Stacks and Flats... and All the Pretty Things...: canvas wall art

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August 24, 2011

Striped Canvas Art

I'm trying not to mope around today

Thinking about it being the last day of summer vacation for me...

so instead we're going to focus on something fun :)

I did these canvases a while back-

back when it was warm and not pass-out-sweltering here.

And way before Pinterest hit the world...

so this quote wasn't completely overused then :)

But I needed something to fill some blank space in the master bedroom and I loved the quote "you have my whole heart for my whole life" that surfaced in the blogland during spring.

So I grabbed my two 16x20 canvases...

Am I the only weird one who loves blank canvases?

I like to stroll down the canvas aisle in Hobby Lobby because they're so full of potential :)

I'm an odd duck, I know.

I decided to try a different color than I was used to and used 'Nutmeg'.

It's a really pretty creamy copper brown.

I like it but it won't go everywhere in my house.

Luckily, it'll work perfectly in our master bedroom :)

I sprayed them with heirloom white first to give them a good base.
Then I used painters tape to mark off stripes and painted the blank space Nutmeg.

And because I like to have company with me with I'm working, my kitties got right in on the action.

See the white smudge?

Total tail flick.

Oh and it was completely intentional.

And because I'm stubborn, I didn't fix it :)

So Ellie has officially helped out with her first project.

I used rub-ons that I had on hand for the words.

I love rub ons :)

These went on perfectly and I just off-centered them the way I wanted.

Easy peasy.

Apparantly, everyone wanted in on the action because little man totally plopped down and struck poses as I was taking pictures :)

I love the stripes with the words and I'm in love with the new color...

The perfect solution for blank wall space!!

And the worst picture in the world goes too...

this one.

But I wasn't about to move the TV to get a good one.

Sorry, guys.

It would seriously eat me.

And I'm not ashamed at all to have a TV in there...

when you're super tired and just want to cuddle,

you throw on Friends and all is good in life :)

And I adore my MadebyGirl print on the opposite side of the canvases.

One last time...

What do you think??

A fun, easy way to fill space?

I hope you guys have a great Wednesday and think of me tomorrow when I have to step into school-world again. Ick.

Happy crafting :)

Linking to:

Whatcha Working with Wednesday @ It's Toile Good

Under 100$ @ Beyond the Picket Fence
Hookin up with HOH @ House of Hepworths
Catch a Glimpse @ A Glimpse Inside

Everything but the Kitchen Sink @ A Little Knick Knack
Remodoholics Anonymous @ Remodoholic
Cure for the Common Monday @ Lines Across My Face
Amaze Me Monday @ Dittle Dattle
Craftomaniac Monday @ Craftomaniac
Craft Catwalk @ Embellishing Life
Get Your Craft On @ Today's Creative Blog
Anything Related @ All Thingz Related

May 31, 2011

Making Jenga Blocks into a Drool Worthy Baby Gift

Before I get into the drool-inducing parts of the post, I just wanted to say thanks for all your patience!

I hate feeling like I was neglecting my fab blog friends, but the house this past week has been crazy overwhelming.

I can finally breathe at the moment because the flooring guys came in today and laid the wood floors in the hallway that was formerly gross concrete.

They are my best friends today :)

I don't feel as if the house is nearly as icky now!

Now all that's left on the agenda is new carpet in the two bedrooms that got the most water damage,

new baseboards in the ENTIRE house,

and flooring down in the craft room (so I don't destroy any more carpet with my projects)

and of course the quarter-round everywhere the floor is.

So...while I'm gazing down the hallway at our pretty new wood,

do you want to see how you can make jenga blocks into something drool-worthy?

Here goes nothing...(or everything, really.)

In a fun twist of events, during my first round of OT clinicals at the VA hospital, my clinical instructor and me hit it off :)

We ended up talking about my blog and she said she would be after me later to make something for her twins nursery.

And lucky for me, she did!

She wanted something with a cross, brown and cream and with a specific verse.

So with those paremeters in mind, I scoured my stash for ideas of what to do.

I came across this gorgeous vintage sheet with a cream and beige flourish pattern on it and knew it would be perfect as a backdrop.

