Arts & Crafts

I do a lot of rocking LB to sleep in her room. A LOT.
She's 13 months old, and therefore, after I add it all up, I believe that I have spent 834,729,874 hours in her room. Just rocking and rocking and rocking... maybe a little dozing off here and there, but mostly rocking her to sleep.  At least trying to anyways.

There's not much to look at when I'm rocking her. I have my curtains covering the windows, so I can't look out there.  I am just facing one big giant green wall:

I have an amazing view, no?

SO... I decided to do something about it.

I always knew that I wanted to incorporate a line from one of her books in her room.

It's was the very 1st book I bought her:

The last line in the book reads:

I love all that you will be

and everything you are

So, I have been putting a together an art project in my head.

I bought wooden letters of her name... all nine of them..

Painted them pink. 

Bought 4 canvases and knew I wanted the quote to be raised.

So.

I used glue.

When it dried, I tried to build it up higher, by going over it again.

NOT a good idea.

The glue just ran all over the place.

Live and learn, right?

I then tried puffy paint.

Success!

I painted the canvases a light pink and painted white and green polka dots all over.

I then painted the raised letters a different pink color.

And the result?

I know that you can't see the quote on this photo.. sorry!

..also.. no. we never bought that vent cover.

We always forget when we go to a hardware store.

I put it on my newest list of things to do.

(Jerk Face just loves those!)

I feel like it needs something else.. but Jerk Face was tired of it sitting on out kitchen island.

I think it was only there for, like a week. 

*sheesh*
~If any of you have any suggestions, I'd LOVE to hear them!~

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