Chalkboard Picture Frame Hanger

Picture frames are great for displaying pictures on your walls.  However, getting them level and in the right place can be hard.  Then a few months later, I want to change the picture in the frame making me find the hook and level all over again.  After Christmas, I didn't want to take my Chalkboard Stocking Wall Hanger down because it fit just perfectly in that place on my wall.  So, I set out to find a way to repurpose it for year round usage.  Using it to hang picture frames during the year was the perfect solution!  Picture frames are easy to re-hang every time I want to change the pictures, and I can easily change the message about the pictures depending on the season (or my mood!)  It looks great and gives me one less thing to put up and down during Christmas this year.

Memory Picture Frame

During most trips, you pick up little trinkets. You have no idea what to do with those things when you get home, but while you were at the beach you were certain you needed that pretty sea shell you found or that patch from the national park you visited.  Instead of letting those trinkets sit in a drawer and eventually get thrown away, you can turn them into a work of art.  I take the small things I collect on trips and decorate a picture from with them.  Then, I place a picture from that trip inside.  Hang it on the wall and it is an instant work of art and a great way to remember your trip.

Even if you scrapbook, this is a great project to do with all those times that aren't flat so they don't fit in the scrapbook.  Also, when you have guests over they might notice the frame on the wall and it gives you a great excuse to bring out your scrapbook and show it off.

Sunglasses or Glasses Wall Mount Display

I used to be a contacts wearer.  While I was wearing contacts, sunglasses were a bit of an obsession of mine.  I could not walk by a rack of sunglasses without wanting to buy a pair.  About 6 months ago, I went to the eye doctor thinking my vision had once again change because I was having trouble seeing.  Turned out, my eyes were so severely inflamed that it was effecting my vision.  After a prescription to reduce the inflammation, it was determined that I could no longer be a full time contact wearer.  I'm still allowed to wear contacts for special occasions, but not every day.  This means that I don't get to wear all my exciting sunglasses any more. I transitioned my obsession for sunglasses into an obsession for glasses.  I now fancy myself the next Penelope Garcia (see the similarities?!):

My glasses collection may be growing slowly, but it was taking up a lot of counter space that I simply didn't have.  I didn't want my glasses to meet the fate that many of my sunglasses had (bent, scratches, etc.) from being improperly stored.  My solution?  A glasses/sunglasses wall mounted display. It keeps all my glasses/sunglasses clean, safe, and easily accessible.  I'm no carpenter, so I decided to find something that was already made and re-purpose it for my own use.  This project is so easy and perfect for all you glasses or sunglasses loving people out there.  This design will fit between 6-12 pairs of glasses or sunglasses depending on the size.  You'll be glad you did it.