GK ♥ GM

Feb 14, 2013 by Gina Mueller

A few months back Greg and I check out the new BeltLine in Atlanta (side note: its spectacular, you must check it out!).  They have a cool art instillation project along it and naturally I got extremely giddy slash excited when I saw a interactive art piece where you could write on a ribbon and tie it up for other BeltLine walkers to see.  I carefully picked the words “Moster Shout Out To Greg!”- our favorite quote form the movie The Sitter and Greg wrote “GK ♥ GM… Moster Shout Out!” incorporating The Sitter quote once again for extra emphasis.

Well GK ♥ GM, GM ♥’s you too for 7 years and counting!  Oh and by the way readers I’m moving to Atlanta in May to be with Greg…

p.s. happy valentines day.

Greg’s Ribbon hanging on the art instalationMy Ribbon at the writting station

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All That Glitters

Aug 13, 2012 by Gina Mueller

I have been planning this project for 6 months after watching my favorite design show, “Home By the Novogratz”.  In one of the episodes artists Camomile Hixon designed some amazing glitter art pieces that made me drool!  I instantly knew her word art was something i had to recreate-  the hardest part was committing to a word!  I wanted a playful word that would make me smile when I looked at it.  I decided on the word “WILD!” because a) life is always better when its a little wild and b) Wild One by Those Darlin’s was one of Lindsay and my favorite songs in college.

Materials

• Canvas, I used Artists Loft 24×48 inches
• Glitter paint, I used 3 bottles of Martha Stuart glitter paint in antique silver
• Background paint, I used 1 bottle of Martha Stuart pearl paint  in mother of pearl
• 2 Paint Brushes
• Paper
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Scissors

Directions

First paint the canvas any color of your choice.  Next, create stencils for your word, my letteres were 10 inches in height and the  font I used was Arial Black in size 500, after printing the letters I doubled their size– I guess that makes it size 1,000. Trace stencil with a dull pencil on the painted canvas.  Fill outline in with glitter paint- this may take several layers depending on how much glitter you are looking for.

Paint Background, I used 1 bottle of Martha Stuart pearl paint  in mother of pearl and a small brush for a horizontal stripe effect.

Print out letters and create a large word stencil.  I used Arial Black in size 500, after printing the letters I doubled their size– I guess that makes it size 1,000, they ended up being 10 inches in height.

Lay stencils on the dry canvas, use a ruler to make sure you have everything centered.  There was 7 inches above and below and about 3 inches on the sides.

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Thrifty Artwork

Feb 26, 2012 by Lindsay

My roommates and I were lucky to find a huge, amazing apartment in Chicago. However, along with the large size came lots of blank walls. Big pieces of artwork are typically very expensive (and out of our price range!) so I was thrilled to come across this frame at my favorite thrift store for only $5. To fill the frame, I headed to Jo-Ann’s and picked up some fabric and gold paint. By re-painting the frame gold and adding patterned fabric as the artwork, I was able to create a thrifty piece of art for our living room and add some decoration to the walls.

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