Pinterest Inspired Week #2

I can pat myself on the back now for good follow-through. Here it is, week 2, and I did what I set out to do. I made something that was Pinterest inspired. 

 I made a menu board picture thingy.

Here is my inspiration:

You can find it here.

I was so excited to find this. I actually had this picture frame! I found it at a thrift store a while back.

For the last 2 weeks (a long time huh?), I have been using this menu from Thirty Handmade Days.

If you have never checked out that blog you should. It rocks.

I have been using a grocery list you can find here. 

I was super excited to get even more organized so I got to work. 

I dug the picture frame out from under my bed and grabbed my excessively large bag of paper. I found some paper that was pre-cut (from my Creative Memories days) that matched the curtains in my kitchen and my 'EAT' sign.

 I used a mix of patterned and plain paper. I laid the paper out so the colors alternated.

Then I opened up a Word document and started playing with fonts until I found what I liked. I printed them out on plain paper.

 I took my pretty paper to the window and traced out my words from what I printed.

Of course, there are many of you who are way cooler then me and have a Silhouette. Yes, I am jealous. Yes, I want one. But alas, I have to settle for tracing cool fonts on my window.

This is before filling in the letters

Once I colored in all the letters I trimmed the paper and fit them into the frames. 


The hardest part of this whole thing was hanging it on the wall. But I had the perfect place.

Sorry for lame picture. There is NO natural light in my house. At all.

I am pretty excited about it.

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