Easter weekend D.I.Y. with MOM

So I started my Easter weekend off with a few little projects! I have been talking about how my apartment doesn't feel "HOMEY," so I decided to change that! My mom is visiting for the Easter holiday, so I figured it was a perfect time to try some projects! We surfed the web for ideas, shopped, and put together two wonderful projects! 

I have been looking for frames for our wedding photos and I finally found some. We painted these an accent color that is in our living room rug!!

Simple, yet chic! Gave that personal punch to our living room wall! FINALLY!!! 

Next, we decided to try and tackle a project I found at Spunky Junky! We made a few changes to fit our needs....but it turned out OH SO AWESOME! Thanks so much for the inspiration!!

First, I found some cheap frames and spray painted them a pop color from my kitchen.

 Next, I measured and cut some scrapbook paper to pop on the frame backing that matched my decor.

I hot glued the paper onto the backing making sure it went on smooth with no bubbles. (Can you tell that I found this tidbit of info out the hard way??)

Find some silverware you like and spray paint it any color you want. We actually found some baby silverware at a Tuesday Mornings that worked perfectly for where I was wanting it to go. If you use regular sized silverware, you may have to use larger frames. We only used 5X7 frames for ours.

(TIP: We are placing our frames behind our stovetop, so we decided to put the glass back in our frames after this step. The glass will help us keep our paper away from stove splatters and such.)

Now the fun part! Play with and organize your silverware the way you want in the frame! I decided on this layout! Once you decide, get your gluing on and HANG!!!

Here was our final outcome! It gave our apartment kitchen the touch it needed!!

Hope you enjoyed my Easter weekend projects!! Have a Happy Easter everyone!!