DIY Nursery Decorating

I mentioned at Easter my family was celebrating a new baby girl, born only a week earlier. Since then, my brother has been busy moving into his new farmhouse and getting the baby's nursery ready. Helping him when I'm home, I found myself inspired to do a little nursery decorating last weekend. Remember these super cute letters I found a few weeks ago on Binth? I created some letters of my own to decorate Leah's nursery wall. Here is how.

I originally wanted to use 8x8 square canvasses, but the dollar store has 8x10 canvasses for a fraction of the cost of the squares at Michael's, so I went with the larger size. Once I was almost done, I did find the squares at the Southampton Market for a couple dollars each, so I'll remember that for next time!

I sketched the letters and accompanying images on canvass in pencil, using a ruler where letters contained straight lines and freehand otherwise.

I painted the canvasses completely pink with acrylic tole paint (also from the dollar store) and allowed it to dry. My pencil sketches were still visible after the pink dried, so I was able to paint the remainder of each square. 

It's sideways, but Leah's mom has had a pink and brown ladybug theme since before Leah was born, so I thought it was the perfect accompaniment for the letter "L".

Here's the finished letters. I can't wait to see them up in Leah's nursery, which has the same colour and ladybug theme.

I am midway through another creation for the nursery. Stay tuned for photos and details soon. I ran out of materials on the weekend, so I have to get some more supplies before I can finish and post!