AW: My first DIY nursery project

groundedwife

I'm doing a gender neutral nursery and will be incorporating airplanes since DH is a pilot.  It's been difficult to find wall art to match the bright colors in the nursery that are not too feminine or masculine.  So I decided to make my own.

I bought a blank canvas from JoAnn Fabric (50% off!), placed vinyl stickers to spell out the quote I wanted, painted over it and peeled the stickers off.  Super easy!

FrickandFrack

Very cute!

Sprite2012

Cute!  Love the orange with blue wall!

LuckyMissus

Good work!

viking15

I love it!

groundedwife

Thanks!   I love seeing other people's projects... please post too!

starfish717

love it!! And I love the orange )

I tried doing something similar for my friend when she had a baby but the lines were all blurry when I peeled the stickers off (  Do you have any expert advice? Yours looks amazing!

groundedwife

starfish717:

love it!! And I love the orange )

I tried doing something similar for my friend when she had a baby but the lines were all blurry when I peeled the stickers off (  Do you have any expert advice? Yours looks amazing!

Thank ya ma'am!  I originally planned on using a 2" wide paint brush but then realized it could move the letters so then I used a small paint brush when I painted over the letters.  That helped a lot because I could control the strokes more and be more careful.  Some of the paint still bleed through the edges of the letters so I just used a smaller brush and white paint to touch up.  The stickers and paint created a little border / outline so it was easy to keep the white paint in the lines.  Good luck!

m i l l y

Looks great!

tarynkaye86

where were you able to find the vinyl stickers? I have been trying to make a few posters like these for my mom's classroom and I have tried about 5 different types of stickers and NONE of them will peel of right or the paint bleeds under them. Clearly I'm not doing something right, but your's looks so AWESOME!!!

ExcitedMum2B

Super cute!

[Deleted User]

It is awesome. Great job!!!

benoitfan

Love it.

groundedwife

tarynkaye86:

where were you able to find the vinyl stickers? I have been trying to make a few posters like these for my mom's classroom and I have tried about 5 different types of stickers and NONE of them will peel of right or the paint bleeds under them. Clearly I'm not doing something right, but your's looks so AWESOME!!!

I was SUPER lucky... after searching JoAnn Fabrics for 30 minutes with no luck (even asked the staff and they had no clue) I found one package of them remaining in that aisle full of useless cheap things where the check-out lines are.  When I get home tonight I will try to find the brand name. 

angielayne926

Love it!

I may have to steal this idea.  My DH is a pilot and we're trying to find ways to incorportate planes into a Team Green room! 

hoan0203

So adorable! My DH is also a pilot and we are doing an airplane theme too. I may steal this quote.