Prepping a Gallery Wall: Painting Wall Decor

I hope you are all settling into fall and preparing for the up-coming holiday season.

Since Fall has hit I have turned into a regular Betty Home Maker--crafting, baking and cooking--My dog thinks I have lost my mind--but someday all this practice will be appreciated by someone! (Hopefully)

One of the things I have been working on is a Gallery Wall in my teeny tiny hall way.

I started by buying some frames--on sale at Michael's (my new hang out). The frames took me a few weeks to hang--and I am still in the process of filling them with pictures.

I knew I wanted other mediums to go on the wall as well, Canvas' with quotes, a "P" Monogram, etc. But I have had the hardest time finding things I like--in an appropriate size and color scheme. So I decided to just make my own decor.

I started with the monogram last week.

After searching every Michael's Store near me for a Metal "P" and not finding one--I settled for a wood "P" and a wood frame to go around it.

Some of the frames I have-- Are brown wood grain with a blue outer rim. So I kept with the blue theme.

I am using Command Picture Hanging strips (Velcro Strips) For the whole Gallery wall--the Small ones worked well with this.

Next I decided that since all of the pictures on my wall will most likely be from trips I have taken, I wanted a quote about traveling. I settled on "Not all those who wander are lost" --Tolkien. I saw a few canvas' online where it was painted over a map and loved it!

I found some map scrapbook  paper, and several small canvas' (I decided to break it up over 2 canvas'). 

After modge podging the paper onto the canvas's' I used a silver sharpie to write the quote out before painting it on with black acrylic paint. 

I had to redo the 'are lost' canvas once --but I made 3 to begin with so it worked out well. 

I think they turned out pretty well--Considering I can't write very straight without lines. I like the different Dimensions my wall is beginning to get.

I hope you all have a great last few weeks of October! Go get those fall crafts--Everything is on sale!