Winter Pinterest challenge

I follow a blog called Young House Love almost religiously, and they are constantly doing Pinterest challenges. You can read about it Here. I have always wanted to submit some of my projects, but usually miss the day that everyone is submitting OR didn't have time to get anything done. So I usually tend to Pinterest challenge myself. Lucky for me I caught the Pinterest challenge two days after the challenge, and decided that was motivation to do one of the many projects I had pinned. Recently I have been pinning decor ideas for D's new room and also knit food for me to attempt to replicate. So I have started two projects and hopefully I will finish both to submit. One project is a knit baked potato. I will be creating a pattern and will post it later. Also a canvas painting with D's birth information.

For the past few weeks I have been on the hunt for ideas for D's future room. It really all began when Target got their 2013 baby stuff out on the shelves. My inspiration was from Mural Max and is an image wrap on a canvas.

Since I found my original plan for a nursery albeit a few months late. I am slowly preparing for D'a future room in the house we will be renting. This means finding or DIY art to put on the walls. After scouring Pinterest I came across this wonderful canvas from (etsy store). I love looking at things on etsy, but since I love to be crafty I look for inspiration instead of buying things.

As it turned out I had purchased a 12X12 canvas to create a hand print canvas, but decided I would find a different canvas for that. After putting my little gumba down for a nap this afternoon I decided to start sketching out and formulating my plan for my canvas. I knew I wanted an animal print but I also knew that the canvas on etsy was far too girly.

After dinner I finished up the sketch and grabbed my grey paint and paintbrush and got to work while my hubby and I caught up on our shows. We managed to fit in 3 shows, we were a few weeks behind, and I got enough done to where I could leave it and let it dry. I probably should have painted the white circle, but I would have hunted down my white paint. That seemed like too much work for the time being.

Day two consisted of painting the center, the yellow circles, adding the dots and all of the baby info.  I am not sure how long it took me because I wasn't able to work on it non stop.  The dots and the giraffe pattern took me the longest. 

I did realize after finishing my project that if I had printed off the text it would have looked sleeker, but that was not the look I wanted.  I used a stencil for his name, and free hand painted the rest.  I can't wait to hang this in his future room.  It is currently hanging above his crib, which is in a corner in my room. Now for the cost break down!
Cost:
Canvas: Had on hand, but I probably paid $5 for the 12x12
Paint: 2 Gray and a Yellow on sale for 3 for a $1. I have a bunch of Michaels gift cards so I only used that to buy the paint.  The white I had on hand since I purchased it back in December for another project.
Paintbrushes: I had on hand
For a grand total of the cost of the canvas $5

 

I would say this was a very successful project with substantial savings of $46.  

My Winter Pinterest Challenge is Complete!! Check out some of my other projects I created with a pinterest challenge in mind. inexpensive projects