I also managed to scare up a power cable for it, and soon enough we had the projector up and running, only to discover that the image it projected was so dim that I would only be able to work on the mural in the dead of the night and that the image was too pixelated to actually work as a stencil. Undaunted, I went spelunking in our box of electronics past and found an old iPhone. The problem though is that the Cinemin connects to the iPhone 4, not to the latest and greatest iPhone 5s (which is what THO and I both currently own) and which, of course, in true Apple fashion has a completely different connector. The Cinemin is able to project from an iPhone or iPod (not from a laptop). I dug that out of storage and that is when we hit hurdle one. The plan was to project the images on to the wall and trace them. The characters that made the final cut are The Yep on the Step, the boy and the balloon from Oh the Places You'll Go, the Blue Fish, a pair of Sneetches, the Lorax and a Truffula tree. I made a rough sketch on a piece of a paper (no grid, nothing too fancy) of where each image would go. We planned for a mural that covers half a wall in the nursery - the lower half is chalkboard paint. I sat myself down, surrounded by our collection of Seuss books and picked out images for the mural. She, in return, punches me in the gut or ribs. Seuss to She-Who-Is-Coming for a while now - he scoots down to tummy level at bedtime and reads her a story. I love how his words wriggle into your brain, and roll off your tongue and how his awesome art makes it impossible not to smile. Mooney and Wocket in my Pocket are my two favourites. We had decided that the we were going to do a Dr. We had the window open and I just had to do what I did worst, wait. While 40 seconds is about enough to let out a few appreciative oohs and aahs, and rub your toes in the plush new carpet, it is not, I assure you, enough time to work on a mural. He wouldn't let me in the nursery for more than about 40 seconds at a time because of the smell of the paint. With the painting and carpeting all done, I was raring to work on the next step in the transformation of ugly to nursery but THO was doing his best wet blanket impersonation. How did I get myself into this gut filled with butterflies (or, perhaps, based on the size of them, pterodactyls) situation? Perhaps we should back up a bit and tell the story from the beginning. When I picked up the sharpie, I noticed a distinct tremor in my hands. I looked down at my hands and my many, many thumbs looked back at me. We're close to the finish line (and one month away from the
The closet organization system and is working on hanging bookshelves as I The crib mattress has arrived (no sheets yet though). Outline and the shading done, then cut out the pieces from the sheet. I projected on to pink and yellow foam sheet to get the The balloon is actually made ofįoam sheet. Oh, and I don't think you can tell from the picture but not everything All the shading is also done with the same sharpie.
The projector again and went over the outlines one more time with the Black Sharpie Brush Tip.
THO helped with mixing colors (The Yep was a pain to get The medium reduces glare and reduces the appearance of brush I used Liquitex Acrylic paint mixed with Liquitex Matte Medium Proportion thrilled with how this wall turned out. Then stand up to give us the ovation we deserve. I'll give you time to gasp, have your jaw drop in appreciation and
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