Pinterest Challenge: Bubble Wrap Mash Up Part 1

I am terrible at waiting for a big reveal. I'm a girl that eats my dessert FIRST. So guess what!? Here's what I made for this week's Pinterest Challenge! Click here to see a bigger/prettier version.


"Quilty People"

 Ok, deep breathe, let me tell you about the inspiration now. We've been looking for a piece of artwork to put in our dining room for at least a year. We are two full-time desk job + grad school students, don't judge. Thank goodness four lady bloggers challenged me to take something I had pinned and make it a reality. Instant motivation!

Source: intellokids.blogspot.com

It all started when I saw this bubble wrap painting pinned by one of the lovely Pinterest Challenge... uh... thrower-downers Sherry from Young House Love. 

I must admit to you, internet, that I am not a bubble-wrap-painting-novice. I, much like the preschoolers on the blog this originally came from, think bubble wrap is an excellent way to create a funky, textural pattern. About a year and a half ago in the midst of the worst snowstorm ever, I made this painting, "Snowpacalypse." Get it?

ANYWAYS, in order to take my inspiration and bubble-wrap painting skills up a notch, I decided to do a mash-up with THIS pin I found last week. 

Source: ffffound.com

Beautiful colors, geometric perfection. The idea to do a mash up was ALSO inspired by another Pinterest Challenge... thrower.... downer, Emily Henderson (OMG OMG OMG). If you are familiar with her show, Secrets From a Stylist, you will know that she takes two people's styles and mashes them up in a glorious new style.

So since this blog post is officially too long (sorry, I'm just feeling so chatty), I'm just going to have to break it up. Stay tuned for part two where I show you how I turned some bubble wrap into a piece of art. Then maybe there will be a part three where I show you my other preschool-paintbrush-substitute: Q-Tips!

What do you think? Will you be trying out the bubble wrap art anytime soon? 

National marker shortage? I'm covered...

Don't worry people! If there is ever a national marker shortage... if Crayola goes out of business... if a group of unruly kindergartners take over the world and markers become like gold... I'm covered. This afternoon I decided it was a good idea to take an inventory of my craft box and throw out some stuff (paint brushes I forgot to clean, cheap pens I picked up at various hotels, scraps of paper). 

Turns out I have six sets of markers. That's: 

• one set of colored, fine-tip Sharpies
• two sets of Crayola Classics (fat)
• one set of Crayola Classics (skinny)
• one set of Crayola "Pip Squeaks"
• one set of Crayola "Super Tips." 

Oh yeah, that's not counting my new Steadtler pens, various artist markers I've bought for specific projects and half a dozen loose black Sharpies (confession: I compulsively buy and steal these from people).

Did I also mention my Crayola Oil Pastels and the GIANT 120 "Wizard's Box" of Crayola crayons? The bonus 20 crayons are limited edition colors! *drool* So if the kindergartners of the world start getting uppity... have no fear... once they've laid eyes in this collection, I will be like their queen.