The “big” project
Okay, so I may have built this up too much, but I’m proud of it. You’ll still get a good laugh at how small of a project this was (especially when you see it finished), but it does add a nice touch and it sure let me put in a bit of my own creativity into Lyla’s room.
So like I said in a previous post, Jina felt the sign we put up on Lyla’s door wasn’t complete:
So I thought about it for all of 10 seconds and realized it needed something “tree-ish” to compliment the room which has a fairly heavy “tree” theme going on. Jina said she looked for stickers, but I thought I could find something else.
I was at Michael’s in an attempt to get back into building plastic models like I did when I was a kid, and so while I was there I browsed the other aisles looking for something to jump out at me. I knew what I wanted, just had to find it.
And there they were. Four little wooden trees that sort of matched what we had in the bedroom. So I bought some model paint, a few brushes and was ready to rock and roll:
I used a brown and flat black to mix the two and come up with the darker colored brown we have in the room. Mixed it all up and started painting! Here’s a shot of the first one:
The finished product:
And here is the big reveal…
So yeah, I’m awesome right?
I know, it’s not like I built the pyramids or hallowed out the Grand Canyon or anything like that, but it was a fun little touch, something I could do and it turned out pretty nice.
I did four trees, but the sign just looks a lot better with only one, so we’ll see if we can use the others somewhere else later on.
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ok- that is hilarious and just oozes new daddy sweetness! The tree does look lovely, and I know Lyla will appreciate it.
Lyla's a lucky girl to have a daddy like you. That's so sweet.
Maybe I'll auction the rest off on Ebay
i think that's a great idea!
you're so crafty!
Who's the crafty one in the family? I guess Lyla will have to learn things like scrapbooking from Mike, not me.
Ouch!
Ha! I love it!
The tree makes all the difference!
Good job on the tree Mikey!
Ohhhh! It's so dang sweet!
How in the world did you find those trees? They go perfect with your bedding. Pretty crazy! Very cute.
I'm awesome, that's how