Hi! I’m Michele from The Scrap Shoppe.
A little about me: I’ve been married to my wonderful husband for 7 years, and we have an absolutely adorable 23 month old son (I’m not a bit biased about his cuteness!). I work full time as a biochemist at a large private university, but I’m a crafter at heart. I love to scrapbook, play with paper and fabric, garden, dabble in graphic design, and just let my creativity out whenever possible! I grew up with a mother that always had an “I can make that!” attitude. I find that I’m a bit of a mirror image of her in that sense today!
A HUGE thank you to Jen for having me on Tatertots &; Jello!
I’m so beyond thrilled to be here!I want to share with you what is a slight embarassment to me.
My entryway!
I’m so beyond thrilled to be here!I want to share with you what is a slight embarassment to me.
My entryway!
Ugh! Super boring, right? We’ve lived in our house for 6 years now and it still looks like this! I’ve been on the lookout for the *perfect* table for my entryway for ages, but in the meantime surely there is something I can do with this space!
My focus today is the wall to the right. The first thing people see when they walk in my home.
My big plan is to make some ENTRYWAY ARTWORK!
My artwork will need a frame, so I started with two 8′ pieces of decorative wood trim, and one piece of 36″ flat trim with rounded edges.
I had the hubs cut all of the trim down to size for me.
Then we cut each of the decorative trim pieces to a 45 degree angle.
Next up, prime and spray paint all of the trim. I used Rust-oleum Satin Espresso paint.
I had a 4′ wide piece of plywood that was made from a combination of synthetic wood (on the interior) and the real wood (on the exterior). It only cost ~$5!
I had the hubs cut the plywood into three 13″x13″ pieces which I primed and painted in Behr Awning Red.
Time to get the trim up on the wall! We mounted it with liquid nails…
…And held it in place with painters tape. And you can bet your bottom dollar that frame is level!
I was fired once from a job around the house by the hubs because I wasn’t keeping a project perfectly level… but I digress! Luckily I wasn’t fired from this job!
Remember those two pieces of flat trim? We put those inside the frame so that we had 3 nice squares.
Can you guess what’s going in the those squares by now?
Yep! Those three red 13″x13″ pieces.
Apparently our boards were a teensy bit warped which wasn’t really noticable until we mounted them on the wall. So instead of holding the boards indefinitely until the liquid nails dried, my ingenious husband said, “Hold these!” and ran off to the bathroom and snagged the shower curtain rod. Pretty smart!
After an hour or so we decided everything should be dry and removed the shower curtain rod.
And, ta-da!! Isn’t it lovely? Okay, so its a little boring. Where’s the “ART” part of this Entryway Artwork?
To add my “ART“, I attached some clear photo corners to two of the red frames. They are adhesive-backed, but I thought I would need to add some more adhesive to be sure they would stay on. Not so!! They were plenty sticky all on their own.
So two of my frames ended up looking like this. They are hard to see, but there is a photo corner in each of the 4 corners.
I was able to slip my “ART” into the the corners.
Any guesses what my art is? I gave you a hint in my introduction to myself. 
Its a 12″x12″ scrapbook layout!
As a scrapbooker, I find that I want to display my pages instead of tucking them away into an album. Because really, who’s going to go flipping through my albums except my other scrapbooking friends?
I placed my embroidery hoop monogram wall art in the center frame. Its starting to bother me now that I see in the photo that its not exactly centered at the top and bottom… that will soon be remedied!
Here is the final project! And, I have to say, I’m loving it!
And the best part? I can interchange those scrapbook layouts. I can add my latest ones, change them up by season or holiday, or even change them up for whatever is going on at the house! We are celebrating my son’s 2nd birthday in September so you can bet there will be two layouts of him up for the birthday party!
So here is my somewhat improved entryway. I love that my guests now have something to look at as they enter the house! Now I just need to find that perfect table for the other wall…
This project was super inexpensive. We had to purchase the wood trim, the plywood, the liquid nails and the paint. So about $30 or less total!
Thanks again, Jen, for having me over!! This was too much fun!
Thanks Michele! What a great project – your entryway looks fantastic!! Here’s a little button as a thank you for sharing your talent with us!! Have you checked out Michele’s blog — The Scrap Shop? Michele comes up with such fun ideas, like:
{Such an awesome rosette skirt embellishment}
{these Ceramic Paper Flowers are beautiful!}
{Adorable Mother’s Brooch}
And, Michele also makes fun PFD Freebies to share, like these – she’s so talented!!
Be sure to check out The Scrap Shoppe!
And, now some information about the Great
BlogFrog FROGGY HUNT
that’s starting in my BlogFrog community TODAY!
I have teamed up with 8 blogs for a fun Froggy Hunt!
And, there are some great prizes, including:
A custom-made Giant Flower Tote Bag.
I will make it in any color you want — just for you!
From Cristil @ lilsteinstyles — A 2T/3T Ruffle Tank.
This little tank is a size 2/3T but they do run small… {The little DIVA wearing this shirt is a itty bitty 14 month old.} It has funky flower print ruffle around the neck & also two rows around the bottom of the tank. If you don’t have a little one this age, it makes a wonderful gift!!
