Final Big/Little Reveal Post

Well, two months later and I'm finally going to finishing posting about my final big/little reveal crafts. Better late than never (;

I bought chipboard letters of "G", "P", and "B." I painted both the "G" and the "B" the same shade of pink while I painted the "P" a lighter shade of pink. I wrote "Gamma", "Phi", and "Beta" on the corresponding letters. 

I bought this jar from Hobby Lobby and filled it up with lollipops to represent the "Lollipop Guild" from Wizard of Oz. I used my Silhouette Cameo to create the Gamma Phi decal to place on the lid. I also used my Cameo to cut the tag that I tied around the jar as well. 

Not exactly a craft but I figured I'd mention this anyways! I bought her a candle from Yankee Candle along with a pocketbac and pocketbac holder from Bath and Body Works. I just wrapped them in cellophane and placed it in her basket! 

This letter was actually really easy to paint. The pattern is essentially just a bunch of dots! I began with my base coat. I chose a blue-grayish color. 

To begin making the above pattern, I started by creating a "flower"-esque shape. I began with the center dot and then evenly spaced four dots around it. This will become the center of your shape. 

After creating the center, I added dots in the spaces between the previously made center shape. I tried to make this second row of dots slightly above the ones made prior. 

I continued adding dots in this manner: placing them in between the dots made in the previous layer until I reached the desired size of the shape. 

Once again, here's the end result! On the back of the letter I wrote a small note to my little! 

Here's the entire finished basket! I bought the basket at Hobby Lobby, by the way! I also found "Toto" there as well. Pure luck I guess! I also added a few Gamma Phi tshirts to her basket to begin her collection. 

Now I've finally finished sharing all my crafts from Big/Little reveal! 

Big/Little Canvas

I'm finally going to continue posting about some of my big/little crafts! 

One of my favorite things to do is paint and I'm always searching for inspiration and new things to spice up my paintings. 

While browsing on Pinterest, I found this quote and I loved the current layout of it. 

Image via: Pinterest.com

The only problem with trying to recreate this particular quote was that I had no idea how to paint a background that resembled a galaxy print. 

However, as Pinterest usually does, I was able to find a tutorial!! The pin led me to this YouTube video: 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1RMqVdYMgBw

Here was how the process worked for me: 

Materials: 

Red paint

Blue paint

White paint 

Gold paint 

Black paint 

Paintbrushes 

Cup of water

Canvas 

 I started by painting my canvas black and letting it dry. Then I used the colors above to create the galaxy. My paint was at a limited supply by the time I got around to this canvas but the colors ended up working out fine. 

I followed the instructions on the video and placed both blue and red paint on the canvas. I applied the paint with a dry, flat, thick brush. 

For the next steps I forgot to take pictures but it was super simple! Once I achieved the above look, I dipped a new brush in water and then dipped it into the white paint. I then tapped the paintbrush above the canvas to spray flecks of white everywhere. 

I painted the quote in gold and I REALLY liked how the canvas turned out. I definitely think I had a lot more white "stars" on my canvas than the video did but it worked out because the quote covered a lot of it. 

I have one final Big/Lil post after this one, so be on the lookout for that!