A cheerful canvas tote....

Hello friends!  I'm so glad you're here, because I have a cheerful craft to show you.

If you read my previous post, you know my family and I are away enjoying a little vacation, but I will continue to post throughout the week. :)

 Remember the post where I showed 
you these? Well it was to make this...

When I thought of this idea, I didn't know about our trip (it was a surprise) but I'm so glad I made it as it will be so useful to carry lotions, books etc.

In my humble opinion, I felt the bag looked so pretty with just the butterflies, but I'm really loving all those bright colours out in stores right now and decided to try a little colour blocking using my faithful DecoArt paint, mixed with fabric medium. 

I also used my new brush from Canvas Corp.  I love the way it absorbs the paint and how smooth the paint goes on; I think it's a combination of two great products. Speaking of great products, Canvas Corp has just introduced beautiful canvas bags and an entire series of new canvas products that I will share with you soon.  

If you have been following my blog for a while, you might have read a few times that I'm linearly challenged.  Meaning I cannot draw a straight line to save my life. Here is proof #1056.  :(  

The butterflies are painted using the technique shown here.  I then embroidered the body of the butterfly with black thread right onto the bag.  I also embroidered the antennae of the butterflies. 

Here I am doing an awkward little foot pose, but don't you love the contrast of the teal and the yellow?

Did I mention I am loving the bright colours in stores?!  I wore this shirt with boyfriend jeans, a little neon pink cincher belt and nude wedges. I also wore a little straw fedora with a messy side braid.  But why am I telling you all this? Well, for the last several weeks, I have been posting outfit inspiration albums and talking a bit about fashion trends over on my FB page and I thought it would be neat if I posted my own outfits for the week (maybe?).

But for now my beautiful friends, I hope you enjoyed this post. 

Have a great day!

much love,

Lucy 

ps. here are two of the many canvas bags I have altered (click on the image to go to the original post)

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