Canvas PROJECT

Nnnnnaaaaa, they say its your birthday!! It was my dad's birthday celebration last week and the rule was homemade gifts ONLY! Hmmm, that shouldn't be too hard - right?!?!! Smashing is the latest biggest thing (at least to me) so it was only natural that we would clip things from a magazine that describe grandpa....I was going to frame them BUT then I remember these canvases I picked up (they were a sepia picture of hanging laundry.....UGLY pics but I kNEW I could do something with the canvases). SO that's just what I did! I got painting......

You won't believe what I paid for these canvases!! They were originally 14.99, marked down to $2.50 BUT were an ADDITIONAL 1/2 off SO the canvas was $1.25!!! 

Here it is with a coat of pretty ice blue....

I wanted to place the words in the shape of a fish SO Maya drew a fish for me and I got to work gluing...

Here are all the words the kids cut out that describe grandpa! I enjoyed seeing what Grandpa looks like in their eyes...a few of his favorites -WGN (local network) the Cubs, antiques, fishing related things....

While you could tell it was the shape of a fish, I needed to do something to define it even more.....

So I outlined it with a sharpie and drew and eye in! 

It was a HIT with Grandpa!! He loved it and plans to hang it in his "man cave". 

This idea can be easily adapted for ANYONE for any occasion! For example, a sweet 16, a new baby, an anniversary gift, a wedding gift, etc....You can use glitter, bling, lace and fabric! If you make one I'd LOVE to see pics!