Dream Catcher: Japanese Proverb

So, I did this a while back, I just haven't had time to post until now.

I bought this frame at D.I. because it was kind of a shadow box type.

I don't know why anyone buys frames from anywhere but D.I. (or some kind of thrift store) because none of their frames are ever more than like, 5 bucks. Come on.

It had an interesting back which I had to remove.

My X-acto knife was perfect for the job!

Except apparently some soul felt it necessary to smother the ENTIRE back with gorilla glue to ensure that that back stayed on for a million years.

After some serious peeling and scraping, I had removed all the backing from around the edges to reveal the staples.

I grabbed a normal knife and yanked all those suckers out.

I wanted to cover the picture with white paper but the picture showed through so I slapped a couple layers of white paint on there. YES, I could've just layered the paper until the picture didn't show through anymore, but ~~I didn't think of that until after~~ I didn't uh...want to. What of it?

These were my practice branches.

I cut out some little flowers on my Cricut and curled the edges up with a pencil. I glued them onto my final branch.

I found a japanese proverb that says "a bit of fragrance clings to those who give the flowers" and I thought that went well with the little blossoms. I wrote it out in pencil first OF COURSE.