Over a year ago, I pinned this painted wooden monogram to my “Wishing & Daydreaming” board on Pinterest.
Fast forward to last fall when I was first introduced to the Groopdealz
website; my first purchase was this 18” unfinished wooden monogram. I was so excited to check-off one of my wishes from the Pinterest
board. (I’ve
actually purchased 5 unfinished wooden monograms to give as Christmas,
birthday and even bridal shower gifts – and they’ve been a hit!)
I
didn’t know what color I wanted to paint it immediately, so I put it
away in my craft closet until I decided on a color. After a
few months, I thought painting it gold would be a good neutral option.
Maybe it was my spray paint selection, but the gold was off-par and not
at all what I had in mind - so, back to the craft closet the monogram
went. It sat in the craft closet awaiting a
new paint job for a another month or two until one Saturday afternoon, I
felt the urge to paint.
Inspired by a few pieces of my personal, Mackenzie-Childs, Green Flower Market Collection
– I was excited to take on a personal challenge to paint a floral design on something that was not just a flat canvas.
I was ‘in the zone’ painting, until I was rudely interrupted by storms and a power outage.
Sunday, I resumed painting until another round of storms came. That night, Edmond was hit with a tornado just 2 miles from our house. Also, the towns of Shawnee, OK and Little Axe, OK were hit by F4 tornadoes.
The next day, was Monday, May 20th the day an F5 tornado went through Moore, OK Which inspired me to paint for Oklahoma. The #prayforoklahoma painting can be seen here.
This past weekend, I finally was able to focus some time to finish the monogram. With some input from miss Dixie Belle, there was still some detail work to be done before it was complete.
Using Mackenzie-Childs ribbon, our McDaniel Monogram now hangs on our mantel! I'm so pleased how it turned out and hope we get to enjoy it in our home.
