Fleur de lis

This is what I started with ~ found at a yard sale last fall. 

I really had no idea what I was going to do with them until thisweekend when I decided to tackle a French makeover.I started by taking the pictures out and painting the frames black.

While the frames were drying, I scanned the internet for a couple

French designs I could use on them.  I settled on two

different versions of the popular fleur de lis, one of which Ifound on The Graphics Fairy.  I downloaded them to Photoshop and used the magic wand tohighlight all the black areas.  Then I sized them down to fit my framesand  printed a practice sheet on white paper.While it would have been easier to buy parchment paper, it waslate at night and I was on a roll, so I tea-dyed some card stock paper I already had to obtain the vintage look I was after.  I let the paper dry overnight, ironed it to get the ripples out, andthen printed off the fleur de lis designs.

After cleaning the glass, I laid it on the paper so I could see exactly

how I wanted to center the design, traced around the glass,and then cut it out.

I lightly distressed the black frames, and then applied a layer of 

polycrylic.  When dry, they were ready to put back together and here is the finished product.

They would look nice mounted on the wall or sitting separately on a black rod iron easel. 

 This was my first attempt at anything French cottage.  It's notthe style of anything in my home, but I wanted to have a varietyof decor options at my Open House in May.  I may try some pillows next.

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