I did it y’all. I finished <i>SOMETHING</i> that I pinned. Finally.

If you’ve been here a while you might have noticed a change in me lately. Throwing more color into the house. Adding more handmade items. These times, they’re a changin’ aren’t they? Anyway, I wanted to make something FUN something BIG and something that screamed SUMMER.

Just in time to finally make something from pinterest, instead of just pinning.. I’d try actually finishing a project.

Meet..Surf & Turf.

Nothing says “Summer is all up in your face” like a giant dead lobster right? I think so. I hung that sucker right up in our dining room where he belongs. Perched on the wall where you can clearly see our favorite Summer photos tacked up to the fridge & our out of date Jones Design Company Calender. Am I the only one who is so bad about changing the calender? Seriously once I realize it’s time to change, the month is half over.

Back to the painting. I saw this beaut on Pinterest one day and wanted it. Badly. More so I wanted to make it myself rather than buy it.

I just used a cheap piece of MDF from Home depot and went to town. I think it should probably be aged a bit more with some stain and I thought about using a crackle method on it but seriously the fact that it’s this finished is a big accomplishment in my book.

It wasn’t really rocket science, or anything that deserves a full tutorial. I just eye-balled it with a pencil and then went to town with plain jane acrylic paint. It’s far from perfect, and that’s okay. Not much is in this house. Imperfections are welcomed!

Big thanks to Sherry, Katie and the gang for really kicking me in the butt to finish something instead of just drooling over everything I see on Pinterest like usual.