The Young Man and the Starfish

So my aunt came to me with this challenge. She said she has $15 for me to revamp this...

She wanted a new frame and for the story to look nicer... The only part she wanted to keep were the actual words of the story themselves. She wanted it to match with some of the rustic artwork she had on a particular wall in her house.

So one trip to Hobby Lobby later I had my supplies... Crazy enough, absolutely everything I needed was half off! Making my spending total a whopping eleven dollars.

 I bought two pieces of that green frilly paper to make sure that I could have at least one mess up. Which I am really glad I did because I promptly jacked the first one up! It's all good fun thought, right? :)

So this is the side by side comparison! My end result on the left and her beginning idea on the right.

What do you think? :)