Canvas Art- Tutorial

The past month has been chaos in my house!

We remodeled our master bath and since that was going to be all new, I decided to paint our bedroom and get all new bedding!

We moved in to this house about 2 years ago and I have decorated every room but the master. I just didn't know what I wanted. I only had one wedding picture on the wall and that's it.

Now that is is painted I decided it was time to get something, anything, up on the walls!

I went to Michaels and came home with these

Some 16 x 20 blank canvas

sticker foam letters

white spray paint

Since this was going in the master bedroom, I wanted something 'romantic'. I decided to use a quote from our wedding song "Bless The Broken Road" by Rascall Flatts.

I just peeled and stuck the letters to the canvas ( I only used the white letters from the pack). **If I were to do this again, I would probably put Mod Podge down first to help them stick. The foam sticky stuff isn't very sticky.

After I had all the letters on I took it outside and sprayed it with the white spray paint. This step could probably be skipped, but I was thinking it would make everything the same color white.

After I had the quote on there, I also decided to add the year we got married to the bottom corner.

I LOVE how this turned out!

 

I am planning on doing something with the extra canvases to hang on each side of this. So look for that in a future post!

But for now, I am enjoying this one! I just need to go hang it on my wall now!!

Lollipop Tree

I was browsing Pinterest {which I spend WAY too much time doing} the other day and I saw a picture of a lollipop tree. It was so cute! I honestly didn't click the picture because it is pretty self explanatory. Take a Styrofoam ball, stick a ton of lollipops in it and wa-la!

Isn't it adorable?! It is going to make the perfect decoration at my little one's birthday party!

It was so easy to make too!

SO bright and cheery {Is that a word?!}

And I actually ran out of lollipops, so the bottom wasn't fully covered. But I just tilted the ball a little in the pot and put the exposed Styrofoam at the back! Shhh!!!

I am thinking about making another one just because it was so easy, but not sure yet! One might be enough....



Tissue Paper Signs

As you know, I am in the midst of planning Sam’s 3rd birthday party!  And phew!  It’s A LOT of work!

I am EXCITED though!

I kinda wish the party was this weekend, but then I remember how much more I have to do and toss that thought out!!

2 more weeks and it’s PARTY TIME!

I saw this and decided to make one similar, but switch it up a bit. 

I have been loving all the ruffle wreaths and such out there right now, so I went with that.

I basically followed along with the inspiration piece, but I used a TON of tissue paper.

A. TON.

I wanted it to have that soft ruffle-y (that’s a word. Swear it) look.

And I just L-O-V-E how it turned out!

I loved it so much that I made another one to match the theme!

This was a pretty simple project, but it did take some time.

In the end though, I totally think it was worth it!

I can’t wait to display these at the party!

Now the  hard part is just going to be where to actually display them!

Depending on the day- here is where I link up!

Creation Corner,Kojo Designs,Just Crafty Today,Yesterday on Tuesday,Somewhat Simple,Paisley Passions,Gluesticks,Fireflies and Jellybeans,House of Hepworths,Lil Luna,Little Eme,Not Just a Housewife,Sugar Bee- Craft Edition,Todays Creative Blog,Tip Junkie,733,Polly Want a Crafter,Young Nester,Sugar and Dots,Creations By Kara,Between U and Me,Chic on a Shoestring Decorating,Fingerprints on the Fridge,The Girl Creative,Debbiedoos's Blogging and Blabbing,I Heart Naptime,Skip To My Lou,c.r.a.f.t.