State Love Canvas DIY Project

It's been a long time since I've done a craft project. So, this past weekend I decided to do one.

I've seen these ideas floating around on Pinterest with a small heart inside the outline of a state. So, I decided to make a state design of my own.

My inspiration: 

      via Gimme Some Style Blog      via The Domestic Diva's Diary       via Preppy in Pink USA

 My Project:

1. Find and print an outline (or outlines) of the state of your choice. Then, cut them out. 

2. Trace the outline onto your canvas.

 3. I used this tutorial on making chevron stripes on canvas. 

4.  Paint the untaped sections your color of choice. This step takes a long time waiting on paint to dry. It also took several coats of paint to cover the pencil marks.

5. After waiting on the paint to dry one final time, you can remove the tape. Then paint the canvas strip your second color. I chose white. During this step, you will have to do some touching up of both colors with a small brush.

 
6. Draw a small heart over your city of choice.

*Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the heart before I painted it. I recommend drawing the heart before you paint.*

7. Paint the state and the heart.

8. Find a great place to display your fun, new art piece.

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