Day 1277: Anyone Can Cook

Our new apartment definitely has more walls than places we've lived previously, so I've been working to make sure our place doesn't look to bare. Many of the other canvas creations I've made have already been featured on Everyday Disney, but I thought I might throw in an introduction to the newest additions!

The first, as you can see above, is inspired by the hit Broadway Musical, Hamilton, which I've really been digging into lately. It sits above my bed in our bedroom, and is actually the largest canvas work I've done to date. It's also the first I did entirely my hand, as to keep things consistent or get the exact look I want, I'll usually do a digital design and use print outs to make sure everything is exact. I didn't do that here, and instead went entirely from a sketch I drew up quickly. I knew when I started plotting for the bedroom that I wanted a quote that would encourage me to keep moving forward and look to the future, and that's exactly what this one does!

The other canvas, as seen below, is now hanging in our kitchen on a wall above our countertop. It was an awkward space, between the cabinets from the kitchen and a door to the bathroom, and it just screamed for a canvas, so it was priority #1. Unlike some of the other canvases, the "Hamilcanvas" included, this one took a while to plan, since we had multiple ideas and had to find the one that was going to fit the best for the spot. We've been calling our apartment "The Cozy Cone," so for a long while we seriously considered something inspired by Cars, but ultimately we went with Ratatouille because it's in our kitchen area.

Keep an eye out over the next month or so for other exciting updates that are somewhat focused on paintings like these! I've got some work to catch up on, but then it'll be full steam ahead before the end of the summer, and I can't wait to get going! 

If you had a canvas, what would you paint on it? 

Have a magical day! 

Day 1266: Quoting

I've been doing these Quote Canvases for a while now, and I really believe the hardest part about them is choosing the quote you want most and then finding a design that will fit both the space and the theme. For the above work in progress, it wasn't that difficult, although it took some debating for sure. We knew we wanted something Pixar, and because it was going in our kitchen, we figured that Ratatouille would be a fair place to pick a quote from. 

But with so many great Disney quotes out there, how can you really pick just one? I mean, here are some of the brainstormed quotes that we've discussed for various canvas works: 

"Have Courage and Be Kind" - Cinderella

"All our Dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney

"Adventure is Out There" - Up

"Just Keep Swimming" - Finding Nemo

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it." - The Lion King

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Winnie the Pooh

To be far, those were just a few of the options that we've considered over time, and I would love to know what you'd put on a quote canvas like the ones I create! Let me know in the comments! 

Have a magical day!

Day 1069: An Awfully Big Adventure

When I make my quote canvases, regardless of what they're for, I usually pick the quote on them for some sort of reason. When it comes to the canvas that's in my bedroom at college currently, I don't remember at all why I picked the quote I did, but I'm sort of glad I did. For some odd reason, this quote has become just as important to me as the original one that's in our basement, which holds my favorite quote:

The quote canvas that sits on the wall above my bed at home is as follows: 

I shared that photo as an addition to this year's #101Smiles, but I had no idea where it would take me from there. A few days later, Andrew Ducote was a special guest on Thingamavlogs and shared some of his favorite Peter Pan movies. I ended up sharing the above picture with him, and one thing led to another: 

I'm so absolutely honored to have created this canvas for Andrew and his family, and I realize now that this quote is absolutely another perfect example of my life, which is usually more crazy than I can keep up with. But that's all part of the fun, because living is an awfully big adventure! 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on December 23).

Day 936: An Awfully Big Adventure

Some of you may remember when I introduced a new piece of artwork to my dorm room last fall, in the shape of some canvas art with one of my all time favorite quotes on it:

Well, as much as we loved our little room 309 in VMC, all dorm room stunts must come to an end, and this fall we'll all be moving into a new townhouse for our Junior Year. Of course, a new, bigger home means there's more decorating to be done, and since I have a busy schedule this fall, I'm trying to get ahead of the game by finishing as much of the decorating as possible before I actually head back to SNC, and there's no better place to start than the bedroom I share with Megan.

You'll see more of how Disney made it's way into this new dorm room later in August, but you had better believe that I made a brand new quote canvas just for us, and this time, it's Hook themed...see? 

Actually, I'm not joking. It really is Hook themed, or Peter Pan themed rather. Well..sort of. It's a combination of some of the versions of Peter Pan out there. Below I've included the original mock ups of the canvas as well, just so you can sort of see what went into creating it. 

Which leads us to the finished product...

I'm absolutely in love with this new one, but then again, I also am in love with the first quote canvas I did. It'll make the perfect centerpiece on the big wall in our dorm room, and I can't wait to hang it alongside the other decorations we have. Oh...and of course, it'll go perfectly with Cardboard Colin! 

Have a magical day!

Day 642: Life is Made Up of Moments

It seems that suddenly (as I go back and make up these blog posts that have had topics for weeks and I just haven't had the time to write), that there's a surplus of OUAT posts, but I suppose that's alright. After all, OUAT is a part of Disney, if only through the fairy tales and ABC, and that means that it's fair game around here. This time it also involves our dorm room though, and you all know that I love incorporating little bits and pieces of Disney into my dorm room.

Over our recent Long Weekend (two days off of school!), I spend an entire day in my Mom's craft room working on the Monsters Inc. door decs and this little beauty:

We've known from the start that we wanted Christmas lights in the back room, but we also decided that the wall needed some color. Eventually we decided that it would be a quote canvas. You see these things all the time on Pinterest and I've always wanted to try my hand at making one, but never had the time or reason to actually do so. Until now. 

We discussed the quote itself for quite some time because I eventually suggested "Life is made up of Moments. Good ones; Bad ones, but they're all worth living." It's a quote I've talked about many times, as it's actually my favorite quote from Once Upon A Time, and it just seemed to fit, especially since my roommates and I are all sort of together because of the show itself, but I already talked about that in a blog post. 

Regardless, I figured I would share the canvas since I previously shared the Christmas Lights on the wall because Jennifer Morrison liked that particular picture. I couldn't not share the finished wall, now could I!?! 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on October 20).