I moved into the apartment where I live a couple years ago. I’ve had such grand ideas for decorating the joint, but haven’t exactly made that the priority. However, here and there, I make little things to make the living space our own. One of my goals this year was to make a largish piece of art for my apartment. This was the weekend to make that happen.
I came across this idea on one of the blogs that I look at sometimes, Oh Happy Day. My project turned out a bit differently than hers, but that’s the point, making something that fits into my home. I chose to buy a canvas on which stamp circles upon in a variety of shades of blue. I stamped in a somewhat random pattern, the guiding rules being that I didn’t want the same color directly next to each other and that I wanted the colors to be fairly evenly distributed across the canvas.
I used craft foam marshmallows as stamps and cheap craft paint to get this done. Sometimes, the circles printed sort of patchy, so I used Q-tips to fill in the white spaces where I wanted color. I used freezer paper to hold the paint I was using–mess-prevention.
Originally, I thought that I would do something really big like 24X36, but when I was in the store, I just chickened out. I wasn’t sure whether I would like the way that it turned out. It turns out that I do like it quite a bit. However, it isn’t right for the wall that I had in mind; it’s too small for that. But I did find the perfect spot for it.