Tres Chic Canvas Tweak

So my sister recently moved in to her new place and has been working to get her guest room put together and decorated.  Well of course big sis wanted to help! She decided to go with a Parisian theme and wanted to do it on a budget, like most folks out there. 

We hit the Pinterest boards for ideas and found a few we liked.  With some inspiration in mind, we strolled the aisles of Michaels. With Paris on our radar we came across a pre-made Eifel Tower canvas.  One of our ideas was to create an Eifel Tower image on a blank canvas with paint and flowers but when we saw this canvas we thought, hey, this will cut down on some of the work we have ahead of us.  And the best part? It was 80% off! 80!!! Originally $69.99, we snagged the canvas for $14! But something crafty in us couldn't fight the urge to do it ourselves.  

What we decided to do was embellish the canvas ourselves to create a unique, Paris-chic piece.  We picked up some pearl and rhinestone embellishments as well as some pink and white paper flowers to enhance the colors already on the canvas.  The embellishments we chose cost about $10.

We took our loot home and got to work! We arranged the pink and white flowers on the canvas over matching areas in the picture.  

We placed the pearl embellishments in singles and well as groups of twos and threes on the canvas. 

We decided to use the rhinestones to embellish the Eifel Tower to create a metallic illusion. 

The pearls and rhinestones had an adhesive backing but we glued down the ones that weren't quite so sticky.  We took a final look and filled in any areas that looked bare and then we were done! This project was Paris themed but the technique can be applied to any type of picture you want.  The total cost of this project was about $25!  Simple yet one of a kind.