First Day of Autumn and Pinterest Challenge #30

After seeing this Pinterest Idea from A Diamond in the Stuff, I was quite eager for today (the first day of autumn).  A few weeks ago I bought a bunch of frames from the Dollar Tree.  I ended up buying 9 altogether  because I would like to do them for every season/holiday, and I figured the longest word I would spell would be CHRISTMAS.

The spray paint I used was a dark navy colored that was intended for car/truck spray paint (not that I would ever think to spray paint my car) that I found for $1.  I applied about 3 coats total to the frames and didn't even use one whole can of spray paint.

Then I used the Cricut (opposites attract lettering) to cut out the letters onto brown paper.  The paper just wasn't quite the right brown I was looking for so I inked the letters with a brown ink pad.  Then the letters received a layer of adhesive (I used a dots runner) and were placed on pre-cut papers and inserted into the frames.

And there you have it!  Our quick and easy mantle decor.