a new workspace.

So its been my DREAM to one day walk out of the apple store carrying a new imac. I've seen people do it all the time. Walk out of there with a big ol fancy computer like its nothin, like they buy them all the time. We were finally able to save up all of our money's (thanks to a very busy march) and make this dream come true...well sort of. We went to pick up our new 27 inch imac. The thing was HUGE. I couldn't even carry it out of the store. So I watched as Bryce carried out my dream and I carried Benson.

We got it home and set it up in the office. I somehow felt that the office needed a little kick. Needed something new to welcome imac to the room. I told Bryce I wanted to do a couple of projects. And he said "you get 50 bucks." I ended up spending 60 for my three projects.

The first project was a collage of my old cameras. For years I have been trying to decide how to display them in the office. I finally took pictures of a few of my favorites and got them printed. Bryce helped me with the rest. He cut out all of the wood, which we already had. painted them black, and then decoupaged the pictures on. and then had the task of hanging them on the wall. love ya B! This project cost $30 to get the prints developed at costco.

Each pic is a 10 in square and the wood is 1.5 inches thick

The next project is a series of three prints which I designed and then printed at home. Just a couple of my most used phrases during a shoot. The frames were 10 bucks each at ikea. Sorry about all the glare, that would be our white trash paper blinds (soon to be replaced).

This will give you a better picture of what each one looks like

The last project is probably my favorite. Not because it didn't cost me a penny, but because I made it all (mostly) by myself, and it holds a pic of my family. Yep, its a frame. Bryce is usually the one that makes the frames in this household and the one that paints them. I wanted a chunky frame to set beside the computer. One that would stand up all by itself. He was a little weary when I said I wanted him to show me how to make one. But he did. I'm not going to lie, I freaked when I went to use the chop saw. The name alone gives me the chills. I could imagine everything. my hand. the chop. the saw. and the blood. oh the blood. Soo Bryce, in fact, made all of the cuts. But everything else I did by myself. Pretty much became a master at the nail gun. I can even hear Steven Tyler right now telling me "Brittney, I think you nailed it." 

We assembled the base frame. I had to glue each corner and then nail them together. Let's just face it, the top right corner frame looks like a piece of junk. But i kept with it. I sanded it. puttied the cracks. sanded some more. And then we cut the pieces for the outer part of the frame. And I nailed those, sanded, and puttied. Then it was time to paint (probably the most time consuming part of the project). We sprayed it black first. And then I painted on the teal. Roughed it up a little and then added some dark glaze. And then it was finished. And in went a 5x7 pic of my little family.

and that will be the last frame i ever do.