Mission Complete

Well, I finally took the time to finish up Kinnick's wall and mural. Bob the Builder is now complete as Lofty the crane was added to the picture.

Lofty took a little longer than I expected, but it was a lot of blue paint applied on several different occassions when I had a few minutes to paint. That results in trying to match colors later which is always difficult when you are using several colors to come up with the final result.

Of course, it is not complete until the room has been blessed with the kid's name. In this case, Kinnick engraved in a rock that Lofty is lifting with his crane hook. Look closely and you will see the rock was "established" on Kinnick's birth date.

Next in line..........the Star Wars mural for Lucas Hawk Iverson!

We Can Build It

Well, Kinnick's mural is now almost complete. I still have plans on possibly adding another "digger", Lofty the Crane, and/or possibly some trees and sky in the background.

1 Down 2 to Go

Taylor's mural is near completion. I still have some more butterflies to add, and possibly a few flowers within the grass area, but for the most part it is done.

This is a zoomed in picture of the description on the main tower of the castle. Tay always wants me to add flowers or hearts wherever possible, so I even incorporated them into the name of her castle.

Here is a zoomed in picture of one of the butterflies within the clouds.

You can also find Amy's wonderful talent of cake/cupcake decorating at http://www.amystreats.blogspot.com/

Next up is Kinnick's mural, which will include Bob the Builder and several "diggers". I have began drawing this a couple of weeks ago but haven't had a chance to add to it since.

What's to Come

Well, I have several murals on the To Do list for 2009. This includes all three of our kid's rooms as well as a mural for our good friends Bill and Katie Iverson, and their future son Lucas. Requests are as follows:

• Taylor - Princess-type castle, a rainbow, and flowers
• Kinnick - Bob the Builder and "Diggers"
• Carver - Thomas the Train and Friends
• Lucas - Star Wars

I am almost done with Taylor's and will soon post some pictures. I have begun to start drawing Kinnick's and plan to start at the Iverson's very soon, since the baby will be here soon!

Past Murals

As some of you may know, I was lucky enought to be gifted with the ability to paint, draw, etc. In addition, I love to do so.

My favorite thing to do is paint murals in rooms, in particular for my children. At our house on Briar Drive, I started this tradition by painting Taylor's room (then a newborn) with a Winnie the Pooh mural.

I enjoyed painting Taylor's room so much I wanted to paint a mural for the boys as well once they were born. Due to the fact that they had an extended stay in the hospital (7 weeks), I was able to get this done. We decided to go with Dr. Seuss for the theme of the room and I schemed up the following:

The other wall also had Dr. Seuss characters included Green Eggs and Ham, Horton, and 1 Fish 2 Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, but I have yet to find my picture of this wall.