The words of Emerson

This last week my best friend Terra and I, in the few days we've been able to spend together over the summer, got a little crafty, under a budget of course! Afterall, we are poor and lowly college student.

Supplies:
Canvas: $7.50 for 2
Spray Paint: $6 for 3
Stencils: $4

Luckily we already had the spray paint from a previous project, so this project, split between the two of us cost us each about $6 each, not too shabby.

We started by looking up some sort of phrase we would care to look at each day. Terra, being the wonderful intellect that she is, has a love for Emerson. She found a quote and we got to work.

We began by painting each of our canvas' the color of our choice. Both fitting of our personalities. Terra picked yellow, and I went for blue. Everything I own is blue.

After waiting 10 minutes for those to try, we pulled out the stencils. Here comes the tricky part: spray painting the letter without getting the rest of the board. Luckily we had my handy dandy Mom around and she suggested cutting a square out of a magazine big enough to see the letter through which we could put on top of the stencil, protecting the rest of the canvas.

So we traded back and forth back and forth between the two board, allowing the previous letter enough time to dry before we'd move onto the next.

After a few mishaps we came up with a final project which we were both pretty happy with.

Note to any who may attempt, gloves are great great accessories that prevent a lot of scrubbing and scrubbing. Terra could testify herself.