We've known since day one that we wanted a neutral nursery with pops of color..that correlate with the baby's gender. A few weeks back I completed one of my favorite pops of color in the nursery..a canvas for her shelves.
Supplies:
-Canvas
-Acrylic paint
-Foam brush
-Vinyl
-Fabric cut into 3"x22" strips (I used 4 total)
-Hot glue gun and sticks
Between the canvas (which came with two) and acrylic paint it cost a total of $4.09. Woohoo!
Round one of painting (which involved at least 6 remixes of the paint) included a melon color, white, and holiday red. The three items on the right..two spools of ribbon and a fat quarter were proof that I could actually match the orangey/peach..too bad I couldn't find one paint to buy instead of the final total which was five (only buying two new ones though).
P.S. I L-O-V-E egg crates, they are perfect for painting and housing Baby Girl's socks..when we have more than three pairs. :)
The winner included a light orange, holiday red, mustard yellow, and melon. Yes, that means there was another round of paint mixing. In all, I probably had 12 versions. But..I love the stripes of yellow that ended up appearing on it, so I guess it was worth it. :)
After the painting was done and completely dry I stuck on the vinyl. I found this quote on Pinterest here a while back and fell in love. It was one of the sweetest quotes ever.
I then used some of the fabric from the alphabet wall to create four rosettes and then I used hot glue to stick them on. (Rosette tutorials can be found here from Craftaholics Anonymous and here from Kiki creates.)
Seriously one of my favorite things in the nursery:
Baby Girl is very very loved.
That is so incredibly sweet! So many people are expecting or just added on to their families recently and I love all the cute baby stuff that's being created!
ReplyDeleteADORABLE! The color of the canvas, the sweet quote, the cute rosettes: it's all so precious!
ReplyDeleteI love it! Where did you get the vinyl letters?
ReplyDeleteI love love love the quote! I have a canvas I have been debating what to do with for my baby girl's room (she is now 1) so maybe I'll do this!
ReplyDeleteI printed the vinyl letters with my Silhouette.
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DeleteI have a Silhouette machine, it is much like a Cricut. I opened the program for my machine on my computer and typed the quote using the font Sunshine Poppy (it can be found here: http://www.dafont.com/sunshine-poppy.font). I then printed it out on white vinyl.
DeleteIf you do not have one of these machines you can get the exact same look by making a stencil using your computer or purchasing scrapbook letters and putting them on the canvas.
Have fun!
this is so darling!! thanks for sharing:)
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this is seriously fantastic! thank you for sharing!!! this gives me an idea..... :0
ReplyDeleteWow this is such a sweet and cute canvas! Great job on everything and I know how it is to be picky about color! Better to love it after a bunch of attempts than hate it!
ReplyDeleteBekah
http://beckaboots.blogspot.com/
Hey! I love this idea and the quote is sooo sweet! Hope you don't mind, but I added it to my page under "favorite quotes". I did give you credit for it, though! By the way, how do you make your comments post to the bottom of your page like yours are? Mine are at the bottom, but you have to click on a link to read them...
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that quote!! I just pinned it myself! Great canvas...easy & cute!
ReplyDeleteChrissy visiting from formamas.blogspot.com
Adorable! Thanks for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteawww, this is so pretty! I love the flowers! (and of course the verse)
ReplyDeletethanks for linking up!
gail
This is so sweet and I love the flowers you added. Thanks so much for linking up to The Creative Spark. I really hope to see you back next week! This is my first time visiting so I am off to check around your blog a bit more - excited to see what you have been up to!
ReplyDeleteJenn :)
That is just precious!! Thanks so much for linking to the Tuesday To Do Party!
ReplyDeleteSmiles!
Jami
www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com
Can you share what font this is?thanks!! Super cute nursery!!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah my email is larn.levy@gmail.com
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@Lauren
ReplyDeleteSure thing! It's Sunshine Poppy and it can be found here: http://www.dafont.com/sunshine-poppy.font
How big would you reccomend for the font size?
ReplyDeleteI believe mine was around 60 and then stretched to match the width I wanted.
DeleteHi! I found pictures of your nursery on some nursery project site and I am OBSESSED with that canvas you made!! I have seen that quote printed on wood and other mediums and sold on Etsy for lots of $$, but I am a DIY queen and would love to do what you did myself!
ReplyDeleteI am wondering about the vinyl letters...what is a silohuette? Would I be able to print on vinyl on my regular printer? Is it too presumptuous to ask you to email me the document you used (with the sunshine poppy font, LOVE IT!) so I can try printing it myself??
Any advice or help you can pass my way would be GREATLY appreciated!!
Tisha
tisha.klingensmith@yahoo.com
http://averymakesthree.blogspot.com/
This is gorgeous!!! Where did you purchase the vinyl for printing on/cutting out? Was it sticky vinyl or did you somehow glue the letters on? I've seen similar projects where people stick on vinyl letters, paint over, then peel the letters off. I'd love to hear your tricks! Thanks so much!!!
ReplyDeleteKristin, I printed the vinyl with my Silhouette machine, but scrapbook stickers would work just as well. I've seen the method of sticking on the letters, painting them, and them removing and I possibly would've done that but it took me forever (lots of coats) to figure out what shade matched her room's fabric, so I'm grateful I did it this way. Thanks for stopping by!
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