Friday Finds: Colorful Picture Frame

Isn't this a gorgeous picture frame?  The color is called "Sea Glass."  It didn't always look this beautiful.  This is how it looked when I found it in a thrift store.

I really liked the design but hated the outdated color of the frame.  So I decided to give it a new life. I used Krylon Colormaster spray paint.  Color Sea Glass.  Also Satin finish.  It is an indoor/outdoor paint that covers wood and metal.  It also has the advantage of drying in about 10 minutes.  I have no connection with Krylon financially or otherwise.  I just like the look, it's relatively inexpensive, and it's easy for me to use. Also, Krylon is made in America.  

This was a relatively easy project. I took the back of the frame and the glass out prior to painting. Then,  I simply sprayed the frame.  It took about three coats for me to get the look that I wanted.  

Both front and back.

And I was able to turn this my Friday Find into an interesting picture frame.  This will make a great present.  Maybe, I will keep use it myself to display a couple of photos from my recent trip to Fort Lauderdale.

Hope you enjoyed today's blog.  I'd love to hear about any upcycling projects that you are doing.

Memorial Day 2016

These photos are of the Marietta National Cemetery located in Marietta GA.  

My father

Rick gave all in Vietnam

We Shall Keep the Faith

by Moina Michael, November 1918

Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet - to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.

We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.

And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honor of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields.