Family Ties
We love our families. Really. We do. We love to remind ourselves of our families and how much we love them by keeping little momentos all around our home to remind us of them. These are the things that make our home, your home, anyone’s home really unique right? This has been especially true for us out here in North Carolina, miles away from both of our families.
From the wedding photos framed in our dining room, to the candle holder my sister gave me in the guest bedroom, the list goes on and on. Even that desk we’re about to paint blue is a family piece. Sorry Dad!
Until recently we had some very special, yet underappreciated family pieces boxed up in a cabinet. Chad’s great-grandfather collected two things in life. Native American arrowheads and dried rattlesnake rattlers. Thankfully we inherited the collection of arrowheads.
They’ve been spending the last few years carefully wrapped in small boxes in a cabinet, until this weekend when we finally pulled them out, dusted them off and gave them a proud display in the casa.
Here was our living room wall before some added frames:
And here it is after, with a little early, pre-work photography for ya.
Alls we did was pick up a stack of six 8″ x 8″ photo frames from Michael’s, on sale of course. Six frames adds up quick. Instead of using bulky shadowboxes that would stick out farther from the wall than our framed map, we opted for frames with mats that were just raised enough to accomodate our thinnest arrowheads.
Then we added a piece of cut canvas, left overs from the hem of our painted curtains also in the living room. Love when you can repurpose things in that way. Plus our frame backgrounds match another fabric in the room too. Bonus.
A little floral wire did the trick to hold each arrowhead in place in the center of the frame. We looped the wire in the front and twist-tied it discreetly in the back.
The finished product looked pretty good. We stretched and taped down the fabric where needed to avoid wrinkles. Spray glue or double-sided tape does the trick. The wire was also just thin enough to work with the natural feel but not be seen from a distance.
In total we spent fifty bucks. Seven dollars for each frame and two bucks for a roll of wire. Not too shabby for six custom framed arrowheads and a wall full of memories for the hubs. They are a fun conversation piece for sure.
And I am still just so thankful that we didn’t inherit the rattlers…
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That looks great!
Looks great you guys! I personally think the rattlesnake rattlers are kind of cool but I probably wouldn’t display them, lol! I’m happy to show the one I cut off the little rattlesnake we had in the back yard in 2008. It only had 3 buttons which was plenty for me! Thank goodness my neighbor was home to kill it but I wanted the rattler. I know, I know…Aunt Shirley is weird! lol
I’ll have to tell Meze you have them displayed.
She’d be proud!
Chad hasn’t taken you to a Rattlesnake Roundup, Amy?
Shame on him. I’ll check the dates for the Freer one.
Wow, I really love what those frames did for your family room! The finished product is just great! I’ve got to get something like that. And I have to say I am an arrowhead fan :) I used to hunt for them as a kid when on vacation in North Carolina. — Christian