apparently i forgot that the internet company was doing maintenance on the neighborhood yesterday and my Internet was out all day.
it was awesome.
my husband was home so I was all…”see, you think i’m always on the computer” (which i am except when it’s not working) but he doesn’t know that…cause as soon as i hear his truck in the driveway i blast the air with pledge and drop to the floor to pretend to mop it.
but that is all irrelevant….
(competition is over!!!!)
mandy is calling herself the underdog. (i mean she is like 17 behind me. not so much the underdog)
this was a diy club guest post….
and in honesty one of my most favorite projects.
i love the outcome, and the colors…and i want to make some many more!!!!!
in high school, i was the art teachers T.A. (teacher’s assistant)
(I spent a lot of time in my art room in high school…)
and one of my assignments was prepping the canvas by painting it with gesso.
and it sucked.
25 canvases…and they weren’t small.
so when i saw that krylon had gesso spray SPRAY paint..i totally had to give it a try!
I took some white material (it was actually dark out curtain material left over from my daughter’s room)
and spray painted it..
maybe i should of ironed? naaaaaah.
then i took this awesome vinyl cut out from ten 23 designs
(i acutally had it up on my wall…but it wasn’t exactly what i wanted!)
my inpirations was this awesome picture from pinterest
i used loads of awesome paint by americana…on my very professional artist paint try (i.e. i can’t believe it’s not butter lid)
when i was happy with the behind…i peeled up my vinyl…
and then..since i wanted it to pop off the wall like a real canvas….
but lack the word working tools/talent to make a real frame for it…
i wrapped it around a large piece of styrofoam….
and gorilla glued it all around…
then gorilla glued on a disc hanger….
Misty K. says
I love it too. Green has always been my favorite color but I'm begining to love blue too.
Laurie Sublime says
Your art canvas is super bird-iful awesome!!! Love it and pinning it!
Hani@Craftionary says
You both girls are so funny.. I follow you both.. Love the DIY bird canvas, great job at painting background.. 🙂
Lins Artyblobs says
Your canvas looks fabulous!
KurtzCrafts says
On styrofoam! You're a genius!!! *slaps self in forehead*
Now I know what I should use for my friend's nursery prints… I didn't want to make wooden frames.
Angela @ The Not So Functional Housewife says
Absolutely beautiful! I love, love, love the colors! I would have never thought to use Styrofoam!
~Angela
Mandi@TidbitsfromtheTremaynes says
Dude, that is the shizzle. I love it. Help a girl out– what's gesso? I am art impaired.
SueAnn says
I love it too!! You nailed the colors for sure!
Hugs
SueAnn
Barb says
This is sooo wonderful – I love it! I've got to do something like this for my house! Thank you so much for the inspiration!
Leigh Spillman says
I love this!!! Very very clever!!! Could you use anything and spray it to give it the canvas texture?? Like would an old crib sheet work???
Kimbo West says
i would probably stick with heavier fabrics…but i don't know for sure..you could try just a corner and see how it goes! good luck!
Amber says
I totally took this post and used it as fuel for my own post! 🙂
http://ambiworld.blogspot.com/2012/02/love-birds.html
rebekahdawn says
Oh my gosh, it's so pretty! I love how the colors are blended, wish I had a clue about stuff like that.
Erin @ Simply Frugal Mom says
I'm dropping by as the guest judge on The CSI Project this week. I love how your project turned out. The colors are gorgeous. Amazing.