I have had a canvas picture of tulips that Jason and I bought from ikea when we were first married. I never liked it but it always matched our house and was only $40 for a big piece of art. When we moved it almost didn't make the move with us, but I knew that I would eventually turn it into something special. Jason got me a Silhouette SD for Christmas (Which I told him I would not be waiting to open) So I got down to using it and created some home rules subway art for our dining room. It was A LOT of work but totally worth it. The whole project cost me $14 total since I already had the canvas to work with. You could do this project with out a cricut machine by using a big printout of what you want and some spray adhesive or contact paper and a exacto knife.
Here is the before. I then designed what I wanted on the computer so I had an idea of how it would all fit. Then I spray painted my canvas with just white primer (Rustoleum brand)
Next I had the task of printing all the words on vinyl and peeling them and putting them onto contact paper and then onto the canvas. I wasn't sure how they vinyl would adhere to the canvas. It did okay. It would work much better on wood. It was weird because the blue vinyl worked great, the tan was okay and the orange was barley hanging on to the canvas. ( I just used old vinyl in colors that I don't really use, but that came in a cheap pack.)
After all the letters were applied I spay painted everything with 2 coats of flat black Rustoleum paint, let it dry and then Brooke and I peeled all the letters off. I still can't decided if I want to antique it or not. I like that it is a little bit more bold and modern then the rest of my decor because it adds some fun. I love how it turned out, although I wish I had used a ruler when placing my letters on. Some of the sayings came out a bit crooked. Now we can remember the things we ought to be doing while eating our food and I don't have to look at the tulips anymore!
