Re-Paint By Number

I have always thought paint by numbers were neat looking, especially when done with bright fun colors. The only problem is they are usually of little kids fishing or dogs... stuff that doesn't look great hanging in my house. I got to spend the weekend with my super awesome friend, Aubrey. Aubrey has the cutest house on the face of the earth and some stinking awesome paint by numbers, legit ones. There were a few things that she was getting rid of that I brought home with me. Two of them were some paint by number roses that I think her grandmother painted onto crushed velvet. The only problem was that the colors were very very sad.

A while back I saw a project on a blog that I follow, Ashley Ann (Jade says I stalk). She bought an old picture and repainted over it, paint-by-number-esque. Here is a link to that project.

So I took the sad colored roses and tried it myself. 

Here are the originals...

(It is completely impossible to take a picture of something in a frame with a black background without a reflection)

I grabbed some acrylic paint that I already had in some fun, bright colors and just painted over what was already there. Here's what I got...

I painted the frames, too.

I seriously couldn't get a picture without a crazy glare or reflection... I haven't decided where to put these yet, but I absolutely love them! This was seriously my favorite project, I had so much fun painting! I may go crazy and start repainting all the paint-by-numbers I can find. Hint, Hint, if anyone has any they don't want any more.

Thanks Aubrey for these treasures!