I spent today being a

I turned this:

Into this

I have been meaning to make one of these for a while now. I had been keeping my eyes open for a frame and then last night I remembered that I had an old frame sitting in a closet! I just needed to update it.

This project was super simple all I needed was a little paint and scrap book paper, both of which I had sitting in my craft dresser. Really, this project didn't cost me anything to do!

First I painted the frame with some white acrylic paint.

While I was waiting for that to dry, I started to work with my scrap book paper. This part was tough because I didn't have enough of one paper design to do the whole thing in that color. It actually worked out better though because I was able to do a boarder and incorporate a bunch of colors that we decorated the house with. I also cut out about 35 squares in a fun pattern paper that are the days on the calender.

I used some stickers I had to put the days of the week on the top of each row. I know the squares are not perfect, but I think it gives some character.

All you have to then is put the frame back together and fill out your calendar according to what month it is.

I love the way this turned out. I am just so excited about it! I know exactly where I want to hang this on the way when the hubs gets home tonight.

Being a crafty girl is fun and even better when you can craft with stuff you have laying around the house.

-Mrs.J