Here is my frame... And the wood I found hanging around.Basically all I did for the frame was go to Home Depot and get a baseboard that I liked and cut it at 90 degree angles and then glued the 4 pieces together. Which made the fame. Normally I'd staple the corners together to make them stronger but I didn't have access to a staple gun at the time so I just used elmers wood glue and clamped it together until it dried. Next I picked out one of the many sample colors I have, mixed in my chalk powder and painted the frame. Why did I use chalk paint?? Well, because chalk paint dries faster so it makes doing a quick project well, quick! After it dried I took a 300 grit piece of sand paper and sanded my edges and middles or wherever else I thought would look good with wood showing through. Next, I wiped down the frame to get it clean and dust free. Finally, I took my bbfrosh dark wax and waxed the frame, making the creases a little darker. And that's it!! Easy!! Here is a close up of the wax coating. See how it looks messy?? That's on purpose. I just wanted you to see that perfection is not what we are going for and anyone can do it and it would look awesome. 
I am sorry I don't have pictures of the steps. I can't find them anywhere. We updated our computer and all my pictures are hidden deep in the computer memory somewhere... VERY frustrating. 
Next I project for this space was my scrabble home blocks. It was the easiest project ever!! All I did was take those two boards I showed you in the first picture and cut them to the size I wanted. They were already 5 1/4" wide but I wanted them longer so I cut them at 7" so I cut 4 boards at 7". Then, I white washed them. For those of you who may not know what that is... I just dip my paint brush in the paint and then into water and paint my board. If I don't like how thick the paint it is just go over it with more water. Sometimes you need to wipe off the access water. I didn't this time. After a few minutes it was dry enough to continue into the next step. As you can see I antiqued my boards. There is several ways you can do this but because I have bbfrosh dark wax I saved myself a TON of time and just used the dark wax to antique the board. The best part about the wax is drying time. It's seconds. You put it on and rub it in and voilà it's dried! As a result I moved right into the next step... Again, you can do this so many ways but, this time, I cut the letters and numbers out of vinyl on my silhouette and just put the letters on. My intention was to paint the letters so I can sand them down but I ran out of time so I left the vinyl on... For now. I will update when I actually get to painting instead. So next step was to just put them up!! 
Here it is together! Putting up the frame was fun. I just got metal mirror hooks from Home Depot and nailed up the mirror to the wall. And instead of permanently gluing the frame to the mirror I got command stripes and stuck them up. Command stripes are my favorite! Now if I ever decide to switch out my frame I can. Easy!! I used command stripes to hang up my Home blocks as well. Ahh yes, you're wondering about my "be mine" sign?? Well stay tuned. I will post a link to teach you how to do that as well. And where I got the FREE printable of be mine. (Unfortunately it wasn't my design) 😀😀Oh... Yes my LOVE letters are unfinished, of course, but I got them at wood connection. And I will show you how I do those as well... When I finish them. 😂😂😂 if you have questions feel free to ask!!
Next I project for this space was my scrabble home blocks. It was the easiest project ever!! All I did was take those two boards I showed you in the first picture and cut them to the size I wanted. They were already 5 1/4" wide but I wanted them longer so I cut them at 7" so I cut 4 boards at 7". Then, I white washed them. For those of you who may not know what that is... I just dip my paint brush in the paint and then into water and paint my board. If I don't like how thick the paint it is just go over it with more water. Sometimes you need to wipe off the access water. I didn't this time. After a few minutes it was dry enough to continue into the next step. As you can see I antiqued my boards. There is several ways you can do this but because I have bbfrosh dark wax I saved myself a TON of time and just used the dark wax to antique the board. The best part about the wax is drying time. It's seconds. You put it on and rub it in and voilà it's dried! As a result I moved right into the next step... Again, you can do this so many ways but, this time, I cut the letters and numbers out of vinyl on my silhouette and just put the letters on. My intention was to paint the letters so I can sand them down but I ran out of time so I left the vinyl on... For now. I will update when I actually get to painting instead. So next step was to just put them up!! Here it is together! Putting up the frame was fun. I just got metal mirror hooks from Home Depot and nailed up the mirror to the wall. And instead of permanently gluing the frame to the mirror I got command stripes and stuck them up. Command stripes are my favorite! Now if I ever decide to switch out my frame I can. Easy!! I used command stripes to hang up my Home blocks as well. Ahh yes, you're wondering about my "be mine" sign?? Well stay tuned. I will post a link to teach you how to do that as well. And where I got the FREE printable of be mine. (Unfortunately it wasn't my design) 😀😀Oh... Yes my LOVE letters are unfinished, of course, but I got them at wood connection. And I will show you how I do those as well... When I finish them. 😂😂😂 if you have questions feel free to ask!! 
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