I got all crafty this weekend

We had an extremely laid back weekend. Like, we didn't do anything but eat & veg on the couch. My husband likes to call this ultimate relaxation & if he could do it every weekend, he would. By Sunday, I called it ultimate boredom. I cleaned & did laundry & when that was done, I was so ready to get out & do something! So my sister & I decided we wanted to make something for Claire's nursery.

We did a little Googleing & I had an idea to buy blank 8 x 8 canvases & paint them. Since the theme of her room is birdies, it was only appropriate that we paint birdies on the canvases, durr. Butttt... sis & I aren't the most crafty/artistic people in the world, so we hopped on Etsy & found some inspiration & ideas of what we wanted the paintings to look like.

A trip to Michael's & a couple of hours later, we came out with these as the finished product:

Pretty cute, no? I painted the one on the left & my sister did the one on the right. My birdie is standing on a mushroom & sort of looks like a fish the way that I drew its beak, but hopefully Claire will appreciate them :)

One canvas on Esty would have run me $30-$40 plus shipping. But we made these for $29.50. It would have been less, but I forgot my coupon. Hmph.