Mirror, Mirror Gone from My Wall

I am a procrastinator of a specific sort--I don't put things off until it's too late.  I just put them off until it becomes a crisis to get them done by the deadline.  I'm trying to be better. Really I am.
This was one of those projects that I finished just in time.
I've been wanting a chalkboard for my stairway that I can write quotes on for my kids to memorize (stole that idea from Shawni at Life).  But I could never find one that was the right size, etc. Then I read Andrea's tutorial at Four Flights of Fancy, and she inspired me to make my own.
The problem was finding the time to find the right frame.  I would look a little, but my heart was never in it.  Then, I removed the mirror that used to hang in my kitchen to make room for a new piece of art.  As the frame sat on the floor  amusing my children in turn, I was struck with inspiration:

This frame was the perfect size and shape.  I purchased this mirror at a garage sale many moons ago--like 150 moons ago.  It was ugly avocado green with canvas trim, but I cute-ified it and it has hung in my girls' room or in the kitchen ever since.

I was going to get a piece of MDF cut to fit the frame, but I just used the glass.  And it worked just fine!  See?

It fits perfectly in that weird space between the window and the door, and it's the perfect place where my kids walk by it 100 times a day to remind them.  Lily and Micah memorized this quote, and Tucker and Ben memorized another one (part of Jeffrey Holland's talk--"two paragraphs that ended with "Watch your step).  These two quotes are going to be the topic of our Family Home Evening on Monday, and then we'll get two new ones!

Thanks for the inspiration, ladies!  Never would have gotten around to it without you!

Linking up to New Nostalgia's Anti-Procrastination Tuesdays.  I just love Amy.  She is so truly kind and she has great ideas.  If you don't read her blog, you should.


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