DIY Photo Canvas and ONE Month!

I can't believe my little baby is one month old!  It seems like it was just yesterday I was pregnant and freaking out about giving birth.  Now she's here and one month old.

{1 Month old and a little wiggle worm}

Being a mother is a whole new game.  For one thing, things that used to take me an afternoon to do, now take me a week or longer.  Going to the store is an adventure in itself.  I was surprised to figure out that once I placed the baby car-seat in the shopping cart at Target, I was too short to see over the top to push the cart.  I have to look to either side of the seat to see where I'm going.  I almost ran over a small child who had gotten away from his mother then stopped directly in front of my cart.  I thought the kid's mother was going to be mad at me, but she saw the baby car-seat and just smiled.  I guess she understood.

The attention I get from random strangers has changed from comments about my pregnancy to comments about my baby.  Baby Katherine gets attention everywhere she goes.

{Me and my Mini Me.}

We took some newborn pictures when she was a week old.  After seeing how much it can cost to have your photos printed on canvas, I saw this project on Pinterest and decided to try it.

All I needed was some canvas (I bought mine on sale at Hobby Lobby), some black paint, brushes, and some Mod Podge.

I painted the edges of each canvas with black paint.  I made sure to buy the size canvas of the size pictures I had printed.

After the paint dried, I painted a layer of Mod Podge around the edges of the canvas and carefully put the photos on, making sure that there were no air bubbles.

Once the photos had completely dried, I trimmed any uneven edges.  

I wasn't sure how different photo finishes would look so I printed a couple with a matte finish and a couple with a glossy finish.  The matte finish looked way better.  Next time I'll do them all with a matte finish.  I can't take credit for this project.  I totally stole it from Pinterest.  LOVE Pinterest!