About 10 years ago, I met Sara. We met the summer we both began OT school, in gross anatomy. Sara is funny and witty, and you don't want to get on her bad side.....he he he. Apparently I was the only person whose foot she would touch and not get grossed out by! And believe me when I say we had to palpate/touch/probe...whatever you want to call it.....each other a lot in kinesiology lab. Well, miss Sara has a sweet little girl named Holly, and now she's expecting a little guy in September, who will be named Hudson. I did a painting as a gift for her, and when I asked her if she had any requests, she just said "be creative!". So, here is her painting!
Photo courtesy of Toys R Us website
This is her baby bedding. It's Nojo My Little MVP bedding. The colors are super cute together. When I saw it, the things that stood out to me were the plaid and all the stitching (which you can't really see in this picture, but trust me, it's there!).
Her finished painting! I have not yet figured out where in my house or what time of day gives me the best pictures, but believe me when I say the colors matched well. She sent me the valance so I could see them in person.
Instead of doing little baseballs, soccer balls, or footballs, I went with simple green dots around the sides, and mixed up brown stitching inside the dots, then outside the dots. And added some highlights of course!
I used the stitching throughout the painting. It's on the border here, and also frames the box his name is in. I had a challenge with the plaid, making it look like it did in the bedding. In the bedding, it's the same pattern overlaying each other (if that makes sense?), but one is darker than the other. It's sort of transparent. To recreate that, I watered down my paint, then watered it down some more.
Here's the painting up next to the valance. Sara - send me a picture when you get it all together! Can't wait to see it!
