Above the Kitchen Cabinets Edition of Monday Made It

Last week, I was whining about how I was tired of my decorations above my kitchen cabinets.  You can read about it here.  So I focused on this area this week.  My 6th anniversary was this weekend, making it busy.  Even so, I managed to make (a little) progress.

I went shopping to see what I could find that was cheap and may possibly look okay.  The area is only 10 inches tall, which limits items.  I looked for items with at least some green.  I also wanted cheap items.  I found this sign at Hobby Lobby.  It was on clearance which made it an even better deal.     

I already had a cross that says "Hope" so I thought about doing 3 sections that said Faith, Hope, and Love.  I wandered Hobby Lobby and found this chipboard sign for 50% off.

I  modpodged some green paper on it.  I won't go into detail as there are about 2 million "how tos" online about how to do this.  If you want instructions from me, leave a comment below.  

I then got out some white shimmery paper and my cricut.  I used the George cartridge to cut some 1 inch flowers and hearts.  I then glued them on.  

Here is the final product.  It has some bubbles around the a but I wasn't too worried since it is up high.   

I then spray painted the little red bird to make him green.  I didn't worry about the gem or anything-- just spray painted it all this fern color.  My husband says he looks horrible because you aren't supposed to paint porcelain.  I think I'm just not that great at spray painting.  Oh well, he's up high.   

Before

After

I then set to work making the entire shelf look bee-you-tee-ful!  I think it looks. . . better.  Which is what I go for when decorating.  I *may* make some other changes down the road. Since I just randomly put stuff up 3 years ago (when I moved in) and this is the first time I've redecorated, I wouldn't hold your breath.  

A before and after look, just for you.