During that era in my life I was doing a lot of counted cross stitch projects. The one I'm sharing today happens to be one of my favorites.
You can see after I finished the counted cross stitch I had it framed and matted with the colors of the time. Due to it's odd size I had to have it professionally matted and framed, expensive at the time, I've lived with it all these years. Now getting something re-framed or re-matted isn't quite as expensive. There are many outlets out there that will do those types of things fairly inexpensively. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-UTbdKK3k3IhlJtw2gskwDQf9k_tmvzj5DQ7sxKWtIOhLMeekYjDpReWeqvSihwIQh4sDooEYXRLYlRAK2O_-cBVXL7foIqPr7TQm1hh2IhjOqZZLHBxKgwRAzKPDvo6grESmDjrrHnF/s640/1.JPG)
After the painting was finished, I noticed the mat had faded a bit and was quite dated. It was ready for a change and so was I.
If you over look the glare you can see the colors in the letters and all the hard work I put into this beauty. :-))
I went with a double chocolate mat, feeling it pulled the colors out of the counted cross lettering.
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I'm extremely pleased with the way it turned out. The colors flow nicely in the dining room. I wish the pictures had turned out a bit better to show off it's true beauty. If you have a picture you love that might be a bit on the dated side, consider changing out the mat or the frame for a new piece of art in your home.
I'm extremely pleased with the way it turned out. The colors flow nicely in the dining room. I wish the pictures had turned out a bit better to show off it's true beauty. If you have a picture you love that might be a bit on the dated side, consider changing out the mat or the frame for a new piece of art in your home.