Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Love letter art

This was one of the projects I finished last week but didn't post it on time. Shocker.

Have I mentioned how amazing my husband is? And it's not the absence that has made me fond of him. He's funny, charming, tall, dark and ruggedly handsome. He's smart, speaks 3 languages, is a mechanical engineer, and flies blackhawks for the army. Don't ask why he chose me, because I have no idea. It must have been the buttermilk fried chicken I made for him that coincidentally, my mother also used to woo my father with.

Anyways, my husband sent me a love letter in Portuguese the other day. I am not as amazing as him in the language department The only one I speak is English and some days it barely qualifies. So I printed out his letter onto vinyl, painted some canvases black and spent the remainder of the night trying to get the letters to stick to the canvas. Which those of you that have tried already know, didn't work very well. A pair of tweezers and some spray lacquer later and I had personalized art.

Now every time I look at it, I'll be reminded that there is someone out there who is probably way too good for me, but loves me anyways.

8 comments:

  1. You're killing me smalls - love it!

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  2. Nikki that is the coolest project yet. I love it!! So romantic- but you gotta know that the reason your man chose you was cuz you are amazing, even without all the language training!!! Love ya-

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  3. I'm going to have to call bullshit here. Mom didn't know how to cook when she married Dad. His favorite story is how she cooked him something when they were first married (probably beanie weenies) and he opened up the trailer (!) door and threw it out, saying it wasn't fit for the dogs.

    But the chicken is amazing, you are correct.

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  4. Haha. Just so you know, I already love Tara and have no clue who she is. :)
    I am a follower and I am finally getting caught up on blog reading. I'm wondering did you use a Silhouette to cut that all out? You had too. If so, do you like it. Your project looks amazing. Really.
    Pam

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  5. I had a friend who has a vinyl cutting machine do it for me. I'm usually not a fan of vinyl but it's pretty popular here in Arizona. Everyone I know who has one really seems to like it.

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  6. Absolutely gorgeous!!! Saw your feature on Polly, I'm excited to look around your blog now! :)

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  7. Incredibly romantic and absolutely beautiful!

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  8. That is beautiful! I love it! Really glad I found your blog, enjoying looking through it!

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