Friday, November 5, 2010

Art on the Cheap


I enjoyed this simple project so much. I think that's partly due to the low cost, high awesomeness factors. The idea came from All Things Thrifty. The canvas we already had as well as the light blue paint (from Bruce's table). I bought the dark blue craft paint and a paint brush for $4. I spray painted the canvas, then with the truck image for reference I drew it on the canvas. It took two coats of each. This brings us one step closer to completing the decorations for Bruce's room. I am very satisfied with the look of it.

Notice the collage of family photos? I ordered it for free through a Walgreen's promotion a few weeks ago. A few days after getting it I was reading this article about displaying family photos in your child's room and gave myself a pat on the back because I wanted those photos to be a reminder to Bruce of his value to our family and help him see that he is loved. Wahoo! Plus I am so in love with our family pictures that I want to display them in every room.

2 comments:

Meredith said...

Very cute! And I love his bedspread!!!! Adorable! Did you make it?

And I'm so happy that you are so in love with the pictures. That makes me happy. :)

Alissa said...

Weird things going on at blogger.. I was waiting for you to post the pictures of the art cause I wanted to see what it looked like. It just showed up today on my updates.

Anyways, I love how the truck art turned out! It looks way cute in his room!