Last minute orders...

My sweet friend Krystal texted me a pic one night asking if I could paint her something for a baby shower.  

Only problem: she needed it pronto.  Like in two days.  

Which normally I like to give myself 2 weeks on an order. 

 (Not because it takes that long but I like having the option of procrastinating for a solid week and a half. It's the college girl still in me, I guess.)

I was feeling super happy that night and immediately responded OF COURSE! We were at a Lumineers concert, and who can have any worries when surrounded by hipsters, right?

When I finally got to work, it became obvious all of the wood pieces I had were too small, just woodn't do.  (See what I did there?) 

So I used a canvas and think it's adorable.  This obviously is a recreate from someone else's design so I take no credit for the creativity, but sometimes it's fun just to do a project without the stress of "what will it look like" hanging over you.  

The texted picture:

The finished result:

Family Name Signs

My sweet friend Laura requested some name signs for herself and friends of theirs. She gave me some samples, but asked that I create some originals. Her only request was that there be some blue coloring somewhere!

Below are what we came up with. I used some verrry aged wood which looks cool, but was difficult to paint on. The pics don't do the colors justice, but they were really fun to work with!