Hippity Hop

Easter was up next so I found a vintage image I liked and sized it and printed it out. I found a pretty soft green and got the frame painted and then, as usual, I distressed the edges. 

I went ahead and put the cardboard into the opening but, for some reason, I thought the opening may still show through the image once it was on since it is just printed on paper so I found a piece of card stock and cut it just a bit smaller and glued it on the back of the image before ModPodging the image on to the wood of the frame.

Once the image was dry, I distressed the torn edges.

Gathering embellishments was difficult for this one because I felt like it needed to be soft and somewhat in line with the colors of the print. Since I used all of my soft pink flowers-that would have been perfect here-on the Valentine hanger, I pulled the lavenders that I had and then a handful of very thin silk ribbon that I had in my stash. At this point I wasn't sure how I would get it to hang. I felt like wire would be too "stiff" looking for where I was going so...

...I grabbed my trusty Dremel and drilled the hole on the back through to the front. Then I was able to thread the ribbon through to create a hanger as well as a bow on the front.

I really wanted a very soft bow with loops and I got that-sort of. I had to twist the ribbons in order to be able to get them through each other to make the bow. I actually thought I was so smart to think of that but I failed to realize that once they were twisted and tied, the loops would not be able to be opened and "made pretty". I played around with it until I was ready to cut the loops and just go with another messy bow but I stopped myself short of that and I will go with it as is. I ended up just using the lightest flowers I had left and the next time I am in HL I will pick up some more pink ones because I definitely think with the flowers in the image, more pink is needed. Again, it's not like I am in a time crunch so I will probably get to it before it is actually needed. Lol

I think I might have a change of plans for my Christmas hanger. I thought I wanted to use a round frame but that frame really doesn't allow for a large enough image-I'm thinking a vintage Santa-so, I might end up using my last square frame and seeing what I can do tomorrow. I started using my reciprocating saw today to cut up some of the 2X4s from the fence and it was fun so I know I'll be back out there tomorrow again for that and then possibly a bit of weeding because these rains have made the weeds grow like champs. We shall see what time permits. Stay safe and stay tuned.