I have had so much
fun finding things to make on Pinterest that I have had to calm down a little
and be pickier with my projects. No more rushing out to make every little
thing, I want to make sure that I am making a project that has a purpose or a
place. I have especially enjoyed making gifts for people! I have really liked
the feeling of giving an item to someone that I put a lot of thought into. So, in the interest of simplyfiying things, I have been "calming" down how many Pinterest projects that I have been working on. I also have been more specific on my projects and trying to
target areas of the house that still need some love/help. One room on the need
list is our guest room.
Our guest room is still a work in progress. It’s hard to
work with that room because it is so bright yellow! It was the first room we
painted when we moved in and we wanted a bold color. Turns out the color is so
bold, I think it glows! I have tried to tone it down by adding simple white
accents. We don’t want to spend too much money on the room as it’s only a guest
room and we are trying to keep finances in check. So in that vein, I painted
most of the brown furniture white with leftover paint that I had. I also made
and added a paintstick mirror that only cost me a couple of dollars. They definitely
helped the room, but I have been looking for some nice art work for the walls
to complete this simple design. I am not sure if the room will ever have a more
“done” look, and we may decide to paint it, but I am hoping that the things
that we add/do to the room will easily translate into another version of the
room.
So I originally got the idea from this Pinterest pin. The idea is to create some simple clean word art for any area. I loved it, especially because I could make it so personal. I wanted to pick some phrases that would be calming and
meaningful. Especially since it’s in a guest room, I wanted it to make the guests
feel peaceful. Gotta find some way to combat that yellow, right? J
I purchased canvas from Joann’s craft store. They were
having a sale, so I got two 11” by 14” for only $6, making them $3 each. I also got two packs of chipboard letters in white. I had a coupon so then ended up being about $2.20 a pack. I already had a tube of acrylic paint, so that made it nice.
To make the signs, I wanted to find a calm peaceful phrase. I love the song that has the phrase "Be still and know", so that one was a must. To fins my other phrase, I goggled short Bible verses. Yup, that's how I roll around here, whip out the old Google in a pinch. :) I ended up really loving the phrase "The Lord bless you and keep you."

To make the letters line up straight, I split the phrases into chunks then roughly divided each board up into equal sections depending on how many chunks were needed. So for the Be Still board, I had four lines of text and a 14" board. I took an inch off the top and bottom and then broke it into 4 inch sections. I used a pencil to draw a really light line across horizontally. I decided to have the boards line up on opposite sides, so it made this really nice clean center look.
I painted each board with the white acrylic paint all in one direction. so that it would be less noticeable. I had a terrible time with this part. It was a huge pain keeping the letters from making globby spots. Also, my paint brush kept leaving little pieces behind.