I am jumping with pure joy right now and am so excited to share with you this photo canvas DIY tutorial. And let me just say that if I can do it, so can you, yeah YOU! ;)

First things first.. lay out some parchment paper to keep things clean and the canvas won't stick. Then take your acylic paint, I used black for this, but you can use whatever color you like and paint the sides. It's perfectly okay to go over the top of the canvas because your going to glue your picture over it anyways.


The next step is to glue down your photo using the mod podge. Where you surprised by my photo choice? I put a little on back and the sides then stuck it down to the canvas. After that use a sponge brush and paint all over. It will look a bit fuzzy, but it will dry clear, I promise. And again, feel free to use color photos as well, I just wanted the black and white for my project.


After that is dry, which should only take about 10-15 minutes, go over the edges using an old sponge with the black acrylic paint. I liked mine to go over the photo a bit to give it that old fashion look and feel, but you don't have to do that if you don't want. Just run over the photo edges to ensure there's no border of the photo showing. Did I mention that trying to actually do the project and taking pictures as you go is hard work? Geez.. my arms were hurting, the things I do for this blog. Ha! ;)


Then give it about 10-15 minutes to dry and tada.. your done! {insert hands clapping & me jumping up & down}


I can't wait to get this baby hung and I know the perfect spot! It's kind of another project I have in the making.. I'll give you a hint.. it has to do with their playroom. Stay tuned.


Just a couple of side notes for you... I bought a pack of five 16X20 canvas for $14.99 at Michael's and had my photos printed from Walmart for $10 a piece. I already had the mod podge and acrylic paint on hand. So basically for $65 dollars you can have yourself five homemade photo canvas's. Not bad if you ask me. In doing this, I also ran across another site that did almost the exact samething, but used scrapbooking paper for the edges, which I thought was a neat idea too. So there you have it folks.. give it a whirl and you can thank me later.

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