You Are My Sunshine...

"You are my Sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, when skies are gray, you'll never know dear, how much I love you, please don't take, my sunshine, away!" 

This is what my sister sings to her baby girl, so sweet.  Today I am sharing with you a gift I have made for my sister.  A sign made for her daughter's room.  I am so excited to have made this for my lil'sis.  It is my first very first attempt at one, and I think it came out pretty good.

Let me know what you think!

I collected all my materials.

Started painting sections.  The base light purple, and sections

of yellow for the 'sunshine'.  I had measured all the lines for my 1" and 2" letters.  

Painting and sticking on letters. As I went along,

I realized that I hadn't really done a great job with spacing for

each character.  I would place a word, move it more to the left or right, 

up or down, just a hair.  Although tedious work, still fun for the final project.  

I put dark purple on top, called Pacific Iris.  The canvas took 3-coats.  

With all the layers, I was afraid peeling the letters would be difficult.

It actually worked out fine. I even had help from a bored college kid :)  

Ta-Dah!

I am very happy with my finished project!  I wasn't sure about all the mixed up, angled letters, but I do like the final result once the letters were off, and I did minor touch ups. 

It will look perfect in 'our' little girls room :) 

I think she'll like it :)