DIY ‘Love You Most’ Wedding Canvas Art
This time of year always means spring flowers, rain, and gorgeous weather quickly followed up by summer heat, beach trips, and sunscreen. It also means everyone is getting married, and if your schedules look like a few of ours do, that means a lot of wedding gifts to give. The average dollar amount spent on wedding gifts is around $50-$100, which can really add up with every wedding invitation you receive in the mail. To help alleviate some of the financial burden, we'd love to introduce you to these too-cute canvases... and P.S., they're so easy to make, even the least crafty people can do it well. And if you’re savvy with your coupons, this project will cost you $30 tops!
This chic canvas art duo is simple enough to fit in with any decor theme, with just enough 'pop' to make them stand out. Your newlywed friends will love receiving art for their walls that express their love, since most newlyweds focus their finances in other parts of the home aside from decor. Honestly, the toughest part of the project is picking out the letters, which need to be comprised of 2 different fonts, and 2 different sizes. The rest is a piece of (wedding) cake!
DIY Love You Most Wedding Canvas Art
Supplies Needed:
2 Canvases, identical in size and square
2 sets of alphabet letters in 2 different fonts*:
• Font #1 should be lowercase and smaller than...
• Font #2, which should be all capitalized and larger than Font #1.
Hot Glue Gun + Glue Sticks
White Paint - either acrylic and paintbrushes, or spray paint
A Pencil
*Note: We purchased our letters from Michaels Craft Store. Keep in mind that it doesn't matter what material the letters are made of and if they vary, since they will be painted anyway. The smaller letters in our example were found in the scrapbook section and are made out of chipboard. The larger letters were found in the open stock wood section, and are made out of wood. If you have trouble finding letters, feel free to ask someone who works at your local craft store, or shop online.
Directions:
1. Place your canvases side by side and lay your letters out where you like them. Be as accurate as you can, making sure that they are equally spaced on each canvas, and that the spacing, height, and width match on each canvas. (It's not as hard as it sounds!)
2. Once you like the placement, carefully take your pencil and trace around each letter. It's okay to leave pencil marks behind since you'll be painting over the top.
3. Begin gluing your letters down. Make sure you lay the glue down on the canvas in thin lines, keeping the glue close to the center of the letter. The closer your glue is to the edge, the more chance you have of the glue seeping out when you press the letter down.
4. Once all your letters are glued down, it's time to paint. Whether you've chosen to spray paint or brush paint, take your canvases to a well-ventilated and protected area, and do as many coats as is needed to achieve complete coverage on the entire canvas. Make sure the letters "seal" to the canvas so that there is no crevice between the letters and the canvas.
Pro Tips: It may be helpful to prop the canvases up on something, like cans, so that you can paint around the edges pf the canvas. If you are brush painting, it may also be helpful to “glop” the paint on along sides to achieve a full seal. Additionally, if you are painting with a paintbrush, the large brush is handy for covering large space (the bulk of the canvas) and the small paintbrush is handy for smoothing the paint around the letters, ensuring that there are no drips or pools of paint where there shouldn’t be.
5. Allow the canvases to dry completely, and they're ready to wrap and give! Aren't they adorable?!?
