Triple Picture Hanging

I wanted to make something for the in-laws for Christmas and I knew I couldn't go wrong with pictures of their granddaughters.

There are a million ways people are mod podging pictures on things lately, but my friend started using the Dollar Tree wooden plaques and they work great.

So I bought 3 and came up with this wall hanging.I once again forgot to take a picture before I gave it to her and therefore have a cruddy phone picture to show you...blah...but better than nothing.

I painted the wood on the back and around the edges, mod podged scrap paper to the front and then the picture.
You can always add other embellishments to make it even cuter. I kept it pretty simple.
I hot glued the ribbon in one long piece to hold them together.

Looks like it's holding up so far.
Hopefully the next picture I get isn't of it in the floor.

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Hand-Held Chalkboards

I have been wanting to use chalkboard paint for a long time, but I never knew it came in spray paint!

I had some little wooden things that I couldn't ever think of anything to use them for and the 2 came together for this.Hand-held chalkboards for my nieces.

I used about three coats of chalkboard paint to make sure they were coated well. Painted the edges of the wood black, painted the entire back a pretty matching color and mode podged scrapbook paper on the ends.
To finish it off I hot glued ribbon over the seam where the paint met the paper. They also needed chalk so I tied a ribbon around it with a piece of chalk.

I forgot to take a picture before I sent these so I got my sis-in-law to take a picture for me...thanks Heather!

I did this for my other nieces too but they were just ovals and didn't have any flare to them on the front. Hopefully they're still fun to play with anyways.

Now my girls want one...

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