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Transformation!

Posted on March 11, 2010February 10, 2015 by Diana Brandmeyer

I came home from my last trip to Chicago with a print that I loved. It was a huge yellow flower. I didn’t realize it was printed on paper. By the time I got it home it had several holes poked in it. So now what? I tried to tape it and used a watercolor pen to make it look better. Didn’t work.

The print was stapled to a nice frame and I had an ‘aha moment.’

I ripped off the print.

And found this great base. But now what? I’m not an artist, that would be my son. He’s busy though and I knew he wouldn’t have time to paint me a nice flower, besides flowers aren’t really his thing, he likes to use mixed media.

I thought about using scrapbook paper but since this is going in my bathroom and I take super hot showers I had a feeling the steam would melt the paper.

I thought about spray painting it and just hanging it on the wall as is, and maybe sticking something else in the middle of the frame.

Then I remembered this floral fabric  had bought from fabric.com! It’s a fun fabric and I thought I’d make a dress. Sometimes the fabric you see on the internet isn’t quite what you pictured when it arrives especially if you are math challenged. The dimensions of the print were given but I didn’t realize how big the flowers really were! The fabric has been sitting on my stash shelf for about a year.

I pulled it off the shelf and auditioned it around the frame. It looked good. So out came my staple gun–that took me awhile to find. I haven’t been in my creative room since November because I’ve been working only on my new book and nothing else.

I stretched the fabric around the frame and stapled it on. I like it better than the original print I purchased. I’m pretty sure it won’t melt in the steamy bathroom. Check out more creative spaces at KOOTOYOO

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6 thoughts on “Transformation!”

  1. Diana says:
    March 22, 2010 at 10:36 am

    Thank you Lisa!

    Reply
  2. Lisa says:
    March 21, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    Hi,
    That looks beautiful, you are very creative. I like creativity.
    Thank-you for entering my giveaway.
    I am following your blog now too.
    I love your blog, it looks great.
    I am going to add you to my blog roll.
    God Bless You,
    Lisa
    http://www.lisasglutenfree.com
    http://misc-oceansky.blogspot.com

    Reply
  3. patti says:
    March 12, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Oh, myyyyyy! That is AMAZING!!!
    I don't have one-fiftieth of your creative talents.

    Sigh. But my daughter does! And she actually painted a work that looks similar to yours!

    Patti

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  4. Diana says:
    March 12, 2010 at 11:01 am

    Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Delightful Dwelling says:
    March 11, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    It looks great, I love the fabric. What a great way to make use of that frame.

    Reply
  6. squareby says:
    March 11, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    Well now, that's pretty nifty. That fabric really does work well as artwork!

    Reply

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