Hanging Pictures

My canvas prints have been sitting on the floor for weeks now. I've been walking by them wanting to hang them up for quite some time.



Remember this wall? I decided that I would replace the flowers with my canvas prints.



The way I like to hang portraits is to lay a piece of paper on top of the frame.



I punch a hole through the paper where the nail needs to be.

Then I use some painter's tape and tape the paper to the wall. At this time, I am leveling the top and measuring the spacing in between. The painter's tape makes it super easy to move the paper around without damaging the paint on the wall.

When I finally am ready, I hammer a nail into the hole that was made earlier (through the paper). Rip off the paper and replace with your portraits.

Because I have a bunch of holes on the wall from the flowers, I decided to replace some of the flowers until I am ready to fill in the holes which aren't too obvious unless you look for them.

I doubt I'll leave the flowers up on the wall, but for the meantime, it will do.

I am loving those prints though. Three pics for $30 is a steal in my book, especially when it makes me so happy to look at.

Faux-tastic!

Do you remember last weeks post on Faux Canvases? Well, I made one last week, made another one over the weekend, and will probably make some more this week because they turned out pretty fantastic. I decided to enlarge some black and white photos of the kids.

The hardest part was deciding upon which photos. Since I had already enlarged some individual pics of the kids, I concentrated on sibling shots. I decided to try the faux canvas on the picture with E. and R (pic on the left). Can you believe that they posed like that on their own? Isn't that just cuteness?

When I picked up the print later that day (technically, it was only an hour before I received a text telling me it was ready for pick up), I fell in love. That night, I ordered another print of E. and I kissing. I simply love how it turned out. I got so many compliments on it at the store when they "unveiled" it to me.

I'm so happy, I've already ordered some more. I thought I would put them in my dining room, but now, I think I am going to place them in my bedroom. Those pictures make me smile every time I look at them so it will be nice to wake up and smile every morning.

The best thing is whenever I order a canvas, I get an email with another $10 coupon! You'll have to choose the option to pay in the store to be able to redeem it. For less than $10, the faux canvas was totally worth it in my book.