{Before and After} Framed Tile and Cutting Edge Stencil Winner

I've got a small, inexpensive project to share with you today.  The whole picture only cost me a whopping 50 cents+tax!

I started with a .50 frame from the thrift store, spray painted it black, and distressed it. 

This is how it looked when I bought it.

The tile around the edge was leftover from our bathroom remodel.  It's only taped to scrapbook paper so if we ever need to use it it's still in good shape.  I dried a flower from my yard and glued two very small pieces of cardboard to the center back of the daisy so it 'floats' in the frame and then taped it to the scrapbook paper. 

Tip:  One summer I took a bunch of flowers from my yard and placed them in-between the pages of a large telephone book.  I just keep them there so whenever I need a dried flower for something I know where to find them.

The back is still in poor shape, but this picture hangs in my bathroom, so there wasn't any need to fix it up. 

The little plant was another great find.  It was on clearance for $2 because the greenery was falling out--I just pushed it back in and it was as good as new.  It was such a lucky find!

I like to keep this picture up all year round because it reminds me that my yard will green up again and Winter won't last forever, although some days it seems as if it might. :)  Hope this gives you some ideas!

Also, the winner of the Cutting Edge Stencil Giveaway
(winning one stencil of her choice up to a $50 value) is Lisa Summerhays. 

Congratulations Lisa!!! 

A big thank you to Cutting Edge Stencils for giving away such a generous prize and to all of you who entered! 

 It was fun to read about all of your projects. :)

Today's Fabulous Find...Framed Tile

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