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I’ve decided to have our St. Patrick’s Day party in a room where the sideboard has six framed illustrations hanging above it. Since I didn’t want to take those all down, and needed an easy, quick and cheap way to create a backdrop, I decided to “recover” the illustrations in the frames. You could do this for any holiday to transform your everyday decor into seasonal decor.

St Patricks Day Party by The Party Teacher

Here’s how the wall looks normally. (So I have to pause here and tell you that I scored these illustrations of my college for a buck each at our last reunion. They are matted with toile that I found on clearance. And to pay for the framing, we traded in a print of my husband’s, so these six custom frames and art cost less than $15. OK, I’m done tooting my own horn now.)

Sitting room frames - The Party Teacher

St. Patrick’s Day Art Supplies

  • Scrapbooking paper
  • Paper trimmer
  • Removable double sided tape
  • Embellishment (I used St. Patrick’s Day window clings)

St. Patrick’s Day Art Instructions

1. Decide how much of your frame you want to cover. I decided to cover just beyond the filet. That meant I could use an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of scrapbooking paper. Just hold your paper against your frame and mark where you need to trim it vertically and horizontally.

Transform everyday decor into seasonal decor - The Party Teacher

2. Trim your paper along your marks.

Transform decor - trim background paper - The Party Teacher

3. Use the first paper you trim to mark and trim the next pieces so they will all be uniform.

Transform decor - cut background paper equally - The Party Teacher

4. I bought window clings at Party City to decorate my background papers. This gave me pre-cut images in a variety of colors and sizes.

Transform decor - window clings - The Party Teacher

5. Decide how you want to arrange the papers and the images.

Transform decor - arrange background papers - The Party Teacher

6. Use scrapbooking adhesive or double sided tape to attach the image to your papers.

Transform decor - attach clings - The Party Teacher

7. Use removable double-stick tape to attach the papers to the glass on your frames. Do make sure the tape is the removable type and not the permanent tape.

Transform decor - attach seasonal decor to glass - The Party Teacher
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When your party is over, simply peel the tape off your frames.

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