dorothy inspired diy artwork

When our first daughter was born, we named her the name I had picked out since I was 14: Lauren.

We needed a beautiful middle name to go with it, so we used my grandmother’s name: Dorothy.

I still adore it.

When I saw these shoes at Walmart, (on clearance right now for $7) I knew they would be perfect in her room.

We thought that the blatant FADED GLORY took away some of the magic, so we pulled out the lining and traced them onto some light blue paper, then glued them back in.  We put the yellow scrapbook paper behind the plexi-glass in the frames, then hot glued the shoes right to the glass~they are really lightweight.

And, do you remember this SL I payed $12 for?? I’m so getting my money’s worth out of it. I still peruse the pages and have lots of upcoming projects with inspiration from this baby:

They had the cutest graphic art (in an office, I think?) with these words on it, so I made one for Lauren’s room. I used Bebas Neue font {you can download it here for free!} and printed it out in color.

Then, we just attached it to some scrapbook paper from Michaels with some double sided tape.

The matching frames are Goodwill .75 goodies spray painted in Krylon ivy leaf and bahama sea.

Total cost:

Frames: $1.50

Spray paint: left over from wall o’ mirrors

Shoes: $7

Scrapbook Paper: $2

Total: $10.50

Doh! Almost under $10. I’m cheating and adding it to Under $10 Under 1 Hour.