DIY - Canvas Art Part 2

I have 2 nieces! 

One turned 9 back in July 

She came to stay with me

&

 we had fun with paint

(This is all inspired by Pinterest) 

Well, my other niece is turning 11 next week

so she came to stay with me this weekend

We went to Hobby Lobby

She picked out the size canvas she liked

(I love the 2 pack)

Abby's Musical Painting

Abby's Stained Glass

Aunt Sandi's "breathe" with pearls

Aunt Sandi's "ode to Kate Spade"

DIY - Canvas Art

My neice just turned 9 years old  

For her birthday,

she came over on Saturday

to spend the night.

After a shopping trip to Hobby Lobby,

we tried our first arts and crafts project.

We bought 2 different size canvas

They each had 2 in the pack

We each had an 8x10

&

 an 11x14 canvas

Of course, all inspiration came from Pinterest

Where else ?

 We just kind of "winged" it

We had the following:

acrylic paints

paint brushes

canvas

mod podge (sparkly)

My neice embraced the project with full force

She knew what she wanted to say

&

She knew exactly the colors she wanted to use

 

Me on the other hand..

Not so much...

I used copper & brown to match my room

I first started with a cute saying

but couldn't really commit

So, I just put random letters on after I painted the copper

Then I painted "expresso" over them

Then I wasn't thinking, and I peeled off the letters...

So... I had to improvise and paint gold over the DREAM letters

looks like it was meant to be that way, right???

This is both of our attempts of doing hearts.

I say for our first attempt at being artist,

we did pretty good...

since they are just going to hang

in our rooms for us to see



4th of July

Recently, I blogged

about Walmart's

fun red, white, and blue plates, glasses, etc.

I got these red and white plastic plates at Target for .99 cents

I already had the blue plastic wine glasses

I did buy the cute red and white flower BHG plates at Walmart

I also got the star "napkins" (bandanas) @ Walmart

The red pails are from Hobby Lobby

I received Pottery Barn's Summer Catalog this week

and

it has inspired me to go buy carnations

while they are not my favorite flower

but should fit in perfectly with my kitzchy summer table