Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Tutorial: Photo Canvas
Okay guys, so I am kind of a picture hoarder. I always get more prints than I need and over the years they've collected quite a bit. I have been trying to think of something I could do with them so they're not just sitting in this shoe box, and my recent purchase of modge podge inspired me.
So back when I was in the process of picking paint for my room, I told my friend Katie that I planned on the walls being a minty green. Katie ended up finding this huge painting at Goodwill that we just loved at the time, but I soon grew to hate it. It really looked bad on my walls, so I decided I'd use it for a project :)
Since filling the canvas with photos would leave space on the top and bottom, I began with painting the edges of the canvas the same color as my walls.
I then laid out the photos I had decided to use! I chose to keep it simple and do one row of horizontal photos, one row of vertical photos and repeat. Using simple math, I calculated that I could do 4 horizontal rows and 3 vertical rows and that would leave about .5 inches on the top and bottom of the canvas. The photos didn't perfectly fit longways, so I had to trim the edges of one photo per row.
I then began modge podge-ing them to the canvas! I would paint some modge podge directly on the canvas, stick the photo down, and brush a solid coat over it. This actually went a lot faster once I got the hang of it! It took lots of modge podge...
Once I finished, I just let it dry! It was a super quick and easy project! I really recommend it for those of you that have extra photos laying around.
The final product:
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