DIY Nautical Bathroom Art

Wow! You can really tell that we've been having tons of fun in the summer heat, as I haven't posted anything in quite some time.  That doesn't mean I haven't been busy around here though!  I have plenty of projects to show all of you in the next little while.  ;)

Starting with this super easy art piece that I made for our son's bathroom.  It's such a cool bathroom and I decided to decorate it with a nautical style (before and after shots to come soon!).

I don't really have any progress pictures to show you here because it was really so easy it wasn't needed.  Basically, I painted three 5x7" canvases that I bought on sale at Michaels.  I had two of the blue colors already and for the light blue, I mixed white paint with the blue I already had.  For the whale, I found an image from the Silhouette gallery and cut that out in white vinyl.  I had to draw part of the water spout and the water droplets free hand in the Silhouette program and then cut them out separately, which was tricky but I think it turned out pretty good!

I bought a pre-cut wooden anchor at Michaels as well (only 59 cents!), and wrapped jute around it.  Then I used a staple gun and ran a string of jute from the anchor to the canvas pieces.  I tucked and tied the jute to the anchor and stapled at the top and the bottom of each canvas piece.  And that's all there was to it!

I fell in love with this piece that I found from SennandSons and completely copied it.  I am sure that the quality of the image and the canvas on the piece that they are selling is way better than mine, but at their price point ($150!), I can totally live with mine.  I hope you like it!