A finished guestroom and I LOVE IT!

Whelp....this little, itty bitty guest room was months and months in the making!

Yes, I had no deadline but ten months is kinda ridiculous!

Oh well....It's been used way before now but I just finally hung everything on the walls.

My finished framed herbarium pages!

I taped together packing paper pieces from Walmart to create a huge piece of paper.

Next I measured as best I could so they would be perfectly spaced apart.

You should have seen me on the floor, creeping around this huge thing!

I decided to mark around the frames a little bit to help me with the leveling

when I taped the pattern to the wall.

I also measured the distance from the top to the hanger on the back of the frame

to mark where the nail hole would need to be. I had to remove the stand on the backs

before hanging as they were way too long.

I used painter's tape on the top left corner then used a laser level on the right side

to determine where to hang it so my pattern would be level.

I promise, it's not perfect but good enough to make me happy!!!

Next, I hammered in a small nail on each mark on my pattern.

And this is the result sweet friends!!!!

These herbarium pages are real specimens and were created in 1898.

I'm just so happy they have a place of honor in our home!

More photos around the room after more items were hung!

I found the rug at Homegoods and it was pricey but the velvet bed skirt was a thrift find!

This little room is probably only 10' x 12' but I've managed to cram about a zillion things

in it!!! But I truly am pleased with the results. I hope you can get a few ideas from it!

Wishing you a beautiful week dear friends!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Tackling a few projects!

I had been putting off working on my herbarium prints but

finally got back to them!

I purchased cheap dollar store frames and of course, they looked cheap!

Gaps in the corners and crazy gold color. I love more subdued shades.

Here's my first one completed ~

You can see the gap in the corner and they ALL had them in all four corners.

So my solution was to caulk every corner of all fifteen frames.

Using wet fingers and a damp rag it really worked!

Below is one corner that's caulked. I didn't bother terribly much with having it

be perfectly smooth. I figured it would make the frames look older!

My next step was to spray Kilz Complete on all fifteen frames.

That took awhile!

But here they all are dried and ready for my next step.

I happen to have in my stash a beautiful Taupe colored metallic craft paint and it looks

BEAUTIFUL with the tones of my herbarium pages.

I brushed on this coat on all fifteen frames as well.

It's not perfect but I like that! Imperfection adds character.

These are my pages below. Now to finish cutting down the book page scrapbooking paper

I chose to be the backdrop of the pages and finish framing the other fourteen prints.

I'll have a few left over so I'm picking my favorite ones.

This is the look I'm going for except for I will have three rows of five!

Another project I'm in the middle of is framing

three beautiful Luna moths that I've found over the years.

First I have to re-hydrate them, arrange them with foam, pins and waxed paper

then let them dry back out.

Aren't they beautiful??

I've been hoarding this shadow box for a few years now and think

they will just perfect inside!!! I'll share my finished project soon.

And lastly I've been beautifying our front porch!

Four ferns hanging and a few other plants have it looking so pretty.

I even transformed an old fire pit frame into a small herb garden!

I've been a busy girl around here!

I'll be sure to share the herbarium pages as soon as I have them hung ~

Wish me luck!!!

I hope you are doing so very good ~

hugs and love,

Dawn