Statement Art

Landon has this long wall in his room that has absolutely nothing on it.  All the other walls are decorator, but I could not for the life of me find something for this wall.  It is massive.  I probably should have taken a picture... eh...

I spent months trying to find something.  MONTHS!!!  Hobby Lobby has this print.  I love it but the dimensions were just not big enough.  Everything I found in the right size was WAY out of my budget.  Even out of my " Shawn would kill me" budget.  I knew I wanted some sort of vintage map to go with his Route 66 theme, but nothing.

Enter my epiphany (Insert angels singing: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!)

I started at this website, typed in "route 66", and the heavens opened again.  This poster was exactly what I was looking for and only about 12 bucks.  And it was HUGE!  Like 2 ft x 7 ft huge.  I knew right away that there was no way I could afford to frame that bad boy.  My next option: canvases.  I found my canvases at HL and used my 40% off.  In the end I only paid about $10 for all three.

I painted the edges of my canvases a dark grey to match the print.  Then using a cutting mat and rotary cutter (I know!) I trimmed down the poster to fit on the canvases.  This was a little nerve racking at first.  I was deathly afraid that I would cut the wrong measurement and ruin the poster.  With all three pieces cut I used spray adhesive to adhere them to the canvases.  At this point I hung them on Landon's wall but they just did not look finished.  Way too much black and white.  I finally took the time today to bust out the Cricut and cut some vinyl.  I added just a few things here and there.  I did not want to take away from the overall print.

In a nut shell, I love it!  There are still a couple small things I will add to the wall, but this piece turned out perfect.  Such a nice, big art piece for only about $25.  Can't beat that!