DIY Art…More Printed Dictionary Pages

My cute Plantation Desk needed some artwork to give it some pizazz, but our budget was tight. Here’s how you can create your own artwork for just pennies using what you have in your home!

I wanted to have it tie into our Stairway Gallery Wall, since you can see both the Plantation Desk and the Stairway from the same room.  I opted for the Dictionary Printed Pages that I had created as a gift in the past.

Here’s how I did it!

I had an old frame collecting dust in our attic. I disassembled the frame and made sure to carefully separate the mat from the picture to reuse it.

When I go junkin’, I’m always drawn to old books, and I’ve collected quite a few Dictionaries along the way!

This was an Encyclopedia of Dictionaries and it had definitions divided out by categories.

I chose Music and was so excited to find “Grace Note” which inspired my blog name!

I carefully removed the page using an Exacto knife and cut the page from the binding.

See! My bloggy name! (ish)

I made sure to find a piece of cardstock that fit the dictionary page since the page itself is flimsy.

I printed a test page to make sure it fit the page I was using.

You can hold up your print against a light to make sure it lines up properly.

Next, I printed out the image to the dictionary page and pasted it to the cardstock.

Then you just assemble your frame and hang it.

I paired the photo with a stack of Dictionary Books and a vintage copper desk lamp.

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