Aisle runner!

This was probably THE MOST dreaded DIY project I had to face, yet it was one that I could not toss aside. Before I begin, I must disclose that I used The Road to the Aisle's instructions, for the most part. :) Our aisle runner is wider than most, as I will have both of my parents walk me down the aisle. Originally, I was going to have our regular monogram, but as I played around with it, I decided that I liked this idea, so I ran with it. So, I had bought the acrylic paints and brushes on sale last Christmas at Michael's. My mom bought the ivory fabric from JoAnn's just two weeks ago. :) Hey, I had good intentions of getting this accomplished as soon as possible. When it came down to it, I was chickening out. ANYWAY, I was thinking that the fabric would be too thick for me to see through to trace, but I was BARELY able to see MOST of it. I printed everything the first time, and it was WAY too big. Second time was perfect. I taped them all together and folded the extra white paper to keep it out of the way. Then I taped it to our (expensive! :S) table. We measure down about 7 feet and held the fabric down with heavy nursing books :). I traced as best I could. We then put wax paper on top of the paper I used to trace, and put the fabric back down. I started with the pink J, then worked my way to the right. Then I did the & in the middle, then my name. Lastly, I did the date. Obviously, I had forgotten the comma in the date when I was tracing. I realized this as I finished painting. I free-handed that, along with the dreaded "s" in James and half of the &. All in all, I think it went pretty well. 

You can barely see where I traced over the paper, if you look REALLY hard!  

 Finished product! What do ya think?