Despite a horrible bout of laziness, coupled with what was likely a bit of seasonal affective disorder I have managed to crank out a project!
Now that I have a mister I feel that unexplainable desire to monogram the crap out of everything! I was inspired when I saw this project. Here is my version:
As mentioned in the original project I found all of these items at Hobby Lobby and they were darn cheap! I went with a simpler frame style, and for ease of painting I'd say I preferred it. Normally I would have just spray painted the whole she-bang but its way cold right now I didn't want to be outside! I picked up some acrylic paints and went down that road...at least at first!
I knew I wanted the letter to be a super bright color so I chose this fabulous glow yellow! I at first painted the frame (which started out as black) a medium grey color. It looked alright but I wasn't in love with it. I turned to my left and caught sight of this great poster in our living room...its colors changed my course of inspiration!
I find these colors so delightful I may even change out the ribbon color for a lighter teal! Unfortunately part of the catalyst for my color change was the necessity to go back to the drawing board as far as getting the yellow to work. The glow color is so sheer that it is almost like a glaze or a wash. It was impossible to get it to cover the original cardboard-y color of the H! I figured I better go back and get some white to do a base coat, hoping that it would help the glow color cover and pop. While I was at it I picked up the new teal and a high gloss top coat as the acrylic was both matte finish and water based. I wanted it to be both glossy and durable. The teal covered like a charm, but after several coats I still couldn't get the glow to cover! It was sheer and streaky all over the place! I finally gave in and went for some spray paint. I had a coupon for Ace, but it did still drive my project cost up a bit!
Even after switching to spray paint I was having trouble getting good smooth coverage. I guess glow colors just aren't meant to be used this way! I will say that it was beginning to hurt my eyes to look at it! I finally sprayed on a super thick coat out of sheer frustration and that seemed to work and gave it a nicely covered look!
I really like how the final product turned out! I wish the colors showed up more true to life in photos because the H really is a bright neon yellow and I love it so much! Its a really good non-seasonal door decoration!
Materials:
Cardboard H from Hobby Lobby
8x10 frame from Hobby Lobby (on sale!)
Anita's Acrylic Paint in: Ocean Blue, Glow Yellow, and White
Tree House Studio Clear Acrylic High Gloss Coating
Ace Glo Spray Fluorescent in Yellow-Green
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