Family Rules: Dance in the Rain

Dance in the Rain is such a beautiful phrase and what an excellent life application! We all pass through seasons of difficulty. BUT if we can figuratively dance through the rain, it's a lot smoother journey. Attitude is key to happiness....especially during the storms in our life.

As I was thinking about all of this one day, I realized that there were a few more life lessons that I wanted my family to know about....I just needed a way to express it as a daily reminder!

Then I came across the most beautiful canvas of FAMILY RULES on Lindsey's blog. I knew I could take that concept and use some rules mixed in with helpful phrases to create MY OWN canvas! I mentioned in my giveaway post that I was doing a project from Lindsey's lovely blog and this is it, finally!

Here's the how to:

-Paint your blank canvas. I painted the whole thing but really you just need to cover the edges and sides. I used a 24x36 inch wrapped canvas. The original canvas on Lindsey's blog was made with one much bigger though.


-Select your paper (this is the fun part!)


-Cut your paper using varied widths and fun edges. I have scissors and rulers that do some fun cuts as you see in these photo below:
I left some edges straight as you can see here:

I also used traced the edges of bowls to cut some scalloped edges, see photo below:


-Use mod podge to adhere your paper to your canvas. This stuff was a little beast for me! It wouldn't cooperate, leaving my project with tons of flaws!! BUT, I tried my best and that's good enough {wink}. I also used the gloss finish mod podge to give my canvas a finished look. I did 2 coats on the top of the paper. Let this dry overnight.

For fonts I read ideas to either use scrapbook vinyl stickers or print out fonts from online. You can also just "go with it" and write using your own style. I wrote free hand and just went with it to give it a more personal look. I used Painter's Paint Pens and they ROCK!! I adore these pens now! I used dark brown with a medium point. Here are some up close shots of some of my varied writings:

And this last font I waited until the paint was almost dry then I dabbed and rubbed a Q Tip on it repeatedly to give it a worn look.
-To finish the project off, I added ribbon to either side of the canvas. The ribbons are two completely different sizes, patterns, and colors because my intentions with this canvas were to have the whole thing be mixed and varied.

- I also added a couple paper frames to cover my mistakes embellish it.

This square frame was originally a bright white and it looked terrible! So I soaked it in a cup of tea to give it a more antiqued look so it would match my color theme.

And that's a wrap!

MOORE FAMILY RULES
1) Show respect at all times
2) Celebrate together
3) Cuddle when you're sad
4) Keep your promises
5) Dance in the rain
6) Never give up
7) Use gentle words
8) Be on each others team
9) Work cheerfully
10) Be honest always
11) Listen with your heart
12) Forgive easily

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