Framed {Part 1}

I get all project-y in the summer. It's the time when I think I'll get all that stuff done that never happens during the rest of the year. Sadly, I have been anything but productive and it's nearing the end of July. 

But I did complete a project last week that was quick and easy and has left me feeling all satisfied... 

I framed some pictures. {Applause please.} 

The beautiful faces of the people and places I love most 

are the best kind of art to me.

Why am I blogging about something that everyone already knows how to do? Because most of us don't take the time to do it. Here's my challenge to you:

Pull those precious faces out of hard-drive hiding 

and onto your walls, where you can enjoy them every day.

I am slack about many things but when I got my gift camera I vowed to enjoy my photos. To print them and frame them and give them as gifts. 

I took inventory of my existing frames and the photo sizes I'd need to fill them. I chose my favorite photos and made them black and white. I uploaded them to walmart.com so I could pick them up that afternoon. {I like the matte finish I get with their one-hour service.}

I did print these 3 in color. Love them. Still finding the right place to hang them.

While at Wal-Mart I spotted some black wooden 8  X 10 frames with nice 5 X 7 mats included...for $3! 

These are my sister's cutie-pie kiddos. I snapped some close-ups of their faces while visiting them this summer. I was able to surprise her with these framed photos last week. 

{Yes, those are $3 Wal-Mart frames and they even have metal hooks for hanging on the back.}

One of my photo walls. Are you sick of seeing this wall yet?

New additions to the photo wall...

Haven't hung these yet so for now they're propped...

Now if I could only get them organized and in photo albums so easily. 

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Stay tuned for another framing project later this week.

Oh, and thanks to all who gave me nifty recipes for homemade cleaners last week!