Framing three of my favourite quotes on my $0 budget

As you know, I am one week into my month of not spending and it is going extremely well. I have only been to one store and that was to do some groceries. I only bought fresh fruit and veggies, milk, and bread...ok that is not 100% true...I also bought a bag of chips. I know chips aren't a necessity, but that is my vice. I don't drink alcohol or coffee, not because it is bad for you, I hate the taste. I will try better next week ;)

On to my $0 budget post!

I have a small wall in my ensuite bathroom that has always seemed bare. It didn't seem like a logical place for a full sized towel rack but it needed something. It was too small to hold a large print or photo and I didn't want to put anything that could be damaged by humidity.

Well, I was digging through some boxes that have never been unpacked since we moved in almost 2 years ago and I found three matching panoramic frames. There were some beautiful pictures of me and my husband in our early 20s in Mexico in them. Let me tell you, I would love to show everyone my prebaby bikini wearing photos...but I won't. It is far too depressing for me :)

After pulling out the wonderful photos and touching up some minor scuffs with my amazingly handy Sharpie, I decided I would frame three of our favorite quotes. These quotes may not inspire everyone, but I love seeing these and have in fact had a few of these framed in my office at work for years.

I found a piece of scrapbook paper (12 x12 inch) that matched my bathroom and the frames perfectly. Since I only had one sheet of this scrapbook paper, I cut it into three even pieces. I designed each of the quotes in Publisher using the 'Drop Cap' feature to have a larger first letter.

Here are the three images (sorry for the poor photos, I will try again tomorrow when there is better light)

(I just noticed after inserting the images that Publisher auto-corrected and gave me a capital 'b' on Because :( Darn you Microsoft!! I will have to live with it since I don't have another piece of paper and I can't spend the $0.33 it would cost to buy another one. Oh well, C'est la vie.)

The entire project took me 30 minutes, with most of the spent trying to get the image to print properly (since I only that one sheet of paper and no room for error).


Total cost $0!!

Did you notice my absolutely amazing and beautiful mirror? I promise that will be another post soon. My amazing husband framed our builder grade mirror for me (before our spend free month). Isn't it gorgeous?


Update: People have asked me the font I used for this and it was 'Poor Richard' that came with Publisher. I really loved the 'g's on this font :)