When I moved in with Gideon, this was pretty much the only art he owned (besides his own). I was like yeah, ok that’s kinda cool. It’s all washed out and – vintagey.

But after a year of it on our bedroom dresser plus our lack of color in the room, I started asking him if we could color it up a little.

He covered the thing in matte medium. Then he slowly added washed out blue.

Then he went to bed and I went BLUE CA-RAZY on it. I don’t think he was as happy with the results but look how vibrant it is now! I am noticing now we covered the mountain horizon lines. I promise, I didn’t see those in person.

So did we mess it up or what?

 

When I moved in with Gideon, this was pretty much the only art he owned (besides his own). I was like yeah, ok that’s kinda cool. It’s all washed out and – vintagey.

But after a year of it on our bedroom dresser plus our lack of color in the room, I started asking him if we could color it up a little.

He covered the thing in matte medium. Then he slowly added washed out blue.

Then he went to bed and I went BLUE CA-RAZY on it. I don’t think he was as happy with the results but look how vibrant it is now! I am noticing now we covered the mountain horizon lines. I promise, I didn’t see those in person.

So did we mess it up or what?

 

I love summer! And I want all of these spaces to be my own.

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I love summer! And I want all of these spaces to be my own.

(images 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 )

This took me about 5 minutes of hands on time. So I figured it was easy and quick enough for anyone to make to spice up a little plant like this succulent which I had them plant into a preserved coconut shell (for $10!) This would make the perfect hostess gift.

Now I sprayed the paper once I painted it to spread the paint around. I’m not sure it really did much. So you could just paint the edge thickly, water down your brush and spread the paint down the rest.

It’ll warp. Let it dry under something heavy for an hour.

Cut the tag down (what the hell, you could make a couple!)

Write your message. Cut the edge and fold the opposite one. Tape it around the toothpick. That’s it!

This took me about 5 minutes of hands on time. So I figured it was easy and quick enough for anyone to make to spice up a little plant like this succulent which I had them plant into a preserved coconut shell (for $10!) This would make the perfect hostess gift.

Now I sprayed the paper once I painted it to spread the paint around. I’m not sure it really did much. So you could just paint the edge thickly, water down your brush and spread the paint down the rest.

It’ll warp. Let it dry under something heavy for an hour.

Cut the tag down (what the hell, you could make a couple!)

Write your message. Cut the edge and fold the opposite one. Tape it around the toothpick. That’s it!

This took me about 5 minutes of hands on time. So I figured it was easy and quick enough for anyone to make to spice up a little plant like this succulent which I had them plant into a preserved coconut shell (for $10!) This would make the perfect hostess gift.

Now I sprayed the paper once I painted it to spread the paint around. I’m not sure it really did much. So you could just paint the edge thickly, water down your brush and spread the paint down the rest.

It’ll warp. Let it dry under something heavy for an hour.

Cut the tag down (what the hell, you could make a couple!)

Write your message. Cut the edge and fold the opposite one. Tape it around the toothpick. That’s it!