Tuesday, June 09, 2009

{ Framed Fruit - Dollar Tree Style }

Well if any of you know me AT ALL, you know I love a bargain and when I saw The Happy Homebody frame out a pear I pretty much knew my kitchen needed something similar. 
So I ran to my local Dollar Tree and found a styrofoam lemon and used one of my clearance frames from Wally World, plus some really old card stock from my day's of 8 1/2x11 scrap-booking.
 I used my handsaw to cut them in half, then broke out my trusty glue gun and glued those babies onto the card stock & there you have it cute kitchen decor! 
I mean seriously it's sooooo flipping cute & e.a.s.y.!!
Tally for Lemon Art $3.75
Then while looking at lemons this apple caught my eye as well as this frame, total cost for this baby $2.25. I know they are nothing fan-ta-bulous but they add a little bit of cheeriness to my very blah kitchen.  
I used embossed dot card stock on both displays, which I will probably replace with some fabulous paper one of these days but I'll have to go out of town to find some.. :)


23 comments:

  1. DARLING! You are uber creative!

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  2. LOVE it! Oh the ideas are abounding!!!

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  3. {secretly hoping the other two don't respond and then you can draw my name} hehe

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  4. Beautiful job! Is the fruit real? Stupid question, I know! However, I am brave enough to ask:)

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  5. Adorable. I think I would like to try a pear.

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  6. LOVE IT! very creative! I have three cute signs that say: apples lemons, pears! I have some cute lemons, and pear's sitting on the shelf above the signs, but your idea is very creative!

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  7. OMG! You my dear are awesome!I've got to try this...

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  8. I thought I loved the pear when I first saw it, but I really loooooove the apple. Soooo cute!
    -Jill

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  9. These are beautiful! And, what's better is the possibilities are endless.

    You are so very creative. Thank you for sharing this.

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  10. Rachel...these are dabomb for sure! I love what you did!

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  11. Ooo! These are cute! I think I may have to do this since my kitchen theme is actually fruit. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Very creative Martha! I love it. You can turn anything you get your hands on into something great. I am impressed.

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  13. Ok martha. Very cute. :) Amazing how something simple can do so much for a room. And if anyone can pull that off it would be you and your awesome talents!

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  14. Um...I'll be your runner up winner if you need me to. I'm nice like that!! Hahaha!!
    Love the fruity display!!
    Elise

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  15. both are fantastic! Love how the color pops against the black frame.

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  16. LOVE that apple against the black..toooo cool.

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  17. What great ideas...so simple and such a statement!

    Stay Cozy,
    (fellow mother of five)
    Carrie

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  18. Hey I saw someone make one of these somewhere else today...Oh yeah jenny over at Lipstick and Laundry made a pic on canvas with fabric...so cute...she did a pear...all this fruit is making me want some to eat!

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  19. LOVE the framed fruit! I wish I came up with these great ideas! I might try it though thanks for the great ideas!

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