A few of you may have heard about the floods a few weeks ago in Charleston. It was a perfect storm of high tides, a “king” tide, and basically 36 hours straight of rain — Luckily, we weren’t really affected. The good news was the rains that Sunday gave me a chance to blog, and start some new projects! When looking for something to do, I stumbled across a burlap canvas I bought awhile back, and decided it was time to use it.
Date on Burlap Canvas
What you’ll need:
- Burlap canvas
- Number stencils
- Ballpoint pen
- Paint
- Paint brush
Not really sure if this counts as a craft, but hey, why not? Alright, grab your canvas, stencils and a pen. Figure out the numbers you want on the canvas — I went for the 2 digit version of month, day, and year, then arrange the stencils on the canvas.
When you’re happy with the placement, use your pen and outline the numbers. A sharpie’s ink could bleed, and a pencil doesn’t show up well, so I went with a normal ball point pen.
I actually didn’t have a 1 or 0 in my stencil pack (because I ruined them making NYE candles), so I used an 8 and I stencil to help me get the shapes of 1 and 0 that I needed. They’re not perfect, but they’re recognizable.
When you’re done outlining the stencils, you should have 6 numbers on the burlap, in 2 columns.
The last step is to paint the numbers — told you it was an easy craft. I just used a basic, black acrylic paint to fill in the outlines. Since the burlap had been made into a canvas, it was easier to fill in the gaps than a normal burlap, but I did 2 coats for good measure.
Done! So I made this without any thought as to where I was going to put it (which is pretty typical). A temporary home is on the shelves in our bathroom, but I think it’ll end up living somewhere in our bedroom since the burlap and sea foam green walls look great together.
Love it! Is that your wedding date?
Yep! Let the countdown begin haha
Really cute!
Thanks Mary Jane!