I'll Paint {if I want to}

I definitely have more to share about Vegas.  But today, I want to share about my weekend.  Several weekends ago I wrote about painting a coffee cup at the local Painting Party Studio.  You know the one where my Dad said my cup looked like a hat?  Yeah.  Well, I said I had plans for that painting and the plans didn't include being/staying framed.  I'm still thinking on that.

But as you can see, I did feel compelled to try again.  This time on my own.

I woke up yesterday with two things on my mind:  1.  Hanging Out with my sister {the middle sister, that doesn't like her photo taken}. And  2. Finally doing the art project I had in my head for weeks.

Lucky for me, my Sister woke up with the idea of hanging out with me!  So we talked on the phone. I told her I wanted to go to Michael's {the craft store} and buy some paint supplies.  She was cool with that and was cool with me coming over to play with my art supplies create a work of art.

So, off to Michael's I went. Honestly!  That place is amazing.  My cart was full and I dropped some coin for my new obsession hobby.

Before I even made it to the canvas aisle, I saw this adorable pair of children's rain boots.  They were 50% off and they had two pairs left. {This size and on size bigger.} I LOVE rain boots.  I love photos of them, paintings of them, the entire idea of them.  So these little miniature rain boots were quickly placed {gently} in my cart.  I love that they are real boots for real little people's feet.

I also purchased these bright plastic tumblers from Michael's and decided to use them to organize my new supplies.  I decided to use the boots as the supply "holders".  I'm not sure if this is the "final" look for the boots.  It occurs to me that they could be fun places for flowers or plants.

Anyway, more luck, Martha Stewart was at Michael's.  I mean she IS at Michael's.  I think Martha is the Steve Jobs of the craft and hospitality industry.

But I digress.   The reason for the Martha crush is that she made it so dang easy to find/choose what I wanted.  I didn't have to feel like the craft-novice that I am.  I just went down the paint aisle and BAM: Painter's tape.  {And I love that Tiffany blue color Martha uses.}

And, BAM BAM, on the same aisle, an entire package of ten acrylic paints.  This saved me at least an hour of looking at the million bottles of paint to try to figure out what I wanted and which colors, etc.  I added brushes to the cart as well as a canvas and off I went to my sister's to play.

Below are the steps I used for my art project.  {I made them all up on my own. I'm cool like that.}  I'm no Martha...but I created this with Martha's supplies.  And I'm sharing as though it's good.  {Still looks like a hat to me.}