Pinterest Project

I adore Pinterest! There are so many great recipes, decorating tips, clothes, and other cool things to look through. It's funny, because Adam asks almost every night what cool thing I found on Pinterest. After going to Pinot's Palette a few weeks back, I decided to get back into painting. When I was younger, anything dealing with art was one of my favorite hobby's. I sketched, colored, and most of my free time was spent doing art. My parents took note and signed me up for private paint lessons. I learned so much and loved every bit of it.

Most of the decor hung on our walls are pictures. I don't mind it, but I wanted to spice things up a bit. I started looking on Pinterest and came across some ideas for my wall decor for the house. I showed Adam each one and asked for his opinion. I wanted to start off with something fairly easy, since it has been awhile. I came across this and thought it would look great in our living room.

I spent a Saturday morning at Hobby Lobby picking up the needed supplies. I already had the paint brushes, but needed everything else. My plan was to start it that night, but the same night, I was hit by the stomach bug. A few days later when I was feeling much better, I started the project during the kids nap time.

 Step 1 took about 2 hours. Thankfully, acryllic paint dries pretty quickly.

 Step 2 was a bit harder. Trying to line up the branches perfectly was very detailed. The branches were supposed to get smaller as they spread out. Notice the green canvas? It has a thick branch. Thankfully, I knew I could cover it up with Step 3.

All done! It's not exactly like the painting, but close. I actually like it a little better. We have yet to hang it, but hope to this week.