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When I bought the clothesline for this project, I also bought several packages of the red and blue because I thought it was so pretty.  I found it in my craft drawer last week…red and blue?  Of course; perfect for July!

I started with some oval plastic frames that I found at the local thrift store.  They are all different, I just made sure they were similar in size.

Using hot glue, I wrapped the frames with the clothesline.  I wrapped one frame in the blue and white, one in the red and white, and one in both.  You can see that in the picture below; I just held both pieces of the clothesline side by side as I wrapped.

Once those were all finished, I measured to see what size star would fit best on them and drew a pattern.  Because I have a scroll saw and a garage full of scrap wood, I cut out my own stars, but you can buy them ready to paint from a craft store.

I used three large stars and three small ones.  I sanded them, painted them, then sanded the edges once the paint was dry.

Now I placed the large stars on the oval frames and arranged them so they were just how I wanted them.  I carefully marked with a black Sharpie where each point of the star would touch the frame.

I put generous amounts of hot glue on those marks and adhered the star to the frame.  Then, I hot glued the smaller stars on top of the larger stars and pressed it all together while it set.

I played with several different configurations to hang the frames, but finally decided that I liked them hanging vertically the best.  Because I like to reuse things and craft with what I have on hand, I chose to use the top decorative board from some long-gone window blinds that I had lying around in my garage.  You could easily just use a long, narrow board, or even a wide ribbon.

I drilled a hole in the top of the board for hanging,

then hot glued the frames in place.

Next project?  Paint that front door!!

Are you making something special for Father’s Day? For my husband, I love this idea I’ve seen around the blogosphere for a framed love note. I have seen many variations, but all bloggers agree that this is an EASY project.
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Simply select your frame, design your word art, print it out on whatever paper you like – plain or patterned, cut your design to fit your frame and voila!
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Write your message with dry erase marker or, better yet, PERMANENT marker. You can remove permanent marker quite easily from glass with a magic eraser!
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You can embellish your frame if you’d like. I like these little rolled fabric flowers.
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I love the idea of changing up the message occasionally to remind him of the many reasons I love him!
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If you are looking for other homemade Father’s Day gift ideas, see this post.
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