This was today’s project. The shelves need to be accessorized, but I broke a weld trying to level the bottom shelf. So next week I’ll take it to a friend to get it spot welded.
I picked up the shelf from Hobby Lobby on Tuesday. It was from the garden section and was marked down 66%. The pictures are from last year’s calendar.
I had been saving the calendar, because I just loved the pictures. The problem — they were really too big for framing and hanging where I wanted them. My solution scan the pictures and print them in a smaller size. However, the calendar was even too big for my scan bed. So I scanned each picture at 300 dpi in two parts.(Now I can get rid of the calendar) There is a little program that came with one of my Canon cameras called PhotoStitch. I found that it can be downloaded from here . This program will merge pictures together. It works beautifully for panorama landscape pictures or anything you can’t get in one shot or one scan. Anyway, I merged the two parts together. Then I opened the picture in Photoshop and cropped it to 5×7. The original pictures weren’t the same ratio so I did loose part of the picture. I put two pictures on a 8-1/2 x11 page and then printed at the best print quality on photo paper. It worked perfectly.
Frames were 50% off at Hobby Lobby this week so I went to get four frames. Of course there were only three of the ones I liked. I bought them anyway and since we have three Hobby Lobbys in town found the last frame at another location.
A Betty Boop salt and pepper shaker has made it on the shelf. After I get it fixed, I’m going to have some fun putting other small items up there.
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