once upon a time...

debs (my mom) bought two really ugly frames from an estate sale.

she brought them to my house & i rolled my eyes.

she said they had potential.  i wasn't so sure.

{one of the two identical frames}

then we hung them in hudson's new room & i had to eat my words - red mat & silver frame matching the room's red drapes & silver lamp. 

they looked great. 

you know, minus the random kids' drawings.

we brainstormed about what to put in the frames & what to do about the plaques.

then i had holland.

& the frames hung in hudson's room for an ENTIRE YEAR, which lead to a few funny conversations when people wondered how my 3 yr old drew those oil wells. 

ha!

so i finally got around to the frames last week.  here's the makeover for frame #1...

i found these maps in an old encyclopedia @ goodwill.  sweet!  hudson digs maps these days & these kinda echo the globe & canvas US map already in the room (which makes me think i should do a hudson room tour). 

they're 2 book pages that i cut out with an exacto knife & taped together.  not perfect, but costing about $3 :)

and frame #2 tomorrow...