I heart Mod Podge. Before you tell me its basically glue, I know, but I still love it. I don't know if its the bright label, the fun name or the childhood art class nightmares memories, but it holds a special place in my heart. It could have been for that reason that my heart skipped a beat when I saw this little project from bluecricketdesign.
Back to the paint. The pin I was using said something about coloring in with a marker and I wasn't sure how that would go for me and since I had some black paint (that covers bad tracing so nicely) I went to town with the painting. Have I mentioned that painting is super relaxing? Well it is. Try it. And...
I think they add a little something to the office, which is seriously a work in progress. 
Now this is not my first rodeo with covering something in old book pages. You may have noticed in previous posts that my kitchen desk/table/work area/Macie feeding station is covered in an old book. In case you have been ignoring my prior posts, I'l forgive you and show you my favorite part of my desk.
I know the words are a little small, but its a creepy pic of some lady and then underneath it says
"Aunt Charlotte died suddenly, many people believed ________ killed her."
WHAT?? Who killed Aunt Charlotte?? I hadn't even noticed that I destroyed the sentence with a stylish tear until months later when I was reading my desk to avoid paying bills.
Okay, enough about Aunt Charlotte's mysterious death and back to the new project at hand. I read over the instructions and gathered my supplies... and then changed pretty much everything that was suggested, but I'm jumping ahead. Let's get to the easy part first.
I used the guts of the book that I had used for my nook cover, and tore them into big chunks and then went to town with my beloved Mod Podge on the canvas. I skipped the dainty brushing and just slathered the whole canvas with MP and then stuck the pages on the canvas and covered it again with MP (this time, be a little dainty).
Now we wait, as it dries.... and wait... oh and do the occasional touch up if any pages lift.... and then wait some more. No, I didn't actually stand there and watch this dry, I do have some other things to do (and its best to leave it overnight).
I know the original post is a pic of some cute birds, but these canvases were going to go in my office and I don't really want cute birds in there, so I changed it. I decided to use a pic of an old typewriter, some books and of course, a mug of coffee. I could never leave coffee out.
This is where the initial post went awry. I was supposed to just trace the templates with pencil. Big fat fail. I don't know if she had magic pencils, but my pencils would not write on the canvas - trust me, I tried and tried. After my fail with the pencil, I traced everything with a thin sharpie. It gave me a little bit of a heart attack that I wouldn't be able to erase any mistakes, but paint covers a multitude of sins! This leads me to my next change - but first look at my tracing work:
What?? You can't see it in my amazing Where's Waldo picture? Look closer:
Now can you see it? Yeah, I know it's hard to see.
Done!
I had to restrain myself from trying to hang them while they were still wet because I am super impatient, but I did it and hung them up and LOVE them.
I think they add a little something to the office, which is seriously a work in progress. 
PS - Please imagine this wall in a lovely caramel or light teal color since I can't paint it right now.
Thanks!
