The Proof's on the Wall

I love finding new ways of sending the message, "This space is as much yours as it is mine, and I want to cover these walls with proof."  

You're looking at an area of my classroom's library.  I bought garage sale and thrift store frames, painted them black, and turned this wall into a mini-gallery.  When the kids bring me artwork from home, I frame it here on the wall.  The only stipulation is that it must be original artwork.  It's not that I don't appreciate the coloring book pages.  (Those get stapled to the wall behind my desk.)  It just seems to me that if it's framed, I want it to be all them.

I'd eventually love to have more frames up.  Until then, when a new picture arrives, I just slip an older one out and add the new one.

I'm pretty sure this is an idea from The Sisters, so all credit goes directly to them.  I just tweaked it a little, which is what we all do to make the wonderful ideas of others fit our needs a little better.  It's all yours now if you'd like to tweak too.