SAW IT. PINNED IT. DID IT: DIY WINDOW PANE DECOR

Woo woo, we have made it to Thursday! Attention, we've made it to Thursday!
Last real work day for me before Christmas since we have a luncheon tomorrow, so it's safe to say I'm pretty excited that today is here. Also excited because Thursday means another round of what items can I find to craft in my house  Saw It. Pinned It. Did It.

Now, I know what you're thinking.

You've seen the window pane crafts before.

Is it any consolation that I tried switching it up and combining a few elements into mine?

Yes? Maybe....?

Well, I went to a thrift store with a girlfriend over the summer and this window pane has been sitting

in our garage collecting dust since then. It was only $10 (or less, I can't remember), but I kept going back and forth on what to do with it. Blow up one big picture for it? Paint it ivory and put multiple pictures in it? Do a quote? The options for this project are endless. 

In the end, I decided to use some pictures and add burlap (you can't be that surprised by this point) 

with some writing. I like the combo of the two, but who knows how long I will keep it like this. I know that I will change the pictures because I couldn't find a lot of our professional wedding pictures before posting these pictures, but these work for now.

Let's get down to business.

To Make Your Own:

-1 windowpane (thrift stores are the best for this, imo)

-Spraypaint, I used Krylon (in the sea mist color)

-Burlap, cut into squares to fit in the windowpane

-Stencils and 1 tube of black acrylic paint (if you want writing)

How I Did It:

-Clean your window pane with water and paper towels.
I forgot to take a true "before" picture of mine, but it was a light cream color with dust, dirt, and spider webs all over it. I spared you a not so pretty image, trust me.
 Here's one after I cleaned it.

-Once it's clean and dry, either take out the glass from the window or cover it up with towels
 so that the spray paint doesn't get on the mirror.
I used towels because I couldn't take mine out and didn't want to break it.

{this picture makes it look a bit brighter than the color really is...}

-Go to town and spray paint the window.
I went back and forth if I wanted to do a bold color, or just do white or ivory.
I'm really glad I did the color though..it's really pretty!
Make sure you get the window pane divider and cover all areas.
I did 2 coats of spray paint.

-Once dry, cut your burlap to fit the areas where you want to use it.
I wanted burlap on three sections, so I laid them out to visualize it.

-If you want writing like I did, just take the stencils and paint on the burlap.
Make sure to this on magazines or something because it will leak through.

-Once dry, I just use double sided tape to secure the burlap to the window and re-attach the window divider. Put your pictures in the other areas (also with double-sided tape) and voila!
You're done.

 Right now, as you can see, I have it sitting above our bed waiting to be hung.

Hear that hubby? ;)

The toughest part of this project was measuring the burlap to fit the sections in the window perfectly. 

Othen than that, it was pretty easy! I finished it in one night while watching Home Alone. 

Success? I think so.

It's also easy to change by adding new pictures, or eventually when I get around to adding a blown up wedding picture, I could do that.

Have you tried the whole old window pane as decor before?

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