The masterpieces!

We've been pondering for awhile now what to do with all these amazing masterpieces that the kids create at home and bring home from school, church, etc...
We bought two long pieces of trim (approximately $2.00 ea.), and cut them down to size to fit our wall space. We then hot glued metal clips from Target onto each of the 3 cut pieces of trim. Later we added the wooden letters above, which I found at JoAnn Fabric. Now we can display all of these wonderful pictures. Easy Peasy.And, as you can see its already full!

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Updating Outdated Kitchen Counter

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After

  This is how you can change your old, outdated countertops without spending a fortune.  And all you need is 3-5 colors of paint, paper towels, and paint brushes.
  I really didn't like our fake butcher block counter tops, and I read several places that you could paint them. While John was at work one day, I took a stab at painting them with some random paint in the garage...We have a lot of leftovers. I was pleased to see how well it covered.
Now I am obsessed and want to do the whole thing for sure. :)
  I ended up buying some counter paint by Rustoleum at Lowes to put down first. I figured it had a much more durable surface to work with than whatever I was finding in the garage.
  Once the solid color was dry, I started dabbing. Using a paper towel. Yep. that's right...Crumple the paper towel, dip in the paint lightly and go to town stamping the counter. After about 5 different colors and several layers here are the before and afters.

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