I recently had the pleasure of helping to decorate the nursery walls for sweet, adorable, little Gracie! Gracie's Mom had seen a similar image in the Pottery Barn kids magazine, so she contacted BloomingBudsVA to help her bring this vision to life...
I had a couple of challenges ahead of me, since they are a military family, and would most likely be moving soon. I had to come up with an easy way to transport all of the branches and flowers, and then make them easy to re-install (for Gracie's Mom). After some brainstorming, I decided to make each flower detachable with Velcro (so they could be packed separately from the branches,) and I also made instructions (a diagram) of where each branch and flower should be placed- for easy re-mounting. Command strips were used for mounting the branches on the wall- these strips are adhesive, so they leave no damage and are easy to remove and re-stick :)
I'm always up for a challenge, and this was certainly a fun change of pace, check it out... Oh, and it's all PAPER!
It was a tedious process that included lots and lots of hot glue...
paper...
tracing and cutting...
and wine! tehe
Measuring, assembling, and configuring instructions for mounting-
Each branch was labeled with a letter A-Z and each flower a number 1-21. It was basically a puzzle.
INSTALLATION DAY!
time to unwrap and start mounting...
quick like ninja
pass me another flower, seriously...
hehe
a ladybug for luck
that's a wrap (almost)
*In retrospect I see one branch that needs to come lower... which is soo simple- the Command strips allow each branch to be easily adjusted- whew! Saved (sorry, don't mind my OCD!)
Hope you like the new addition to your room Gracie!
Awesome, great job!
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