{Thursday Thoughts} Picture Holder Tutorial

We love making art in this house. But makes a project almost every day and I wanted to create something that was a nice way to display it for all to see instead of crowding them on our fridge. This is what I came up with and I love it! 

We have a half wall around the kitchen and the wall has three sides. One side is facing the dining room, the other facing a hallway, and the middle one faces the living room. Since we moved in around March I have been telling my hubby that the wall looks empty and was trying to think of something to put there since. I thought a long mirror turned into a chalkboard would be great, but hubby said chalk over a rug might not be a good mix...and he's right. I think this was just the thing it needed...some art and Bug's level so she can see her pictures and help me change them as she makes new ones.

Enough babbling, here's the tutorial for you {sorry for yucky pictures. I need better lighting in here!}:

Supplies:

• small wooden blocks {I got mine at Michaels for about $0.35 a piece and got 3 squares. They also had other shapes to choose from.}


• as many clothes pins as wooden blocks {You could also use other clip type things}


• wood glue {or if you are cheap & too lazy to go to the store, hot glue worked just fine for me}


• paint & paint brush 


• wall mounting supplies

Here's what to do:

1} Paint your wooden pieces. {Make sure you paint the insides of the clothes pins too}

2} Decide how you want the clothes pins mounted on the blocks and glue them in place. {I put my middle square sideways to make a diamond}

3} If you're handy, put those teethy things on the back so you can hang it on the wall {or ask your hubby to do it like I did} and mount them to the wall however you'd like.
{Another idea would be to put magnets on the back and stick them to the fridge or a memo board for a pretty way to display art work.}

4} Grab some art work or even some photos and hang them onto the clothes pins. 

5} Enjoy!

I'd love for you to share your pictures if you have created anything from one of my tutorials. I just started a Flickr Group here so you can download pictures. :)

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