**NOTE: hair bows and jeans not included.
**NOTE: hair bows and jeans not included.
$25 Alice.com Gift Card — where you can buy ALL of your home essentials
A Frog, T-shirt and Premium BlogFrog Membership from the Wonderful Blog Frog folks!
An Oil Cloth Apron from Connie@ Smockity Frocks
Any item from Infarrantly Creative’s Etsy Shop etsy shop!
And a $40 Amazon Gift Card!
HOP over to my BlogFrog community for the details!
It’s on my sidebar — or click HERE.
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XOXO
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This is so great! I love the ease of being able to change out your decorations whenever you want to!
Such a great idea! I love her husbands ingenious solution! lol! Thanks for sharing! She has a great blog!
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I found froggy!
sehudson2006@yahoo.com
I see the frog in today's post!
I love this. It looks great and so personal.
~Makalani
http://www.MakazHome.com
omg!! the frame idea is soooo adorable..
Must admit the frog has taken me on the most exquisite journeys today… love your blog.. off to checking more posts..
I see your froggy! Yay!
I found the last frog I needed…I think…I might should double check that.lol
I spy a froggy
Oh I love it!!!! The frame is something I need to make for sure. I currently store my pages in those clear 12×12 bins. I would love the ease of rotating them out. Thanks for the great idea!
Found the froggy! Yay!
Michele you are so stinkin creative! I loooove this wall art. I think it's one of the best things I've seen in an entry way in a long time.
What a cute idea! I like that each panel is easily changed for when you get bored with it, outgrow it, or want to decorate for the holidays.
Oh yeah, I also spy your froggy here!
Michele, I absolutely *adore* this idea!! What a fabulous way to dress up the entry way. It's unique and personal!!! Way to go!
I found froggy. Love the entryway tutorial on your blog. Thanks!
I see froggy!!
I can barely hang a picture, much less make a frame!
LOVE the entry way art work project! What a great way to display your own creativity and your photos!
I found the frog!
Found something green!
It's a frog! 
love the blog!
I love your blog. I just gave you an award!
Stop by Something Wonderful and claim it!
-Rockie
Found the frog! YAY! Last one! Love your site! First time visiting.
The frog has been spotted! Cute idea for a project. It's going to go on my to do list for when we are able to put holes in our own walls!!
I found the froggy!
First off I am new here BUT I too saw froggy – no clue what to do with info but figured I throw it out there
will research why everyone is looking for froggy after I send off this message!
Second – LOVE the wall idea – it turned out great!
Lastly, have you looked on knockoffwood for a table that would work for you – it looked as if you/hubby should be able to make one using her plans.
Good luck!
I enjoy Michelle's blog and all of her projects. This is great.
I love that wall art idea! I'm a scrapbooker too and so I know how much it sucks to make a killer page that no one will ever see. This way you can keep putting your most recent pages there and slip them into an album when you're done. The only thing I'd be worried about is them getting dusty. Maybe I'm the only one with an incredibly dusty house
I found the frog in the prize list on this post
Love this idea! I love that you are displaying your talent and that you can mix them up when you want too – so cute!
Found your froggy on the $25 Alice.com Gift Card post
I found froggy!
Michelle – your entry way is just gorgeous! I love frame idea on the open wall space.
I found froggy too
OMG! Adorable!! I love how you can change them out too!! Great job!
I love this!! Very smart to use the shower rod to help you too!
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-Marni
Fabulous idea to bring the beautiful scrapbook layouts into the light of day. And they are changeable, good idea! Michelle makes wonderful stuff. Love all the things you've shown but the turquoise buttons rock my socks. Gorgeous! Frog hop? Interesting. Going to check it out.
I found froggy! I love this fun scavenger hunt you ladies thought up – how truly clever! I am not signing up to win the prizes, I just wanted to come see if I could find all the frogs – cause I have a thing for frogs
Holly (BlogFrog)
i see a froggy!
froggy is here
I did see froggy here… hmmm…
This is a wonderful idea! I love that you can display some of your scrapbook pages.
-Crystal
LOVE the entry way art!!! Very clever!
Kara
Ok I saw it!! Now where did the Froggy go??
I am totally LOVING this project! Looks so simple and fun. I just adore the practicality, originality, elegant simplicity, and the whole versatility of it (OK, I love it on all levels!
). Who doesn't want to show off their art work?? Beautiful! I will bookmark this now. 
I really love it Michele! I have actually been trying to think of a unique way to display 3 8×10 pictures in my bedroom and this would be awesome – love the photo corner idea.
You make me want to take up scrapbooking again!
Ok, I know I am not insane, i just saw teh froggy here, now it is gone….
i came over looking for the little froggy but i had to tell you i love this idea
very fun! your entryway looks great!
So creative!
~Kim
Great project idea!
I love this idea! I'm going to have to try it out! And I love how the layouts can be changed. Great idea!
Very nice! I love how you displayed scrapbook layouts in your house.