I'm in Love with these Birds

A couple years ago I painted the living room. 3 walls are this beautiful, peaceful, refreshing, cucumber green (the light green after you slice it open) and the accent wall is a pretty, poppy red/pink (I have a girlfriend that calls it the watermelon room).

I made a bamboo stencil and put that on the red wall (the plan was to lighten the red just a smidge to stand out from the wall color - do you know what happens when you add too much white to red?)That's right, the bamboo is a pale pink. But I like it and surprisingly, hubs likes it too.

After 2 years, I figure I wanted to add some life to the bamboo. Might as well put those bird stencils to good use (I also made 3 smaller ones). All in all this was about a 30 min job (making new stencils, taping to wall, mixing paint color, painting over stencils).







*I taped a few pictures to our bedroom door (frames just collect dust)



I know I said that I would only add 3 birds to the wall...well, 3 turned into 5.





What do you think?

Birds 2 (creative title, huh?)

1st, you will need a rug (this here, is a used rug I got off FreeCycle). A brush, acrylic paint (dries fast) and stencil or painters tape (straight lines/geometric shapes).

Mind you, I added way more birds than were stains (cause, you know...that would just be gross).

*the rug is about 7'x4'



It had a few stains (nothing paint can't cover up).



A few birds.



A couple more...



What do you think?



I can reuse these stencils. I already have a wall crying out for a few birds (literally, like 3) and maybe some shirts?

*you could also spray paint, but you would need to do this outside (I live in Winter so this was not an option for me) and you will also need to tape-off more (to prevent over spray).

***looking at it, I am not thrilled that I put that lil birdie on the bottom, but there is nothing I can do about it now...except, maybe hide it under the couch.

Birds!

I feel as though I have been neglecting this blog (and all of you), but to be fair, there hasn't been anything blog worthy going on in my life.

The castle is still yet to be finished (was suppose to work on it this past weekend, but something came up, their end) - cross fingers for this weekend.

Nothing new or interesting in the food department - wait...I started making loaded potato skins, but I left them in the oven at 420 for nearly 3 hours. Plan B, they would make nice, thick chips...yeah, no...no good there either.

The other night via FreeCycle I got a nice sisal rug (few stains). Thinking what I could paint over it to make it look unique/interesting. But WHAT would be interesting and unique???

Birds.

How about BIRDS.

Today, I spent a couple hours making bird stencils. Sketch image onto paper (you could also print it out at the size you want), lay clear packing tape on the front and back (to cover the entire image) and using an exacto knife (CAREFULLY) cut it out.



*you could do freezer paper stencils, but once you iron it onto your 'canvas', I do not think you could use it again. It would be a one time deal.

These here, I can use over and over (attaching to said 'canvas' with painters tape).