June 12, 2012

Getting Creative

Believe it or not, Darbee Rae and I spent the ENTIRE day at home yesterday.  Not even once did I leave the house.  Now...ask my mom or my hubby and you know that is VERY unusual for me. I like to go and so does Darbee Rae.  BUT...with all of the going we have been doing the past two weeks with cheer camp and swim lessons, I was ready for a day at home to do whatever I wanted.  
That's what we did.  We slept too late and got up and did much of nothing.  I did manage to get the laundry done.  The house was clean, so I devoted the rest of the day to doing whatever.
We decided to get crafty.  Thanks to Pinterest, I had found a project I wanted to do with Darbee.  

We started with a blank canvas.  I found a 2-pack at Hobby Lobby for $7.99 and used my 40% off coupon.  That was a great deal!  They are 16x20.  

Hubby and Darbee Rae spent the evening at the park the other night and I had a crafty party with myself. Hehe.  
I got a few things done with my Cricut machine that I had been wanting to do and this was one of them. 
I cut out the letters I wanted and put them on the canvas. 

I love this saying.  I try to live by this. (Smile)
I turned the canvas over and rubbed hard to make sure they were stuck.

I got out my acrylic paint and chose the colors.
I wanted to hang this in the living room, so I chose warm colors that would match.


Darbee Rae was so excited to help with a "mommy project."  
I let her finger paint all she wanted.

She couldn't believe she could actually paint over the letters!


She did a great job!  
I even got in on the fun too!


Here is our final result. 

I love how it turned out!  
I can't wait to find a special place to hang it. 

Darbee had been wanting her own craft project.  In Michael's the other day, she picked out a picture frame to paint.  While we had the paint out, she decided to paint it too!
She did a great job!  I will have to post a picture of her finished project!  It turned out great.  

So...we had a great afternoon.  
We accomplished a lot.  It was a lot of fun!

Needless to say, we got out of the house today!  We called Nana and headed out to lunch.  

I hope all of you have had a great day and done something to make you happy!

Until next time...


9 comments:

  1. Awww! Your canvas picture turned out SOOOOOO cute!!! :o)

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  2. Love the canvas. Looks even better in person!! Darbee Rae's frame was cute too.
    Mama

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  3. It looks great, love those colors, and the inspiration!

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  4. Oh so fun.
    Love how it turned out.
    Hugs
    Trace

    www.grannytracescrapsandsquares.com

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  5. Very cool! And fun!

    Carmen and the Primcats

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  6. Love the canvas!! Looks like a fun day!! Glad you both enjoyed yourselves.

    Becky

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  7. I love the canvas, it's perfect! Such a great idea having Darbee Rae paint it. :)

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  8. You are such a good mama. You really are. What a wonderful project, but a life long memory!

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