I’ve said before how I have some of the coolest, most creative readers out there. This email that popped up in my inbox just solidified that. Check out the cool way reader, Jessica, breathed new life into a $3 thrift store painting. I’m so in love with the idea and the finished project. How amazing is that?! Awesome job, Jessica!
Hello, Mavis!
I first connected with your blog through Thy Hand Hath Provided, and both blogs have been so helpful to me in my gardening/canning adventures!
I have a fun yard sale story to share with you.
Have you ever heard of people adding monsters to thrift store paintings just for fun? Well when I decided to make a whale-themed room for my little boys, I decided to keep my eye out for ocean paintings that I could add a whale to.
You see, at the time, my husband put our 3 and 5 year-old sons to bed each night by reading through ‘Moby Dick’ – all 822 pages of it! Let me tell you, those boys fell asleep very quickly each night! Anyways, Moby Dick became a running joke in our family over the many months that it took to finish the book. It didn’t take long to find the perfect painting at a yard sale – for $3!
It was a little grungy at first. I read online that the best ways to clean a painting were with your own spit and a q-tip or with old bread. We picked old bread!
I found a picture of what a white sperm whale named Moby Dick might look like on Wikipedia, sketched it onto my painting with a pencil, and then filled it in with some hand-me-down paints. I had never done anything like this before, and it was so much fun!
And this is how it turned out! Not bad for $3, huh? I highly recommend this activity for a good time.
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susan says
Love it and she did a great job as a first time artist. Enjoyed the sweet story too. Thank you
Lana says
Well done! I love it!
Carolyn Rust says
Really would love to see the entire picture – not just the close up of the whale (which is great by the way). If she has one available please forward it or something.
Thanks,
Carolyn
Kathryn Sprowl says
I love how it turned out and that it ties in with family time.