From me to You

Hello there readers. It has been a while. The hubs is down to one crutch and should be back to normal soon. I couldn't be more excited, especially since we just got dumped with snow in our neck of the woods. Seasonal colds have hit here as well which has kept me down a bit. But now that we are feeling better and some big papers are done it's time to have get some crafting done. This project was for my sister and bro in law. My sister told me that she can't seem to figure out what to do with their bedroom. They know that they want to incorporate their favorite colors, blue and green. They just can't figure out what to do. She came to me and I was ecstatic for the opportunity to help make their space a home. The first thing it needed was some color. So I thought of doing some cute and personalized wall art that will add a spring feeling. This was one of those ideas I actually thought of myself. I feel like such a smarty pants when I do that. So I headed to the Hobby Lobby (that place can be dangerous) and Home Depot to get some tools.

DIY Art Work
canvas
blue spray paint
tape
hot glue and glue gun
small silk flowers
small silk leaves (optional)
distressing ink
brown paint

I started by taping the trunk of the tree on opposite sides of the canvas, like so:

Now for the branches. This one goes to my awesome sis. I was going to just put strait pieces of tape on for strait branches but she thought of something much better. When you tear the tape it gives it a nice natural edge. LOVE it!

Now for my favorite part... SPRAY PAINT! You could paint these with traditional paint but 1: spray paint goes on nice and smooth and 2: it's a lot faster. Here's my sis displaying the lovely paint we selected.

After the paint dried we took off the blue tape and starting placing the flowers. 

I  gave the tree a little brown definition and distressed the edges of the tree. Now I decided to add some leaves to bring in more of the green but you certainly can opt out on those. On one of the trees I had my sister who is an art major make an M+J in the tree (their initials, cute huh). It turned out a little bigger than expected so I would recommend making a smaller one in the very corner but the bigger version like so also looks great as well. What ever floats your boat.

We hung them up above the bed and they are a welcome burst of color. And the best part, my sis LOVES them. The room is far from finishing its face lift but its a great start.

Now I'm going to curl up in some blankets and study. Good night all!