Thursday, June 16, 2011

New paintings

i decided to make some new paintings to hang in the office. our office turned out really different then i ever thought it would. we have maps and signs from states and license plates. it's mainly red, white and blue for TEXAS! :] so after seeing this on young house love i knew i wanted to make something like it.


ugh blogger won't let me add a link. but the above photo is from younghouselove.com

and then i saw this...


so i put the two together.

first i went to home depot and got some wood and asked the kind man to cut it into three equal pieces. once i got home i printed out the images i wanted to use for my stencils. then i sanded the boards. then covered the boards in masking tape.


then i taped down my stencil on top of the masking tape.


i used an excto knife to trace the stencil. making sure to cut through the tape. if it cuts into the wood that's okay too. makes a nice boarder when painting. once you trace the stencil pull the tape up. i wanted the insides of the states to show. you can leave the outside tape and only paint the insides of the states. which ever you please.


after making sure the tape was pressed down really well i primed the boards.


after priming i painted them gray and loved the end result...




they aren't hanging up yet because i need to do a few touch ups. the three states are the states we have lived in together. well actually we both lived in texas but not together. but it's where we were born and raised. nebraska is where we got married and lived together for 4 short months till we moved to georgia. where have lived for a little over a year now. i can't wait to hang these up!!

1 comment:

Mandy England said...

So cute!!! What a great idea! :)