CREATE a mini canvas & easel

On one of my many trips to the thrift store, I came across this cute canvas and easel for $2. I love the typography and it's really pretty, but it won't match a thing in my house. I've been saving it until I had a place for it. The craft room turned out to be the perfect place and it goes with the craft theme.

I really liked the typography as I said, so I followed the idea and change the word to CREATE to go with the craft theme. I did a quick design on my computer and printed it out to the size of the canvas.
I used primer to cover the pink canvas and spray-painted the easel red. While that dried, I worked on getting my word ready. To transfer the word to the canvas, I put the paper up to the window (my ghetto light table) and traced the back of the letters in pencil.


Then I taped the paper to the canvas and used a pencil with no lead to rub over the words. The pencil transfers to the canvas very easily.


Here's the canvas with the transferred letters.


It took some mixing, but I matched my paint colors to the blankets in the craft room. Using a small brush, I painted the letters.


And here's me hard at work (don't mind the nasty hair and pajamas!)


Once I was done painting, I decided the edges needed some fancy trim. I hot glued purple ribbon and green rickrack around the edges.


And here it is! It's going to look so cute in the craft room!






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