There was a set?!?!

You may have seen examples of how my talented sister, Lori, paints canvases for her kids' rooms. Well, when I first bought Brandon's nursery bedding, I enlisted her to help me paint some canvases to match his bedding.



I wanted three square pictures, one of each animal, to hang directly over the crib. Lori went with me to Hobby Lobby to pick up the supplies. Between the canvases themselves, the paint, and the paintbrushes, it wasn't exactly inexpensive.

Have you ever had Burger King nachos? Well, they don't serve them at Burger King... Lori serves them at her house, and she served some to me when I came over and spent the better of a day working on the paintings. It's a very secret recipe, so you probably shouldn't ask for it.

We made a lot of progress on the paintings, but there was still a lot to be done when we stopped for the day. I said to Lori, "After the cost and all the time we've put into these, I probably should have just bought the set."

Stunned. "There was a set?!?!" Oops, yeah. We looked it up online, and it was actually cheaper than I thought. BUT, there were only two pictures and they were 10 inches square instead of 14 inches square. Plus, they were not made with love. We tried to convince ourselves it was totally worth it. I think it was... even after spending the majority of the following week finishing them.



And here's the whole effect. Two 10-inchers would've looked kinda cheesy, right people?



And the lovely window valance plus the cute wooden rod I searched forever to find at a decent price.



Now that Russ has finally hung all this stuff up in the nursery, I let the baby sleep in his own room. Yahoo! We actually get more sleep now... zzzzz.

*smiles*