Selfless Edification: Cleanse Plus A Litte Chevron Love

so, i started my juicing cleanse on wednesday, and i felt GREAT!!! i worked out REALLY hard, got a lot of cleaning done and enjoyed the new juice. it was actually really sweet and delicious!

the next morning i woke up and felt like a train wreck. sore throat, aches of a fever and all. needless to say, i was down and out the next three days.

someone asked me if i got sick because of my cleanse. although, that is highly possible (you should always consult a physician before jumping into any new type of fast, cleanse or detox your body may not be used too)i don't think the juicing cleanse is what triggered me being sick. why?

because i juice often enough for it not to jolt my system.
i was around someone who was sick for almost a whole day the day before i started the cleanse.

so, now i'm starting it over again, because i really want to be successful at doing it for three days.

the day before i started the cleanse i got super crafty! lol. mountain man and i rent a house and it's a lot of space (too much) for two people. that being said, we don't have every space filled or decorated. even though it feels like home because it's our love nest that we share with our amazing kiddos- tazana and gunner goo- i want to give it that warm personal touch its missing. did i mention i want to do it on a VERY tight non-existent budget. : )

i decided to add our first intials to our mantle. our mantle needs a lot more work than this personal touch, but i'm doing what i can as i can. so, i bought a wood "K" to paint chevron onto with my acrylic paints that i already had at home. mountain man picked out his favorite "R" which needed no extra attention.

the horribly decorated mantle.

here is how I painted chevron onto my "K".

to start my chevron "K" i first measured vertical lines two inches apart.

then, i did the same thing to make horizontal lines. also two inches apart. thus creating two inch squares. (i started my horizontal lines 1/2 an inch from the bottom so the squares wouldn't be perfectly aligned with the top and the bottom of the "K")

now i can start drawing my chevron. i started with the first full square on the bottom right. draw a line from the bottom left corner of the square to the top right corner /. in the next square draw a line from the top left corner to the bottom right \. continue this pattern for the rest of the squares.

don't bother erasing any lines because your paint will cover them right up. i placed painters tape along every other chevron line so i could paint it grey blue.

let it dry. mine didn't take long. then, i painted a second coat. after that is dry remove the painters tape. when you remove tape from something you've painted pull the tape at an angle AWAY from the part that you painted. this will help prevent the paint from peeling away with the tape. you're welcome. : P

oh! i painted the sides of the "K" as well! that way it wasn't exposed layers of plywood. it created a more complete look.

for this next step you can re-apply painters tape to the portion you just painted in order to paint the second set of chevron lines. i free handed it because i had a brush with an angle on it. and i grew impatient and wanted my beautiful "K" and "R" on the mantle!