Fall Decor

Last week my days consisted of this:

I attempted potty training my 2 year old.  She used the potty as a stool and peed on top of it.

She peed on me.

 

And after numerous hours of sitting on the potty and watching All Dogs Go To Heaven over and over and over, she finally went IN the potty.  However, by day four she still wouldn't tell me when she had to go so I ended up cleaning up a lot of pee and becoming very frustrated.  I mean really, is it worth sitting in the bathroom for six hours a day waiting for her to go?  Not for me.  Not yet.  So, the next day I put a diaper on her and we had a picnic at the park.  It was a lot more fun and rewarding.

But... while I was sitting in the bathroom with her for hours and hours during those few days, I did a little fall decor project.

It started with this oval frame that my friend gave me.  I painted it white with an acrylic paint.

 I did one white coat then painted Weathered Wood on top.  It makes the frame look crackled and antique when it's done.

Next I painted one more coat of white on top and this is what it looks like.

I wrapped two autumn garlands that we already had around the frame.  Then I hot glued a strip of burlap to the back of the frame and to a smaller frame that would hang in the middle.

I previously painted the glass that went in the frame with chalkboard paint (which is totally the in thing right now).

And finally I decided that I didn't like the black frame so I painted it white.  And here is the fall wreath as of this morning.  

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