Horchow Inspired Art

I was looking to create for art over our pantry door. My Mom jokes that my house is like a tattoo junkie, that has that little bit of bare skin that must be inked in. Bare wall is just a place begging to be decorated.


I have already professed my love of all things Horchow.

So when I saw this, I thought "I can make that"


Photo courtesy of Horchow.com

My Aunt had given me tons of 8" x 10" frames.

I had some 1" x 4" wood laying in the garage

(literally)

Some canvas paper, cheap alternative to an actual canvas

I painted the wood and frames black.

I just painted very randomly on the canvases. On some I went for a gradient look, some I just added multiple paint on the canvas and blended the edges. I tried to pick intense colors, and colors that can be found in our other artwork in our living room, to tie it together.

I used modge podge to attach the canvases to the frames. And then highlighted the edges in gold.

For the frame, I stapled the pieces together on the back side.

Dad, I know you are looking away at the shame and horror, and tomorrow you will be calling telling me the proper way to do this. But this was a nap time project. Please forgive me.

Then I hot glued the frames to the wood, starting at the outside and working in to keep them even. the middle ones I glued them to the other frames.

Ta Da!!

The dollar store has a great selection of frames that would work great for this project!!

Party time:

Please join the fabulous Kimba At A Soft Place To Land for DIY day.

And the lovely Shabby Chic Cottage to see more transformations.