Music and Lyrics Paint Project

I saw something like this on Pinterest (what a shocker) and wanted to try it out with some friends for a fun craft day!We were all in choir together and love music so this craft seemed perfect for our dorms/apartments/houses!  

Supplies:

1. A Canvas (Or for a project on a budget, use a piece of cardboard, my friend Amanda did this and it turned out great!)

2. Acrylic Paint

3. Vinyl Letters (It's really important to use Vinyl letters, not just stickers. Vinyl letters will peel right off the paper and stickers won't!)

4. Sheet Music

5. Mod Podge

6. Assorted Paint Brushes

7. Spray Acrylic Coating (Optional)

8. Sandpaper (Optional) 

So first I mod podged the sheet music to the canvas. I put a layer underneath and overtop the sheet music. 

Once the mod podge dried, I stuck on the vinyl letters. Since there was a music theme, I used lyrics from a song by my favorite band, The Weepies. 

Then I painted over the canvas with a large paint brush. I only painted one layer so that the music would still show through! 

And don't forget to paint the sides! 

Now let it dry completely! 

 Once the paint is dry, gently peel off the letters. At this point, my friend Alyssa used sandpaper to scrape some of the paint off to give it a cool look. 

Next, add another layer of mod podge to the canvas to seal it and give it a nice shiny look! 

Now this step is optional, but I also sprayed on a layer of Acrylic Coating to really seal it (or because I just had it lying around). 

ALL DONE!! 

(My friend Berkley took our painted Vinyl letters and made her own masterpiece!) 

We had a lot of fun! 

Enamel Painted Vase

I've seen a bunch of these on Pinterest and wanted to try it out myself! 

Supplies:

1. Small Vase (I took one from my mom, but you can get them at the dollar store!) 

2. Enamel (See Below) 

So in other examples I've seen, people were able to find much bigger bottles of enamel, but when I went to Michael's this was all they had. The brand is Testors and its 1/4 fl oz. It's pretty tiny but enough to make one small vase. 

I started by pouring a little bit of the enamel at the bottom of the vase

Then I rotated the vase so that the enamel coated the inside. Be careful as you do this, the enamel is very messy and sticky if you get it on your fingers. But nail polish remover got it off my hands! 

I had to add more enamel as I rotated so that it would cover the entire inside of the vase. This took a little bit longer than I expected and some spots were harder to coat and took a lot of turing and adding more enamel. 

I finally got it all covered! I turned it upside-down to let the excess drip out. I left it overnight to dry. 

I added a cute pink flower and voila! Super cute and perfect for my room!