Dollar General Wall Art

Coming from a house with not a lot of wall space to a house with more blank walls then I know what to do with has been difficult. I realized VERY quickly how expensive decorating and putting art on the walls can be. I decided that it's got to be done on the cheap, but I also want it to look cute! Enter Dollar General!

I found this on a recent shopping trip with my mom and sister! We were practically fighting over it! It matched my colors perfectly and I immediately squealed! (It doesn't take much to get me excited!)

I knew this would look so cute on the wall...but how? Shadow box! I found one at Michael's, unstained, for 3.99.

I stained it with a few coats of stain I already had. Lesson learned....I always forget stain is best put on with a soft cloth. I'm down one paintbrush now, but luckily the hubbs was kind enough to donate a sock and old shirt to the cause!

Notice how I got lazy didn't even stain the entire back. I had a plan! I used scrapbooking paper I already had. Scrapbooking paper can be a cheap way to decorate your house! I glued in the scrapbooking paper after the stained dried, placed the bird in the shadowbox....and VIOLA!!!

Total cost: $10.89. LOVE IT! I can't wait to show you where it's going to go! I'm working on the large 2 story wall and my bird is going to have a perfect perch there :)