Old Window turned Picture Frame

Do you remember me telling you about that friend I was helping last week? Well here is what we were working on: turning an old window into a picture frame.

She got a box of these old windows for $2 at an antique place with her mom, and thought it would be great in her living room. (sorry about the low light, she really has no light in her living room)

She called me to help her figure out all the details, but really she needed no help, the girl has a good eye. I missed getting a picture of the window before she painted it, but it was that light brown color that you can see in some older houses still.

They had just gotten some new family pictures taken and she had them all ready to go, so we just had to figure out the placement of them. I really like how she had the idea to hang some by small cording - it looks great.

Then we cut the vinyl - easy peasy! I used my cricut and SCAL with a font that she found online. She put it all on and when I went over to see it again I just loved it! I wish I had an old window to make something cool with.

When I say that she has a good eye - she has a good eye. She found these old sewing drawers as well at the antique shop and was using one to hold cell phones and ipods and whatnot. The other one she thought would look cute on the wall. She had this picture of her Grandpas old bike and it all just came together!

This really is beautiful, and a great way to showcase lots of pictures easily!

And the winner is . . .

Number #185

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Fantastic Friday #28

It is Friday! I have been busy helping a friend this week with some designs on her living room wall. I just took the pictures and I will have a post about it hopefully next week. Her mom owns an antique shop and she came across some great stuff, you will love it!

There was lots of great stuff last week, thanks to all who linked up. I did not get a chance to visit all the links, it just seems like summer gets so busy around here. I really loved these wood dice from The 36th Avenue.

When I read her tutorial I loved them, she also shared a game that they played with them on her blog. My kids would totally love doing something like that.

Grab a button and lets get onto the party!

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Rules:
*become a follower of Iron Violet Designs, I like followers - it makes me feel good. But I won't delete your link if you don't.
*link up anything that you have made - sewn, cooked, crafted, etc. family friendly of course.
*must link to a blog post, not your home page, another linky party, etsy shop or giveaway.
*link back to this post so that others can join in on the fun. Grab a button or do a text link either one is fine with me.
*visit a few of the links and leave comments! Everyone needs a little comment love!

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Let's get started:

ABC Wall

First off check out my Fabric giveaway here!

Now I can share that I have finished something! I had this all finished, but then one of the letters fell off and broke - so I could not very well share it with you when it was minus one letter. (it was the M and it is pretty big in my design) I have seen ABC walls around blog land and I had a perfect spot in my house that I could not decide what to do with. This was the perfect project for my empty space.

I started collecting letters a few months ago. I really do not have much of a budget for crafts so I had to collect them as they went on sale or I had a coupon for them and if I found any at thrift stores. It took me about 5 months to collect all the letters.

After I collected them I had to decide how I wanted each of them to look. I let the kids pick out the letter of their first name and tell me what color it should be. I painted this D green as per the request of Thing #1, but he really wanted a dragon painted on it. I had my mother-in-law paint the dragon when she was here a couple of months ago, because I have shared before that I really lack in the drawing abilities. And as you see, she is super talented at drawing. Thing #1 loves how this turned out - which makes me love it as well.

I had this F painted a cream color and distressed the edges. It looked so good, but then I put it up on the wall and it just blended into the wall. I asked Conan what I should do and he was the one that came up the great idea to cover it with flowers! Now it stands out and looks great!

I cover my C with crayons because crayons and coloring starts with C. It was super easy and it is the letter that gets the most compliments. I cut a C out of cardboard and then covered it with the crayons - I had to put a nail right through the cardboard to get it to stay on the wall. This what not my idea, I had seen this idea as a gift for teachers and even featured one forever ago on Fantastic Friday.

Everything else I either covered with paper, or painted a certain color and stamped a design on it. I covered my Y with yarn. When I was deciding how to paint these I tried to do something that had to do with the letter.

I really love the way this looks in my family room, and it was easy to do - just a little bit time consuming collecting the letters. I kept a copy of the ABC's in my purse and would cross off letters that I had collected so that I could not get doubles.

I hope that all of you are staying cool and enjoying your summer!

And don't forget to enter my Fabric giveaway here!

Poppy Seed Fabric Giveaway!

This giveaway is now closed.



Kim from over at Poppy Seed Fabrics has got a great treat for us today! she is doing a giveaway for you all!

I love all of the stuff that she has in her shop, a few of my favorites are:

I am such a sucker for fabric bundles, I just love to look at them all color coordinated, and these colors are awesome!

I love these colors together, they would make such a great quilt! 

And these super cute owls.

She is giving one of you this bundle of fabric. This a a fat quarter bundle of 15 fabrics. How great are these fabrics?!

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Good luck to all of you! I will close this giveaway on Sunday the 24th at noon, and will announce the winner on Monday!

I hope you have a great week!

Fantastic Friday #27

Oh, to be 27 again . . . anyway, this has been a week. I have a project that is almost finished - well it was finished until one piece fell and broke! So now it is back to almost. I apologize that I have not gotten much up on here this week - but I hope to have something good for you next week.

Even though I have not had much success in finishing projects, you all shared some great stuff at last week's party! I loved looking through all the links - especially when it was pouring rain and I just sat in bed looking at your creations!

I decided against the 'likes' feature because no one used it last time. Instead I will share the one that got the most views. Which was this awesome bedroom redo by Jessica at My World Made by Hand. I just love the duvet cover! I could totally have a room like this!

Grab a button and lets get onto the party!

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Rules:
*become a follower of Iron Violet Designs, I like followers - it makes me feel good. But I won't delete your link if you don't.
*link up anything that you have made - sewn, cooked, crafted, etc. family friendly of course.
*must link to a blog post, not your home page, another linky party, etsy shop or giveaway.
*link back to this post so that others can join in on the fun. Grab a button or do a text link either one is fine with me.
*visit a few of the links and leave comments! Everyone needs a little comment love!

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Let's get started:

Cucumber and Tomato Salad

I realized the other day it has been quite a while since I put a recipe up on here. With the kids this summer, I just have not really had the chance to bake anything great. However, my daughter is a great cook and has been making some great treats, but she always wants to take them over to her friends. And let me tell you they really want her to come and live with them!

I did make this good for you salad the other day. I really like cucumbers and so I loved this salad when I had it the first time. it is very refreshing and super easy to make!

 Tomato Cucumber Salad

4 ripe tomatoes

1 medium cucumber

2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

1/4 tsp sugar

2 tsp chopped fresh basil

freshly ground black pepper to taste

Slice tomatoes and cucumbers thinly and place in medium bowl. Combine vinegar, oil and sugar. Drizzle over sliced tomatoes and cucumber. Toss, then sprinkle with chopped basil. Refrigerate or serve at room temperature.

Hope you are all enjoying your summer, we have had some great afternoon rainshowers that I just love!