{"id":16026,"date":"2013-02-13T17:12:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T22:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=16026"},"modified":"2013-02-13T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T22:15:21","slug":"young-house-love-week-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=16026","title":{"rendered":"Young House Love Week, Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan and I decided that a perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day on our blog is to feature our spin on one or two projects each day that John and Sherry Petersik developed for their bookYoung House Love\u00a0<\/em>(available\u00a0here<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0. \u00a0Afterall, it’s all about the love, right? \u00a0And we’re here to spread it around. \u00a0So welcome to “The 2 Seasons Celebrate Young House Love Week.”\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Welcome to Day 4 of our week long project. You can see days one,two, and three\u00a0here<\/a>,\u00a0here<\/a>, and here<\/a>. Today we are featuring Project Number 127 – Make 3-D Art With Tissue Paper<\/span><\/span>. \u00a0We have put a spin on the art work that Sherry and John created with tissue paper, though. \u00a0Yes, we used paper, but we used paper we tore from magazines. \u00a0And to make it even more interesting, we made it monochromatic – sort of. \u00a0You’ll see….<\/h3>\n

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First, I’ll share the final product with you. \u00a0Not bad, huh????? \u00a0Okay, now I’ll share the secret behind this original art.<\/h3>\n

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Blue is my favorite color so for several evenings while I watched my housewives on television, I cut any piece of blue that I could find in my magazines and catalogs. \u00a0They didn’t even have to be the same blue as you can see. \u00a0The paper scraps just had to be a variation of blue.<\/h3>\n

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Then I bought a 24 by 36 inch canvas at Hobby Lobby and began my creation.<\/h3>\n

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All I did was spray a section of the canvas with adhesive and then press on a piece of paper. \u00a0I purposely mixed them up, but you could keep like colors together, etc. \u00a0Also, you could make this project with your own favorite color. \u00a0Just let me warn you that it takes a lot of paper scraps, so start saving your old magazines now. \u00a0After the canvas was full, I applied four coats of Mod Podge. \u00a0The paper did pucker up a little in places, but I just figured that it was additional texture. \u00a0I let the Mod Podge dry well between each coat.<\/h3>\n

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I didn’t have a frame, but I did have this poster left over from our son’s recently sold townhouse. \u00a0Since it was all heaped in the donation pile, I removed the frame and painted it white with my Annie Sloan chalk paint. \u00a0Actually, it is an antique white. \u00a0After applying two coats of paint to the frame and letting it dry, I attached the canvas to it.<\/h3>\n

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I placed the project on an antique dresser, which was our first ever piece of furniture as newlyweds, in the basement. \u00a0It is at the bottom of the steps, and is a nice, bright addition to the windowless room.<\/h3>\n

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When people first see it, they have no idea what it is. \u00a0They know I am taking oil painting classes and think I painted some contemporary art.<\/h3>\n

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I haven’t even begun to decorate our basement area yet. \u00a0It is just a hodge-podge of leftover furniture. \u00a0But looking at this little change to the room might just be the incentive I need to start that decorating project. \u00a0Afterall, the basement right now is a blank canvas, and we now know I like to take on a blank canvas.<\/h3>\n

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Thanks John and Sherry for the inspiration that gave me the push to try this project. \u00a0It’s not really free art, but it sure was inexpensive. \u00a0How about you? \u00a0Do you have any magazines waiting around for you and your scissors?<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

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Linking to\u00a0<\/a>\"No<\/a>\u00a0and shabbycreekcottage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jordan and I decided that a perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day on our blog is to feature our spin on one or two projects each day that John and Sherry Petersik developed for their bookYoung House Love\u00a0(available\u00a0here)\u00a0. \u00a0Afterall, it’s all about the love, right? \u00a0And we’re here to spread it around. \u00a0So welcome to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16026"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16026"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16124,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16026\/revisions\/16124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}