I started on this first project a few weeks ago. Since I'm always broke, I decided that I would make Ty something for our 5 year anniversary (you know how much boys LOVE homemade gifts…haha). He loves baseball, so I thought it would be cool to make subway art out of some major league baseball fields. Obviously, my gift is a little late since our anniversary was July 19. Oh well, better late than never! ;)
Please ignore the fact that the canvases are laying on the kitchen floor :) |
My second project was a lot more personal. I thought it would be neat to turn all of the streets that I've lived on or just love into artwork.
Here's a list of the streets I used:
- Brookside Drive - the street my mom, sister, and I live on
- McFarland Boulevard - the main street in Tuscaloosa
- County Road 81 - the road I grew up on and where my dad still lives
- Hargrove Road - the street mine and Nicole's apartment was on Junior year
- 1612 4th Avenue East - the address of the house I lived in sophomore year (it was destroyed in the tornado)
- Paul W. Bryant Drive - home to Tutwiler (my freshman dorm) and Bryant-Denny Stadium
- 15th Street - another main street in Tuscaloosa
- Veterans Memorial Parkway - where my apartment was located last year
- Peggy Road - where my grandparents live (the dirt road is named after my grandmother)
- 17th Street East - street that Chris's house was on (the one we survived the tornado in)
- Highway 82 - the road between Opp and Tuscaloosa that I've driven one to many times
- University Boulevard - the strip :)
If you're keeping count you noticed that I lived somewhere different every year of college. That's right…I've moved like 5 times in the last 4 years!
I'm going to try to contain my enthusiasm about my last project…but let me just say that it's freaking awesome! I can't believe that I managed to not screw it up…haha! Here's a picture, so you can understand what I'm talking about!
On this one please ignore the fact that some of the words are crooked. I'm a perfectionist, so it's driving me nuts! I promise the next one will be better! |
Just so you know…it is impossible for me to just read this! I sing it in my head (sometimes out loud) and wish that I had a shaker…haha!
I hope you enjoyed my artwork! Like I said, it's really time consuming, and it took some trial and error to get the hang of it. Mom and Magen will tell you that the error part involved a lot of me yelling at the canvas…haha! But, the end result is totally worth it!
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