DIY: Chevron Canvas Art

I am on a constant quest to find new and affordable art for my bedroom walls. Additionally, the art needs to match the teal curtains and pillows that already give color to my room. For this reason, I decided to take matters into my own hands this weekend and use the leftover canvas I had from my previous DIY wall art project. Here is what I came up with: 

What You Need:

1 White canvas

1 Can of metallic spray paint

1 Can of spray paint in a different color of your choice 

Painter's tape

To start, spray paint the entire canvas with the metallic paint color. I recommend doing at least two coats of the paint and making sure to let the canvas dry completely in between each coat. To avoid making a mess and all of the fumes I laid the canvas across the top of a box and did the painting outside.

Once the metallic paint is entirely dry - I let mine dry overnight just to be safe - lay out the painter's tape in the pattern of your choice. I love the chevron pattern and chose to use that pattern for the design. I used two strips of tape for each section to get the width that I wanted. 

Next, spray paint the canvas with the other color that you chose. Cover the canvas entirely, including the tape, in order to have the design come out well. I did two coats of this color, too. 

Finally, peel the painter's tape off of the canvas once the paint is completely dry. The metallic color should shine brightly and you will have a sharp pattern made on the canvas that's now ready for hanging on the wall. 

Simple Craft for a Long Distance Valentine

My boyfriend currently lives 2+ hours away in a different state and while the distance is certainly doable it does make seeing each other often a bit more challenging than if he was right down the road. Add in his busy law school course work, my work schedule and weekend commitments and it's easy to understand the saying "absence makes the heart grow fonder."

I try to send funny cards when I can but for Valentine's Day I wanted to send something a little more fun to open. Besides, I usually spend 30 minutes in the card aisle at CVS and still end up walking away with a card that I don't actually find that funny or that is way too sappy. For this project, I'm keeping it simple and sending all of these reasons he means so much to me on little heart cut outs.

What you need: construction paper in shades of reds, pinks and purples; heart stencils; scissors; colored pens and a box.

On shades of red and pink construction paper, cut out an assortment of different sized hearts.

On each heart, write one thing you love/like/admire about your significant other. I went for a mix of serious and sily to keep it interesting.

Fill the box with all of the hearts - the more the better - so your loved one has a great surprise to open when they all spill out. I plan on including my peanut butter pretzel treats in the box (recipe here) as an added bonus.

Hope you all enjoy your Valentine's Day with loved ones near or far! 

DIY: Wall Art

This weekend I was feeling inspired to add some art to my dreary, beige bedroom walls. On a budget and inspired by Pinterest, I decided to create the art myself and I took advantage of some A.C. Moore coupons to keep it cheap.

My goal was to use canvas, card stock and glue to make something glittery and pretty to hang over my dresser. The curtains and accent pillows on my bed are a pale teal color and I recently spray painted a number of trinkets in my room gold so I decided to make those colors my focus.

What you will need:

- (At least) 1 canvas

- Several pieces of card stock in colors of your choice (I recommend including metallic & glitter sheets to give it texture)

- A 1 inch round hole punch

- Spray adhesive

Use the hole punch to cut out lots of dots from each colored/patterned piece of card stock. I needed less of the card stock than I thought I would to fill my 12x12. I used four different kinds of paper and probably used about 50 dots of each. It was a great mindless project while catching up on TV shows.


Next, arrange each of the dots on the canvas. I chose to overlap some and spaced them out haphazardly so that each of the different colored and textured dots were evenly mixed across the canvas.

Once I was done laying out the dots, I used the spray adhesive to secure them to the canvas. In hindsight, it would probably have worked better to spray the canvas BEFORE laying out the dots but I knew I'd be too neurotic and rearrange the dots before I was ready for them to stick forever.

Spraying after worked just fine and I layered on some Mod Podge as a finishing touch. Make sure to wait for the spray adhesive to dry before applying the Mod Podge that way you don't get any air bubbles!

Now all I need to do is get something to hang the canvas on the wall with! I plan on making a couple of these so that I can arrange several on the wall together so the hanging will have to wait for another day.