Artwork for Mom

In addition to the extremely delicious cake I made for my mother's birthday, I made some art.  She had seen something similar on Pinterest that she really liked.  However, it wasn't exactly the right colors and, as much as I love my mom, I didn't want to pay an arm and a leg to buy it off the Etsy shop it was linked to.  So I got my craft on.  I wasn't entirely sure how I was going to put the thing together.  I new I needed a canvas, paint, some kind of twig thing and paper flowers.  Obviously, I hit up Hobby Lobby to get the canvas (I literally got the cheapest one in the size I wanted...I think it's actually for water colors...but whatever), scrapbook paper for the flowers, craft glue, and (fortunately) there was a small branch thing that fit perfectly on the canvas.  Score.  In my head, the paint I needed for the base color was on the paint shelf in the garage.  To my surprise, it was not there.  I panicked a little...or a lot (I was literally doing this the day before her birthday).  Then, I got the idea to mix the paint from her bedroom walls ("Barefoot Beach") with the paint from the laundry room walls ("Polished Turquoise").  It couldn't have turned out better.  Seriously.  I managed to impress myself.  The color I mixed matches my mom's bed stuff perfectly.  After I painted the whole canvas with that, and let it dry, I started working on adding a couple other colors.  I wanted to just paint them on with like a brush, but it wasn't blending well.  I broke down and used my hands, which is a REALLY BIG DEAL.  I don't get my hands dirty.  Not as a kid.  Not now.  Never.  It really freaks me out.  But, desperate times call for desperate measures or something, right?  Once it was all dry, I glued on the branch and flowers I made with a hot glue gun.  Here it is: 

Mom, of course, loves it.  I would be happy to never make another paper flower ever again...but I think it's going to happen anyway!