Do What You Love

I had purchased 4 canvases over four years ago because I had planned for my cousin to draw a cherry blossom for me to hang in my office. Due to both of our crazy schedules, it never happened. I recently decided that I should do something with them since I've been trying to clean up and decorate my office space. I went to Michael's Craft Store and bought all of the items that I needed to bring my vision to life. Below is an image of all that I used to create my canvas:

4 - 8x10" Canvas

2 - Assorted Size Round Mirrors

3 - Craft Smart Acrylic Paint (Lavender, Grey, and Graphite)

1 - Mambi Sticks Silver Glitter Letters

I did not spend over $20 on all of these items together (given that I already had the 4 canvases).

Lets begin!

Step 1: Prep all of your canvases and decide the designs that you would like to paint onto the canvas. I used Scotch shipping tape to create the two designs that I went with but I would recommend the tape for wall painting. Here is what I did with my 4 canvases:

Graphite Stripes

Lavender and Grey

Grey Diamond Shape

Step 2: After I let that dry, I removed the tape from the canvases with a design. I decided to draw a lavender heart on the stripped canvas to represent "love", given that the quote I was going for is "Do what you love".

I drew the heart using a number 2 from the glitter letters that I purchased because I wanted to make sure that it matched the size of the letters that I was going to use for the other canvases.

Step 3: The letters that I purchased had a sticky back, but because I wanted to make sure that they would last me a really long time, I decided to brush on some Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive.

I noticed that the letters stuck on better to the canvas with additional adhesive.

Step 4: After gluing all of the letters onto my canvases, I realized that I did not need to add the small mirrors that I had bought. Here is how I will display them on my wall:

I decided to display it this way because you can read it two ways, "Do what you love, love what you do."

Hope you all enjoyed my first DIY!

XO Cindy