My Hobby

One day while I was at the Habitat for Humanity Home Store, I saw cabinet doors. I racked my brain trying to think of what to do with these doors. For some reason, I decided they would make a great canvas to paint on! I really enjoy doing these for my friends and family.

Here is a picture of baby Will Adams' nursery bedding. These are the colors that I decided to go from to paint his wall hanging.

This is what the cabinet doors look like before I paint. I love these particular doors because they are some what antiqued (sp?). This cabinet is solid wood and about 4 feet x 2 feet. I began painting a harlequin print for the background in a cream color. Notice that I do not take the time to make them a perfect diamond shape!

Next, I painted the outside border a green that will hopefully match with his nursery.

This is the first coat for his name. I tried to make the font look more boyish because most of the signs that I have done are for little girls!
After the first coat dried, I painted over his name again. I still thought something was missing so I painted some blue dots on the corners of the diamonds.

For the last step, I wrote the following verse around the outside border:
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." -Psalm 139: 13-14

Amanda, I hope this verse is okay. I cannot wait to hang this in his room!