clover art

in honor of st. paddy's day just around the corner...  no not really, but because it is coming up i thought this fun little project i made for our master bedroom gallery wall would be an appropriate post :D! 

a couple of years ago the hubs and i had a conversation that went a little something like this:

me:     have you ever found a real 4 leaf clover?

hubs:  yeah, a bunch of times - haven't you?

me:     nope, not a one.  i only find 3 leaf clovers so i doubt 4 really exist.

hubs:  oh, they exist.

me:     well, since you seem to be so good at finding them, think you could find me oh, say 5 or 6?

hubs:  yeah. probably. why?

me:     oh, i dunno.  i've just got a little project in mind (and secretly thinking there is no way he'll find that many...at once)

fast forward, a few days later....

and well, you get the picture... he brought me six real 4 leaf clovers.  needless to say i thought it was the coolest thing ever! 

i stuck them in a book to keep them flat while they dried out.  over time they eventually turned a brownish green which wasn't pretty and not at all what i had in mind for this project.

so i whipped out my handy dandy 

can of meadow green spray paint...

and gave them a light coat so they would look fresh. 

then i created a simple template on the computer and printed it out on heavier stock paper so that i would have something to adhere my clovers to. 

 

i (very carefully) glued the clovers down and found that the easiest way to do this (because they are so delicate) was to put a little craft glue on my finger and then gently touch the back of the leaf ...  it didn't take very much glue for them to stick.  i simply arranged them all in a circle within the circle to get the look i wanted.

and ta-da

for about $8 bucks i have a very memorable piece of artwork.

and i'd say that's a steal! 

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until tomorrow,