Moving Mountains!

 

LET HER SLEEP

FOR WHEN SHE WAKES, SHE'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS

 

Here is a little crafty project that I did for my

Cuzzie (cousin) Danielle's baby

Riley McKenzie.

 

I found the saying on Pinterest, of course. 

 

Needed:

11x14 canvas

letter stickers for the words

paint & paint brushes

a ruler (if you are fancy, I just winged it- clearly)

Paint pens

 

Please note: I'm in this place in my life where I want to make things for people, I think it's a nice personal touch. 

 (Also note, I learned the hard way not everyone appreciates this- but Cuzzie Danielle did)

Anyway, that same place in my life is also where I'm finally letting go of always wanting things to turn out PERFECT.  It's not going to happen.  I am not perfect (shocking, I know).

 I will still try my DANGDEST (that's gotta be a word) to make whatever craft/art/food/etc. nice and personalized but I already have WAY too many gray (grey?) hairs to freak out that each letter is perfectly straight...blah, blah, blah- this makes me want an adult beverage just thinking about it and why I did not use my ruler.

 

How To:

(prepare yourself- this is super simple)

 

Adhere the sticker letters to the canvas

 

 

 

 

The rest of the letters I used a variety pack of sticker lettering

 

 

Then I chose my paint colors and began painting.  BE CAREFUL around the letters.  I tried CRAZY HARD not to let any paint seep under the stickers and thought I had succeeded...not so much. 



 

 

 

 

 After the paint dried I carefully peeled off the stickers.  In order to correct the places where the paint did seep I took a white paint pen (LOVE PAINT PENS! MORE ON THOSE LATER) and was able to clean up the lines nicely.

 

 

 

 

This is the sweet, sweet baby girl that will be moving those mountains-

stay tuned for that...give her a few years, she's brand new.

Riley McKenzie