Day Trip to Bend and Nursery Project

Yesterday I went with a friend to Eastern Oregon for her to drop off resumes at some bakeries and whatnot. (Can I just pause here to say I love being jobless, and able to say "Yes, I can go with you!" without having to cover a shift first??) We had a beautiful drive over there. In our stop at Sisters, we wandered into a great antique shop. We both decided it's a good thing neither of us own a home, or else we would spend way too much money at places like these. I fell in love with this picture frame:

I didn't, however, fall in love with the $28 price tag. Instead, I went home and made my own! This is *my* version of a "nursery project" (yep, I'm aware of the fact that it's The Troggs lyrics!).

This started off as a wooden hanging board/coat rack my mom gave me. I had Chris spray paint it black, then I came up with a font and lettered on first with a fabric pencil, then painted over in white. Pretty happy with it. Something to go in our nursery "corner" (since we are in a one-bedroom right now).

We also became frantically excited over a tile sale that the shop had going on. Lots of 4X4, 6X6 and 8X8 tiles for 50 cents, a buck and $2 each. Really pretty, albeit random designs. Some matched, some didn't. We each picked one with the guidelines that we had to come up with something crafty/decorative to use it for. We're also planning on pinteresting tile projects, and so next time we're in Sisters, we'll stock up! We didn't find out until we went to the counter to purchase, that they are the leftovers from a company that does tiling projects in mansions. In a job, each tile will go for about $12. We felt even better about our purchase after that :) Here is mine.