Crafts

I'm not a very crafty person. More specifically, I'm not a very creative person. One thing I can handle, though, is finding simple projects online and replicating them. Here are 3 examples:

1. artwork for the office
Following the pictures and directions I found online, this is how mine turned out. 

Start with a blank canvas

 Tape canvas to allow for the white lines. Because I couldn't find the skinny painter's tape they used, I just used regular old scotch tape.

 Start painting

 Wait for paint to dry. Peel off tape. Unfortunately  the scotch tape did not leave crisp lines, but from far away it doesn't look too bad.

Blue and orange were chosen because our firm is redoing their logo and these will be the new colors. In fact my boss was so impressed by this (not only does it match our colors, it kind of looks like an abstract interpretation of our logo) that I am going to be doing two more of these for our other two offices. Maybe I should quit the legal career and just become an artist??

2. Painted fabric quote
For anyone on pintrest, you'll see variations of these all over the place. I decided to give it a shot.

While they use a canvas and a piece of fabric, I used an old frame. I found out canvas is more expensive than I thought it would be, and I  already used my 40% off coupon on the big piece for the project above. I also already had this frame sitting around and I figured it was just going to get covered anyway.

So, I started with an old frame and a piece of fabric.

 The ironing probably took longer than anything else.

Next, I attached my stickers to the fabric, which is not wrapped around the frame.

Then simply paint and wait for it to dry. 

 Pull off the stickers and you're done! Another very simple project.

3. Paint chip art

Another very easy project I found online. All that was required was a circle cutter. Which is is a pretty awesome tool to have. Oh, and a trip to Home Depot to get some paint samples.  Here's the finished product