No, I'm not talking about my wonderful kiddos, although the same is true for them. I'm referring to my little project... I'm not sure if I should call it a 'craft' or what because I'm really not crafty, but I decided to make these for Ainsley's room a few months ago and my fairly simple project that should have taken me a day or 2 took about 2 months.
I ran into a few obstacles along the way. #1. I bought cheap frames at Walmart and wanted to spray paint the frame matting green. I learned not to do this on a windy day outside because before the paint could dry, leaves and bugs were stuck to the paint. I had to spray again and then take it inside to fully dry. #2. When spray-painting a plastic stencil (they only came in blue), be sure to buy spray paint made for plastic. The first time it was all splotchy and uneven and I had to buy new stencils and spray paint. #3. Make sure you measure to see if the stencil will actually fit in the matting. The stencil (which I had finally finished) ended up being too small to fit in the matting. I had to improvise and add the pink borders. #4. It's not a good idea to leave the finished product on the floor next to a can of Lysol because little hands can get ahold of the Lysol and saturate the picture so much that the matting gets stained and needs to be spray painted all over again! Despite all of the snags, they are finally ready to hang!
Now let's see how long it takes to actually get them on the walls.
ps. Before I fool you into thinking that I am the creative genius that came up with this fun easy idea, I should confess that it wasn't mine. I saw the concept on someone else's blog (she apparently IS crafty because she was clever enough to think of it!). It was a random person's blog and I can't even remember whose or how I ended up there so I'm sorry for not being about to give specific credit where credit is due. Hopefully this creative stranger will forgive me. Afterall, imitation is the best form of flattery.
They're so pretty, Julie! And now you know what to do (or not to do) next time. A few more projects and you will automatically know what to do. You'll be able to see how far you've come down the "crafty trail," LOL. ~Mom V.
ReplyDeleteI am SO sorry that it was my child's little hands getting ahold of the Lysol that caused you to have to spray paint again!! Ugh, my embarrassment knows no bounds! They are lovely and you should be proud!
ReplyDeleteKath, I purposely did NOT name the culprit so he could remain anonymous! No worries, it was nothing that couldn't be fixed!
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