Dollar Store Craft: Painted Fall Picture Frames

I found these fugly (funky and ugly) picture frames at the dollar store and I thought that with a coat of paint, I might be able to make them pretty.

After the dollar store, my next stop was Lowe's.  Several magazines recently had a coupon for a free sample of paint.  Free paint = free craft supplies!  And free craft supplies = one happy crafter!  Woo-hoo!  I was able to snag four of these little pots of paints!  One of the colors I got was this "Bear Claw" which is a nice autumn orange color. 

After painting the frames, I used scrapbook paper and cut out the letters for "Fall" and put one letter in each frame.  I don't have a silhouette cutter, so I designed the letters in Word.  Next I printed the letters.  Then I traced the letters onto scrapbook paper and cut them out.  This is the template I used for the letters. 

The frames look nice on my armoire, but you could put them on any table top display.  I spent $1.00 for each frame, used free paint, and scrapbook paper I already had.  Nice!