Makeover Monday: Veggie Tales Nursery
I apologize to everyone I’ve neglected in the past 8 days. I’m sorry for not meeting up with you (Jen), returning your phone calls (Darcie and Chrissy), and ignoring your emails and IMs (too many to mention).
You see, this past week, I spent an estimated 48 hours painting our church’s toddler room. And as crazy as that number might sound, it gets even crazier when you hear that I didn’t do it alone. My friend Rachel spent that much time -or more-, and Jennifer spent 20+ hours there as well.
What in the world took you so long?
I’m glad you asked. This super cuteness is what took so long:
Once again, I’m totally lame and I forgot to take ‘before’ pictures. But the walls were a very pale, very boring, aqua-gray color that had been the same for possibly a decade. I think the new room is much more inviting!
After we got the main wall colors on, the long-suffering Jennifer used to the projector to trace out all of the characters. On Friday (our last day) she traced the letters, then spent her entire day putting six (six!) coats of yellow paint on them. Bless her incredibly patient heart!
Six coats!
Rachel and I hopped back and forth working on the assorted Veggies:
And finally, around 2 am on Saturday morning, we cleaned up our mess and called it done.
The one thing I forgot to take pictures of is the rocking chairs – I made new slipcovers for them out of Veggie Tales fabric and they look super cute (if I do say so myself).
We’re also going to paint some furring strips and clothespins and make Ana’s Clip Art Rails from Knock-Off Wood. {Love her, y’all!} Those will go at either end of the room, beside the French Peas on one end
and between Junior Asparagus, Laura Carrot
and Jimmy Gourd on the other side of the room.
Won’t they be perfect for displaying the kids’ artwork? And we’ll paint them the same shade, so they’ll blend seamlessly into the bright blue skies.
I am really, really happy with the way this project turned out, and I am very thankful for good friends who suckered me into it made it super fun to do. It was a long week, but a good one!
The next dilemma? Just through the dutch door
is the nursery where babies stay, and it’s looking pretty sorry next to the newly decorated room. We’re thinking maybe Noah’s Ark…
Tags: mural, nursery, painting, Veggie Tales, Veggietales
Crafty Stuff, Makeover Monday | Heather August 23, 2010
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By Charlene@Adventures-In-Mommy-Land, August 23, 2010 @ 11:30 am
WOW I’m impressed! It looks fantastic…Great job!!
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By mary b, August 23, 2010 @ 3:38 pm
What a fabulous job!
Can’t wait to see the next project.
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By Amanda M., August 23, 2010 @ 8:11 pm
This nursery is absolutely DARLING! I have to admit when I first saw the title of the post, I thought I missed something…like there was another little R-N girl on the way!
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Heather Reply:
August 27th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
No way sister – that ship has long since sailed!
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By Christina, August 24, 2010 @ 12:32 am
Amazing! Love it~
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By Sheryl, August 24, 2010 @ 6:49 am
As Jennifer’s mom I must say , you all did a FANTASTIC job!!! It is such a welcoming room for the littlest children of God!
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Heather Reply:
August 27th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Thank you! Jennifer was AWESOME! We could never have done it without her! <3
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By Melisha, August 25, 2010 @ 9:21 am
So stinkin’ cute! What an incredible job!
I would have loved to see the kids’ faces as they came into that room for the first time. That would have easily made all that work so worth it!
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By Darcie - Such The Spot, August 25, 2010 @ 10:50 pm
Okay, okay…if that is the reason you were too busy to call me back, I can accept that.
It looks awesome. And I think you are all the more awesome for having worked so hard on it!
PS. I’m just a teensy tiny bit jealous of Jennifer for getting to spend all that time with you…
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By Jennifer, August 26, 2010 @ 10:49 am
Room turned out great!! But for the baby room, Noah’s Ark is too blah and normal. Go for something like It’s A Small World meets “Jesus loves all the little children, all the children of the world.”
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By Avonlea, June 26, 2011 @ 1:09 am
Wow, I love this! Totally cute. Very good job!
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