Sassy and Shabby

For the love of all things Vintage

Monday, March 12, 2012

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! 

2 comments:

two birds said...

what a great idea! so personal and unique, and cute to boot!

Bonnie said...

I think this is such a cool idea! I would be so happy if someone did something like this for me. I love personal gifts.

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