A Pinterest Project: Artwork

A few months ago I found this great tutorial for some homemade wall art from Southern Belle Soul, Mountain Bride Heart - which was an idea from A Beautiful Mess (which is what made me fall in love with their site to begin with).  

Anyway, they inspired me to create something great out of an old piece of art. Enter Yard Sales.

Maybe you remember when I bought this painting about a month ago. It was a grand seventy-five cents and isn't really fine art. But I thought it'd do.

Supplies Needed:

A Painting

Repositionable Letters

Can of Spray Paint

Step 1. Get a Piece of art you don't mind painting over.

Step 2. Using sticky, repositionable letters, write out your quote of choice. I had to buy two packages for enough vowels - so plan accordingly. 

Caution: Make sure the letters are pretty even if you think that things being out of whack may bother you. 

Step 3. Prepare your painting area. I used a throw away drop cloth on my porch.

Step 4. Give the painting an even coat all over. Depending on the color paint you choose and what you are covering, you may need more than one coat - but that was all I needed here.

Step 5. Wait until paint is at least semi-dry. I was much too anxious to wait for it to dry all of the way - so I pealed them off before everything was all of the way dry.

Step 5b. I used a tweezers to pull the letters off - this was good to keep my fingers paint free and to not damage any paint.

Step 6. Save the letters - they are still plenty sticky and can be reused.

Step 7. Enjoy your finished project! Glee!!

Guest bath is nearing completion

It isn't done yet, but so many of my projects are up in the air that I wanted to post something!

My guest bath is the newest home to all of my fabulous Hello Kitty paraphernalia and other childhood treasures. Most of these things I've used in my bathroom in the past - but being a grown up made me think I needed a more mature bathroom space ... lol, who am I kidding, I just wanted to show everything off of all of the people who visit my house!!

The only thing missing is the chalkboard wall that will go on the unpainted space. I might jazz it up with some pink hearts around the outside to make it feel a little less "black" ... but I'm undecided. What do you think? Would you have trouble using this bathroom??

Guest Bath Pre-fabulization

See the Fabulization after the jump!

Sneak Peak at the House

Obviously moving in takes more than a week and a half ... there is still almost nothing on the walls, I finally have one set of curtains hung, and it was almost a week before I was showering in my bathroom. However, unpacking all of my missed treasures and seeing how I want to display them in a new space is always fun and exciting! I don't want to show it off until it is closer to coming together, however I do want to let you have a look at what I've been working on! 

Unpacking boxes ... all my childhood treasures!

New shower curtain :)

Slowly organizing the bathroom

An early look at the living room space.

Doing laundry before I had a place to hang everything.

Hanging games in the hallway

Zac in his new room

The finished mantle space ... which will look way better when the walls are painted!!