Does anyone love Winter as much as I do? We love SNOW here, and I am drawn to snow scenes! I am always on the hunt for vintage and cheap economical décor for our home. If you have been around here for any length of time, you will know I do love a bargain, but I also like things that do not look cheap... so I DIY a lot of things around here with a little creativity.
Before Hubs and I got married and had a home to work on every weekend, we used to go to yard sales on the weekends. I think I enjoyed the pass time more than he did, but we would drive all over seeing what sorts of things people had.
One day, we stopped at a home. I am not sure why we stopped at this home in particular, nothing stood out to me from the road, but I wanted to stop. We walked up and the lady had this frame for sale. It was all green, had the glass in it, no back, no picture... I checked the price, $1.00!! I scooped up this pretty right away! I didn't see anything else so I walked up and told her I would be taking this piece. She looked at me like I had four eyes and said I should probably just give it to you, it's been around here forever and is junk- it's an old antique I kept meaning to throw away. I wanted to scream say, lady, are you kidding me? I smiled and replied I collect antiques and was happy to take it off of her hands. I nearly skipped down the driveway to the car. Hubs said, you are extremely happy over a frame. I grinned from ear to ear and said you have no idea, this pretty set me back $1.00! Of course, he is used to me bringing junk very valuable items home by now...
I highlighted all of that detail with white paint. I even think the missing pieces of the detailed part of the frame is charming, it gives it character. I do not mind at all.
Some scrap book paper I had laying around for the background, and a series of Christmas cards I purchased last year to send out. I kept a series for myself to complete the whole winter scene. There is even glitter on the trees for added sparkle! I love glitter and the way it shines in the light, another thing that drives hubby crazy. He says it gets everywhere. Oh well, glitter makes me happy and adds a little sparkle to our home!
