Peace On Earth

Here's a little Christmas hall art.

Cheap and easy.

I started with a gold plastic thrift store frame.

Yes......and The Last Supper......when I told the cashier I was going to paint over it I thought she could scorch me with the look in her eyes.

But, come on now, I don't think Jesus really rocked a neon blue robe. Royal maybe, but not electric blue.

Some inexpensive chipboard letters. ($1 each)

An extra "W', 'cause you all know how much I love monograms.

My cousin had given me these fantastic, old ornate towel rods from her recent bathroom renovation. I took just the part that attached to the wall off, and painted them oil rubbed bronze and highlighted with antique gold. I also had bought a $2 sign from Goodwill for it's five crystal knobs. I hot glued the knobs on top.


Ta Da! Instant letter hangers!

I painted over the frame with a (heavy) coat of primer, and then the same oil rubbed bronze and gold. The inside I painted nickel, silver and antique brass. I used a script stamp to create a background that looks like ledger paper, and created a template in Adobe for two quick stencils for the font "ON" and "Earth".

For the hanging letters I painted the base in nickel and rubbed the edges in antique gold, and the stamped over the tops with the script stamp.

I hot glued burlap strips to the back and hung them on the knobs.

I did the same thing for the door wreath.

I hot glued floral wire to the back and ran it around the top of the wreath.

These are easy, quick and super inexpensive projects!