Canvas Collage Project

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I've had this project done for a while now, but was waiting to post it till after all the parade of homes
 crazy-ness! (yes... that WAS a while back, but my life is a bit crazy lately)




Okay... so you know how you see a picture, and it TOTALLY inspires you.
I'm talking... consumes your mind, can't eat, sleep or focus on anything else!?!?!
:)

Well... that's how I felt about this picture here from Pottery Barn.
Yes... I know... you're already feeling inspired... right??? :)

I think it's the combination of the black and white photo's with the blue paneling.
Sooooo, me!  I love it.
Anyway, once I finally got all my canvases printed, after a little drama... I knew I wanted to replicate this idea for my own home, somehow!
This is what I came up with.

If you took a second to click on that link above and read... you can TOTALLY tell how passionate I am about my
Color Incorporated Pro Lab Canvases
Honestly... there is NO ONE else I would trust my photos... turned AMAZING canvases, to!
They are SPEEDY, easy to work with and SO friendly.

Okay, so here is how I accomplished this custom piece of art!

First, I found this great over sized framed at DI (Deseret Industries Thrift store).
It was $10.00... which was a little pricey... but it was EXACTLY what I wanted... so I didn't DARE pass it up!

Surpirse!!!  I spray painted it, flat white.
 LOL

Then I had Cason cut me a piece of scrap beadboard to fit inside, where the glass use to be.
I used the larger style beadboard for this project, mostly because it's what I had left over.
I gave the broken glass to Ronda, my neighbor who used it to do THIS picture project!

Perfect fit :)

Next, I took some leftover blue, from the Girls' bathroom, and painted the beadboard.
Everyone asks what color this is... and I hate to say... I mixed Dockside Blue, from Sherwin Williams, with a bunch of regular ol' semi-gloss white... so I don't have an EXACT color... BUT I did a little color matching and it is almost IDENTICAL to the color... "Upward" from Sherwin Williams!

Since I had all this beadboard below, on the wall, already... I didn't want to distress and REALLY bring out the beadboard in the frame...(is there such thing as beadboard overload??? lol)
 So I just left it alone... but DID distress the frame, itself.
I just took some sandpaper and rubbed it along the edges!
Since the frame was already dark brown to begin with... No inking or glazing necessary! woohoo! :)

Next I took the canvases from Color Inc. Pro Lab, and removed the hanging hardware off the back.
(Because I wanted my canvases to lay totally flat on my board)
If you're hanging your canvases right on the wall, Color Inc. has you covered!  Each print is equip with hanging wire, AND these rubbery dots in each corner, so the canvas doesn't scratch up your wall!
Genius!

It's really NICE hardware!  So I'm keeping it for another project.
Hmmm... does that make me cheap or thrifty??? lol.

Next I took my BFF's and adhered them to the canvases...
I really, honestly have a problem... I think I have about 5 more packs of these amazing strips in the garage. LOL
They work for EVERYTHING!

I put the command strips on either edge, like so.

Then I positioned the canvases where I wanted them, and stuck them to the beadboard.

I also printed a family established vinyl decal, in two colors, and rubbed it on in that top left corner...
you can buy one HERE from me.

Ta-da!
A HUGE piece of personalized artwork, for my living room shelf!

Here is a picture, a little farther back, so you can kinda get the scale of the frame.
It's a great size!  Big enough to fill quite a bit of space on this huge shelf!  Just what I was looking for.
The canvas sizes are
16x20
8x11
and
12x12