Baby Brine Style: Nursery Ombré Art

The prints from SSPrintShop came in and I am in LOVE!

I'm a huge fan of Friday's (not sure who isn't...). I'm not sure if there's anything better than waking up to your alarm, and getting to shut it off for the next 2 days. I smile every time I turn that sucker off. 

Back in early January, Hubs and I signed up for some classes at the hospital where we'll be delivery Baby Brine. Somehow, 5 weeks have flown by and here we are, ready to learn if we've got what it takes! 

Since I'm a weeknight lightweight, the classes offered during the week were just plain out of the question. No way was I going to be learning how to swaddle a baby at 9:00 at night. 

We decided to take both the Prenatal Breastfeeding and Baby Care classes on the same day. Two and a half hours of breastfeeding, one hour break, and three hours of baby care. I think I'll be ready for a nap by the time we make it home. 

All-in-all, I'm looking forward to them both. I think Hubs will get quite uncomfortable during the breastfeed class, and I'm not sure how many men attend it along side their pregnant ladies, but there was no way he was getting out of this one! Plus, he's the thorough one in our marriage, so he'll probably remember all the little things that might help once Baby Brine is here. 

Anywho, I was off on Monday and got to work on some projects that I've been putting aside. I'm not an artist by any means, but give me a blank canvas and some paint and I'll doodle something up. I love the look of ombré art, and I figured it was simple enough to give it a whirl. 

We had some leftover paint samples from the nursery, so I started off using the darkest color at the top.

I added some white to that color, and blended about 2/3 of the way down the canvas.

I took white acrylic paint and from the bottom up, blended it into the light pink. I used the same brush so that the white really did lightly blend into the pink, giving the ombré look. I ended up with this look, and I wasn't enthused because the top half looked the same color. I went through my paint supplies and grabbed some red acrylic paint. 

 I added some red paint to the initial pink color, to get the darkest hue in the group. I would say this took me about 20 minutes to finish, and it looks so cute in her room. I have some finishing touches to add to it, and I will post the final product when I post her room reveal!