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Boogaloos

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How cute is this Blabla doll? A friend left the doll on our doorstep today for Sienna (thanks Meg!) This is the butterfly Blabla doll…. complete with wings and antennae.


Boogaloos butterfly Blabla doll via lilblueboo.com

So of course I had to research where this doll came from and are there others…. I am in love with the whole Blabla kids line! The whole collection is knitted by artists in Peru. I think Sienna needs a couple Boogaloos….

Busy Muraling….

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…if that is a word. Not a lot of blog posts this week because I am focused on painting at a client’s house. So today’s post is a photo of what I worked on today. This corner is only about 20% of the mural….so stayed tuned for the rest in a few days.

Busy Muraling via lilblueboo.com

Everyone always assumes that my daughter must have the most amazing room since I paint so much nursery art. Nope. Her room is beige with a few Beatrix Potter wall hangings I put together and a couple of birdcages.
Busy Muraling Siennas room via lilblueboo.com
BUT….I’ve painted a lot of nurseries and the one I am working on now is definitely my favorite and I think it might inspire me to tackle Sienna’s room soon. What little girl wouldn’t want to sleep in a fairy forest?

Make a very large stencil or template….

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I’m working on a fairy forest mural for a client family right now that includes a very large butterfly chalkboard. It is going to be an awesome mural on five walls for the girls’ room so stay tuned for photos!

Make a very large stencil or template via lilblueboo.com
I want both sides of the chalkboard to be completely symmetrical so I made a large template that I will use for both sides of the butterfly shape. I placed it against our growth chart in the below photo so you can see that it is close to 5 feet tall!

Make a very large stencil or template 2 via lilblueboo.com
To make the large stencil/template:

1. First draw the shape you want and scan it into your computer.
2. Upload the shape to the Homokaasu program that you may have read about in my post How to Rasterize a Photo. With this program you can size the drawing to as large as you want and it will print off on letter sized paper in your printer.
3. Piece the shape together and tape all the seams with packing tape to reinforce it.
4. Outline the shape with marker and cut out.
Easy!
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