Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Muppets!

I wish I would have taken before and after photos of this latest project.  I'm new to this so don't give up on my just yet!

I recently framed a set of "Old Maid" Muppet playing cards that I received when I was 3 or 4; the cards were part of a Valentine's Day card that my mom had to cut apart so we could play the game.  I remember my brother and I playing with these and was always so fond of them I wanted to do something to display them.  I had thought the card was from my mom all these years but just learned it was from an uncle.

For this project I bought a large piece of red cardstock.  Sweetems is the old maid so I arranged him in the middle.  After that is was just a lot of careful measuring and gluing.

I found the frame at Good Will; it's hard to find frames that have a lot of character at Target, Kohl's, etc.  It was a bargain at $1.00.  I spray painted it white and finally, years later it's finished.  Luckily my fiancee loves the Muppets just as much as I do so now I need to hang it.  I should say Scott needs to hang it; he has a better eye for that.