$100 Bathroom Challenge: Silhouette artwork

For this last piece of artwork, I wanted to make something bold and graphic to contrast with the other pieces. I also wanted it to be just a little bit modern to prevent it from drifting into a strictly cottage feel.

Silhouettes are super trendy right now, but I thought one would also fit in really nicely with the vintagey elements of the other artwork.

There are a lot of “cheater” methods for making a silhouette on the internet, but this is what I did.

First, I took a picture of Elise’s silhouette. This should have been the easiest step, but Elise is 14 months old and non-compliant. This is not a great picture in itself, but her silhouette was pretty clear.

I opened the photo in Photoshop and traced and filled Elise’s head in a new layer. I had to fake the back of her head because it wasn’t in the photo. Hopefully it doesn’t look that unnatural!

Then, I printed her silhouette out on a piece of polka-dot scrapbook paper I had on hand.

Oh, but before I printed, I labeled it with her name and age in a very small font size as not to detract from the silhouette itself.

I layered it on a piece of thick red wrapping paper and put it in another one-cent frame. I think it looks pretty good, especially because drawing the silhouette had been giving me fits.

This bathroom is taking longer than I expected, but isn’t that always how it goes? I swear I’m getting close to wrapping it up!

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How I spent my $100 budget (so far)

1 qt. Semi-gloss wall paint … $11.42
Curtain rod … $4.49
1 qt. Semi-gloss paint for vanity, mirror and nightstand … $11.42
2 Frames … $0.02 (yep, for real)
Mirror … $26.91
Bathmat … $7.47
Paper for top of nightstand … $4.32
Knobs … $3.22
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Total spent … $69.27
Amount left … $30.73
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