creative gift giving...

First of all, the giveaway below continues until Sunday~thanks for all of your kind words and links on your blogs.

I was going to say cheap gift giving, but creative sounds much better, don't you think? And no, it's not re-gifting, I promise.

I'm always on the lookout for nice, thick frames at yard sales. This is from my treasure hunt last weekend...It's a gold frame with a scripture in it that I got for 50 cents.

My sister is spiritual and all, but I think I found something better to put in the frame. This is her and her husband (aren't they adorable??) I just went to her blog and copied this picture right off of it:

Out comes the trusty cream .97 spray paint from Wal-mart (remember from the rooster makeover?? It's just a great color to have on hand)

a quick sepia job on the picture, a ribbon from my ribbon stash, a staple gun to the back, a little sandpaper here and there to let a little of that gold shine through, and ta-da!:

a gift for under a dollar for my sweet sister. She already got it in the mail so I can post this, and yes, she'll see how much I spent on her, but it's okay. She knows I'm cheap, er, I mean creative. They are in medical school right now, so she understands it all. Love you, Kels!

P.S. a little trick on the ribbon~you don't actually hang the picture from the ribbon. Hang the picture on the wall like you normally would, then lift the bow up, put a tad of hot glue (it peels right off without damaging the wall) behind it, and it looks like it's hanging from the bow, but it's not. Then you can keep your picture straight and your bow from ripping, stretching, and being all off balance.