I found these 2 wooden plaques at Goodwill for $3 each.
Hideous, right? I was wanting to paint silhouettes of my boys for my Mom as a Christmas gift. My Mom’s style is a bit more traditional than mine, so the intricate wooden frames would fit right into her decor. I figured the flower art could easily be painted over, so I grabbed them up. I primed…
…and painted them. {I painted them the same Benjamin Moore Harbour Town as I used in my nieces’ handmade gifts.} I took several profile pictures of Layne and Everett and picked the best one of each.
I traced the outline of each boy’s silhouette onto plain notebook paper – straight from my computer screen.
I cut each silhouette.
Then I used a projector to project the silhouettes onto the wooden plaques. I drew them on with a pencil then traced over with a black Sharpie to get a clean outer edge. {Notice I flattened out my boys’ hair for a smoother silhouette.}
Then I painted inside the Sharpie lines with black gloss paint that I already had on hand. Here’s the final product {still a little wet}…
The goal is to make my Mom cry. Think I’ll succeed?
images: all by Dana Miller for House*Tweaking
budget decor, DIY, kid-friendly