I also had a pretty 16x20 chunky frame that just need a good coat of paint.

And, yes the torn duck cardboard was from that frame.

After covering the backing with the sheet,

I thought forever on how to do the cross.

Somehow, completely by chance, these jenga blocks kept coming back to me.

(I'm actually kind of lying, considering these are some 'knock down towers' blocks...but it's all Jenga to me)

Who knew Jenga blocks could be so much more?

I painted half of them heirloom white and half in an espresso brown.

They got distressed a bit,

and then I played with them until I liked the layout and pattern of color.

I glued these right onto the glass.

The verse she chose was printed on brown vinyl and stuck to the glass under the cross.

Easy peasy.

So do these jenga blocks make you want to build a tower and knock it down?

Ok, so maybe they still do.

But they are a whole heck of a lot prettier.

And what better thing to put in a nursery than wall art made from a toy?

I'm in love with the brown and white pattern just a little bit.

And the dimension that the cross gives is amazing...

but it looks a billion times better in person so I guess you'll have to trust me on that :)

The printed fabric adds that perfect 'something' to it...

without completely overpowering it.

Nice and subtle.

What do you think?

Drool- worthy enough?

I was almost sad to give it up...

but I know it's going to a good home!

And now I have all those leftover Jenga blocks to mess with...

hmmm.

Linking to:

Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts

Under 100$ @ Beyond the Picket Fence

Hookin up with HOH @ House of Hepworths

Everything but the Kitchen Sink @ A Little Knick Knack

Simply Creations @ My Simple Home Life

Friday Favorites @ Inspriing Creations

Feature Yourself Friday @ Fingerprints on the Fridge

Feature Friday @ Spunky Junky

Tickled Pink @ 504 Main

Friday Flair @ Whipperberry

Remodoholics Anonymous @ Remodoholic

Weekend Wrapup Party @ Tatertots and Jello

Creatively You @ Creative Crate

Free for All @ Young and Crafty

Sister Sunday @ Sisters of the Wild West

You're so Very Creative @ Me Making Do

Craft Catwalk @ Embellishing Life

Get Your Craft On @ Today's Creative Blog

Show Me What You Got @ Not Just a Housewife

One Project at a Time @ A Bowl Full of Lemons

May 23, 2011

Yarn Chevron Canvas

I thought I'd whip up a post for you the day before so it could be scheduled to go out today.

That way I won't have to mess with using other computers while we're dealing with our crazy flooded house.

Before I get to the fun, lovely things to look at...

want a peek at the nastiness?

That's our hallway leading down to the bedrooms...at this point, most of the water had already been sucked up.

We worked today to get the master bedroom furniture out so that the fans could reach further under the carpet.

Ugh.

Hopefully the insurance adjuster will be out tomorrow to help get things moving.

Moving on to the funner things in life...

I'm super excited about getting started on my craft room redo...I have big big plans.

But most of it will happen after the wood floors get installed...

don't ask when that is at this point :)

But I got enough excited and decided to make something in grey and white since that will be the main color scheme of the room.

I'm still somewhat obsessed with the look and texture of yarn after those yarn letters a while back, so I think I was just looking for an excuse to use my yarn again :)

I gathered a square canvas, grey yarn, glue sticks and a chevron stencil I printed off the internet.

Then I used the chevron stencil to lightly sketch out the lines onto the canvas.

These will be the guidelines for laying down the yarn.

This is the tedious part...

I just would make a thin line of hot glue all the way down the canvas following the chevron shape...

and you have to get the yarn down fast so the glue doesn't harden before it's down.

The hardest part is keeping the angles of the points, the yarn wants to round out...so I found it easiest to take a pencil and push it into points after laying the yarn.

I didn't want the yarn to go around the sides of the canvas so I just took some sewing scissors and cut them as close to the edge of the canvas as I could.

I kept going until all the spaces were filled :)

I adore the texture...

You could put fray check on the ends but I kind of like some of the fraying so I let it stay.

It's hard to make the chevron stripes with no gaps but you can go back and fill them in with small pieces of string if you want...I think the small amounts of white that peek through add to the texture :)