fits behind the glass.  I added a bit of sewing and cut my title using an old typewriter font on my Silhouette.  

I originally made The Siehl Family Message Board to write our busy schedule for the weekends.  It seems like with 2 boys we are always heading some place.  So my idea was to write and coordinate our schedules so that everyone could see; however, within a couple a weeks the message board took a totally different turn.  I leave the house for work at 5:45 a.m. and this is obviously before the boys wake up.  My 3 year old was having a difficult time not seeing me in the morning.  So I started to write "Good Morning Messages" to the boys.  My oldest son is just learning to read and he would read the message to his little brother.  So now the Siehl Family Message Board is a permanent fixture on our kitchen table.  I get to "talk" to  the boys every morning now and everyone is happy!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp



**Designer projects are not always linked in our posts, but you can always find their blogs in our sidebar or in the staff tab**