Dear Chicago House,
In a bid to create some thing for your bare walls I committed to the " Imagine the Impossibilities" challenge last week.
... and I am sort of failing at the "filling your bare walls" bit because I have decided that the string art I am making is going to go in the beachy room at your sibling house in St Louis. That too needs some wall love so not a complete fail!
So the words I decided on were SEA & SAND and I designed a template in Adobe Illustrator which acted as my "nail here" blue print.(being a graphic designer has its uses).
I bought a 2' x 2' board from home depot and covered it in a layer of thin batting topped with white fabric...curtain lining salvaged from the original disgusting drapes that adorned your windows.
I set to work banging in the nails (#18 3/4" zinc nails), my template worked really well and much to my amazement no hammer accidents occurred. All fingers are intact.
Here is my board with about 90% of the nails banged in.
You can see there are not all perfectly vertical, I hope that does not become an issue.
Next step ...adding the string. can't wait to get going with that.
Update: Mission completed see the stingtabulous creation
Love from
Creative in Chicago
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In a bid to create some thing for your bare walls I committed to the " Imagine the Impossibilities" challenge last week.
... and I am sort of failing at the "filling your bare walls" bit because I have decided that the string art I am making is going to go in the beachy room at your sibling house in St Louis. That too needs some wall love so not a complete fail!
So the words I decided on were SEA & SAND and I designed a template in Adobe Illustrator which acted as my "nail here" blue print.(being a graphic designer has its uses).
I bought a 2' x 2' board from home depot and covered it in a layer of thin batting topped with white fabric...curtain lining salvaged from the original disgusting drapes that adorned your windows.
I set to work banging in the nails (#18 3/4" zinc nails), my template worked really well and much to my amazement no hammer accidents occurred. All fingers are intact.
Here is my board with about 90% of the nails banged in.
Next step ...adding the string. can't wait to get going with that.
Update: Mission completed see the stingtabulous creation
Love from
Creative in Chicago
XX
I love this! I'm excited to see your final product!
ReplyDeleteMegan
Wow! Can't wait to see what that turns into ...
ReplyDeleteSo glad step one was completed without any trips to the hospital!
xo
Linda
Looking forward to seeing you wall Linda!
DeleteSuch great progress! I can't wait to see the finished product. I love your choice of words...and might need to make me one of these. :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks great - love the wording! Can't wait to see your big reveal!!
ReplyDeleteKelly
looking FABULOUS!!!!!!!!! drum roll please....... : )
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see this, you made a lot of progress. I'm a new follower and I've taken on the challenge also. Good Luck
ReplyDeleteLadies the board has been strung ...but my camera battery died so I have not yet had a chance to photograph it. Thanks for all of your lovely comments.
ReplyDeleteDo you have to wood? Is there any other material I could use, like a canvas or something?
ReplyDeleteI don't think canvas would work ...you can't nail into canvas.
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