For the love of TP

Yesterday I mentioned one of my favorite creations: the TP roll & twig canvases I created for the bathroom. I totally stole the idea from Pinterest. I know. I know. I actually think mine turned out better than what was on Pinterest, but how did I make it?

First, I collected twigs from the front yard. 

Then I cut TP rolls into 5 pieces each and painted them in nature colors. 

I then painted three canvases in a nice, neutral color. 

When everything dried, I place the twigs on the canvases and sawed in the appropriate spots. Then I adhered the twigs to the canvases like this. I used hot glue. 

After the main parts of the twigs were adhered, I glued smaller twigs to make them look like branches like this:

After the branches were in place, I placed the leaves on the branches and glued them down. 

Looking good so far!  Once the branches and leaves were properly attached, I filled in the leaves with matching colors and began to make a little blue bird to adorn the branches. 

We have blue and green birdies throughout the house, so it was only fitting to have one hanging out in the tree branch canvases. Plus Doren insisted I include some blue into the project. What's better than a blue bird?!

Cute, isn't it?! 

Unfortunately my bathroom wall didn't cooperate with my original plan, so I had to arrange the canvases accordingly. 

This was one of the neatest and cheapest projects to make. It took some time, but the outcome was excellent for my nature/forest themed bathroom.