Pinterest Challenge: Lobster Art

You Are My Lobster

Today’s the day.   It’s a burrito filled with joy.  It’s: the PINTEREST CHALLENGE!

Hosted by my home-gurl Michelle @ Decor & The Dog,
Katie @ Bower Power,
Sherry @ YHL,
And Megan @ The Remodeled Life

I debated joining along or not, since I’m up to my eye balls in school and working full time.  But I took a break to make my version of a piece of art I’ve been eyeballing like that piece of man-candy I see on the Today Show every morning.  Matt Laur, I’m lookin at you.  #OldLadyCrushes

My pin:

But the link took me to some weird site where you have to log in to buy stuff… and I felt stuck.   So I googled it, and found this, which told me it is not for sale anymore.  Of course, I felt like I could make this myself.  (I bet you didn’t see that coming… this being a DIY site and all)

I had these old curtains that were doing absolutely nothing.  Just sitting quietly in my fabric stash gossiping about the mod podge, and how tacky its behavior is. 

I thought it would make for a lovely canvas.

I traced the canvas frame so I knew what lines to stay in.  #ThingsILearnedinKindergarten

I free-handed the print, just by looking at the screen.  I have no real tutorial, other than just copying it.  Original, I know.

Then I just filled it in with Sharpies.  Do you see how messy my table is?  It’s because this is my “desk.”  It’s where I’ve been living.  It is pretty much a visualization of my life right now.  Just messy and junky and cluttered and unorganized and scattered and chaotic.  I need help lol.  I’ve lost my mind, as you can tell from my uncouth hashtags.

I trimmed up the edges, and stapled it to the canvas frame, it put it in a spare frame I had.

And that’s a wrap.  My ten-minute-study-break-project is a notch in the bed post.

I think it looks exquisitely beautiful, but it could be a delusion from being buried in assignments.

I hung it in our bedroom, and I love it.  And… do you see how ugly my 80′s fois bois door is?  Good thing my reward for finishing school will be painting my doors.  I don’t know what kind of person rewards themselves with chores, but either way, it’s motivating me to work harder.  #NoCureForPeopleLikeMe

And for those of you wondering why in the world I would put this phrase on a piece of art… shame on you for not knowing.  But here, educate yourself:

Aaron and I plan on being an old lobster couple walking around the tank holding claws.

Now back to the books.  Thanks for your patience!  xoxo

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