The Almost New Cross Stitch

Several years ago I did a cross stitch. I love it.

But I didn't have anywhere to put it. So I put it in a frame from Ikea with a boring white mat and hung it on the wall at work.

My friend at work would look at it and remark that it needed a different color mat. But I didn't want to spend the time or money to get it professionally framed.

One day last week she brought all her framing stuff to work because she was framing pictures for the office. And she brought this mat from home. It went perfect with the cross stitch, but it wasn't a color I would have ever picked out. But I loved it when we put the two of them together.

And then she learned how to cut circle mats just for me! And she framed my little cross stitch with a new coordinating mat. Look how great it looks now!