{"id":1253,"date":"2011-12-18T14:59:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T19:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2011-12-18T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T19:59:06","slug":"goal-18-make-a-largish-piece-of-art-for-my-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/goal-18-make-a-largish-piece-of-art-for-my-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal 18: Make a largish piece of art for my apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I came across this idea<\/a> on one of the blogs that I look at sometimes, Oh Happy Day<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… Continue reading Goal 18: Make a largish piece of art for my apartment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-kd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2598,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/in-an-open-letter-to-whoever-smokes-in-the-apartment-building\/","url_meta":{"origin":1253,"position":0},"title":"In an open letter to whoever smokes in the apartment building,","author":"sherlonya","date":"June 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cYou make the joint smell like memories of a bowling alley. I don\u2019t like it.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "open letters"","block_context":{"text":"open letters","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/category\/open-letters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2941,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/in-an-open-letter-to-the-neighbor-in-the-throes-of-a-football-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":1253,"position":1},"title":"In an open letter to the neighbor in the throes of a football game,","author":"sherlonya","date":"September 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cI am not sure how you\u2019re managing to scream out in a way that sounds like you\u2019re yelling directly into my apartment. That I live on the second floor, and that I don\u2019t directly face anyone, makes this even more perplexing. I wonder if this is an achievement of voice\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"neighbors\"","block_context":{"text":"neighbors","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/tag\/neighbors\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":680,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/home\/","url_meta":{"origin":1253,"position":2},"title":"Home","author":"admin","date":"May 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things I have been working on in the last 7 months is really trying to turn my apartment into \"home.\" As soon as I type that out it seems contrived and hokey. It is one of those sentences that makes me think, what does that mean?, when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"crafting\"","block_context":{"text":"crafting","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/tag\/crafting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN1174-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4202,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/12\/links-i-like-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":1253,"position":3},"title":"Links I Like","author":"admin","date":"December 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes recipes make your mind turn with curiosity and your mouth water. Pecan Pretzel Caramel Corn anyone?\u00a0 I happen to have too many sweet potatoes at home right now. Maybe this will help me use them. Sloppy. Joe. Tacos. \u00a0I might have to give this a try. \u00a0Or maybe I'll\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "links!"","block_context":{"text":"links!","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/category\/links\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"linksilike","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/linksilike.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":663,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/moist\/","url_meta":{"origin":1253,"position":4},"title":"Moist","author":"admin","date":"May 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Right outside my apartment building is the drain for the parking lot. I hadn't paid much attention to this in the past having moved in the fall and missed spring rain. Well, let's just say I am glad that I bought rain boots this year. Let's also say that this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "clothes"","block_context":{"text":"clothes","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/category\/clothes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN1150-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":920,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/two-shirts-later\/","url_meta":{"origin":1253,"position":5},"title":"Two shirts later","author":"admin","date":"November 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I collect things. I don't mean to do it, but I have all of these ideas and grand intentions. Those intentions need supplies, right? I reorganized some things around the apartment and came across some fabric that I have owned for years. How many years? I have no idea. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "clothes"","block_context":{"text":"clothes","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/category\/clothes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/purple-roses-300x248.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1253"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}