More Respect for Michelangelo and a Bathroom Reveal!

My name is Katie... and I am a ceiling painter.  

But this was my first time.  Will I do it again?  Probably.  Will I do it again tomorrow?  Most certainly not.  Would I do it every day for 4 years?  There is not a response to this question that would be appropriate for this blog.  Needless to say, Michelangelo is my new hero :o)

The master bathroom that I have been working on is small, uber small.  There wasn't a ton of room for a creative stamp on a small budget.   So I took to the ceiling.  It's practically a big blank canvas anyway, right?  (If your big blank canvas had ugly, sharp bumps and lines all over it!)

I am not a free-hander, especially bending over backwards and painting over my head.  It would have been a joke.  So I used a method similar to the one I used on my little blue french desk.

I started with this stencil.  For the life of me I can't find where it came from.  It was a google image search, that's all I remember.  If you know where it came from, please let me know so I can link to you!

I pasted it into excel and blew it up real big.  Then I pieced it together onto the ceiling.

A few people have made me aware that printing shops (like Kinkos) will print them out for a small price, but for me... free was the important part.

In case you want 3 different views of the same things :o)

I took down the first piece and placed a piece of graphite paper in between it and the ceiling and used the tip of a screwdriver to trace around the design.  I repeated until the whole design was on the ceiling.

It's faint, but it's there, I promise!!!

When it came time to paint, there was some room for interpretation :o)  It wasn't perfect, but it was a really great guide to pull it all together.

Then I used a bottle of Anita's Acrylic Paint and a cheap-o craft brush to color in the lines.

Best tip that I have for painting in all those dips and divvy's is to load your brush up with paint- it really makes it a lot easier.  Don't be skimpy.

After about an hour and LOTS of breaks...

And I have learned an important lesson in blogging (I'm still a beginner so give me a break!!)  You should do your room reveal before all of your tutorials.  It makes for a bigger surprise :o)  I know you have seen pretty much all of this before, but since it's the reveal... I'm gonna show you again!

Just for a little before and after fun!  This is what the bathroom looked like when we moved in.

In case you are looking for the tutorials for this room you can find them here:

The Shower Curtain

The Light Fixture and Doorknob

The Artwork

The Mason Jar Organizer

Cost Breakdown

(for the thrifty-minded side of me :o)

paint- $15

Shower Curtain- $10

Mirror- Already had

Light Fixture- $3 at the restore

New Mat- $3 at a yard sale

Art- Free

Mason Jar Organizer- Free

Ceiling Art- Free

So the total for this project was $31 with the majority of it going to the paint which I have over 3/4 gallon left for more projects!  Not a bad deal huh!?

Boog is back home now and improving day by day.  We are just in the process of adjusting back to normal.  It was nice to have a project to do once they went to bed.  It is seriously some sort of weird therapy for me.  I can't wait for you to see some of the projects that I have going on around here.  It is taking all of my restraint not to put a picture down here!!

Love you guys!!

Katie

Linky Party Love

Monday

Lines Across My Face,Dittle Dattle,C.R.A.F.T.,Sumo's Sweet Stuff,Keeping it Simple,Singing Three Little Birds,

                                                              Embellishing Life Everyday,Pinkkopotamus,Around Tuit,Craft-O-Maniac, Life Made Lovely, The Girl Creative, Skip to my Lou

Between Naps on the Porch

Wednesday

Ginger Snap Crafts,Night Owl Crafting,Blue Cricket Design,Someday Crafts,My Girlish Whims,seven thirty three

Polka Dots on Parade,Creations by Kara,Sew Woodsy,Goodbye City, Hello Suburbs,Sew Much Ado,

Saved by Suzy,Primitive and Proper, Sweet Peas and Bumblebees, Lil Luna, Fireflies and Jellybeans

Thursday

The Shabby Creek Cottage, Saved by Love Creations, The 36th Avenue, A Glimpse Inside, House of Hepworths

The Idea Room

Friday

At the Picket Fence, Creation Corner, A Little Knick Knack, Delicate Construction, Fingerprints on the Fridge

The Shabby Nest, 

Pocket Full of Pink

Playing Catch Up on some Features!!

While we were in the hospital, these three AWESOME blogs featured a few of my projects!  

So now I am playing Catch Up... Make sure to check 'em out!!

Crafting my Way to Success featured my No Sew Shower Curtain on her A Round Tuit Party!  Check it out Here.

Craptastic Katie also featured my No Sew Shower Curtain!  I love that my crap is craptastic :o)

You can find that Here

Release Me Create featured my Fall Lighbulb Vase!  This is such a fun site!  You can find it Here.

Thanks so much to these wonderful blogs and, yes, my paintbrush is already back in my hand :o)

Katie

A Break in the Hospital

I am writing from the couch in our room at the wonderful Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. While it seemed that Boog was getting better, her body was actually getting worse.

The day after Halloween her fever snuck up to 104 again. After every dose of tylenol it would shoot right back up. She was just as lethargic (nearly unresponsive) as before. So the next day, for the 3rd time in 2 weeks, we took her to the doctor for it. They told us she had probably just caught another virus since her immune system was down, but decided to do some bloodwork just in case.

Another hospital visit to get blood work and home we went.

About 3 hours later we got a call that we needed to go pick up a strong antibiotic and if we were unable to get a whole dose in her we needed to take her to the ER. She, of course, spit it directly back in our face, so off to CHOA we went.

That was Wednesday. We are still here. As it turns out she had a bad kidney infection and she was severly dehydrated. After lots of pokes and prods, the fever has been gone for 12 hours and they have unhooked her from her IV. I am so thankful to see sneaks and peaks of my little girl back. After 2 weeks she is smiling, giggling, and blabbing her sweet little mouth off again.

If her fever stays away and we can get her to swallow a dose of her antibiotics, we should be discharged sometime tomorrow afternoon.

I am so thankful to live in a country where she can get this kind of treatment and in a city with a hospital as wonderful as CHOA. What a blessing.

Thank you to all who have been praying for us and for all of the calls and emails. She is a blessed and loved little girl.

Projects will resume upon arrival at home :o) I am missing my paintbrush. I thought about painting the hospital room, but I wasn't sure if they would appreciate it or not :o)

Have a wonderful weekend!!
Katie