Bus Scroll Art - Rock Style!

Finally I have completed painting my Rock Style Bus Scroll Art in my husband's man cave that I alluded to in my last post!  I've been up late the last few nights to get it finished and I'm chuffed with the final result. 

I was inspired from my post "LCD All Things British" earlier in the year where I came across a music inspired Bus Scroll Art piece from Pixel Squared.

So firstly I made a list of our favourite bands including my husbands' band name.

I then chose a font I liked (Trebuchet) and got the spacing and size of all of the names looking right in a word document to come up with the final draft.....



Rock Bus Scroll by LCD


I then scaled up all of the letters in each word to fit into the space on the wall (lots of maths - love excel!) and printed them all and cut them out. (very time consuming!)

I traced around all of the letters in the band names onto the wall with a marker pen and then set about painting.

I chose a gloss acrylic paint (black and white) to paint the backdrop and lettering. The paint dried quickly and it was easy to clean up any boo boos! I needed a number of sized brushes to suit the different size lettering.

The rendered wall was a little rough in places making it tricky to keep the lettering straight!

I've really enjoyed this labour of love so Happy Belated Father's Day Hubby!

For more personalised Bus scroll Art contact LCD or you can visit Blueliquid Canvas Printing

Spring is here!

I just got my October issue of Home Beautiful and I've been enjoying flipping through the pages of another super issue.  It really has some great inspiration every month to get you thinking of an update to your home whether it is small or large!

Mara's Editorial is spot on!  Renovating is not just about profit but it's about making a house a home and making your renovation functional to suit your lifestyle!

I am always inspired by images I see and I keep these in a file so I can reference these for my own projects and for projects I'm working on.

So here's the things I've spied recently!

Molmic Ottoman available from David Jones in Batik Indigo this fabric is just gorgeous! image from DJ's Spring Catalogue

Don't forget all the beautiful Flowers that come with spring time!   So get planting! or buy some flowers to brighten a room.  Floral themes are still extremely popular and here's one that caught my eye.

I love this country style room with a homage to Laura Ashley!  and the lovely cornflower blue and white pallette! image Best Interior

I love this bumpy style grass! Not only for the look but for the low maintenance "no mow" quality! image tranquilhavens it is known as "Zoysia Tenuifolia" can create some interest in a small backyard.

Bus Scroll Art is still popular!  I've been working on a mural "music" style for my husband's man cave that I'm hoping to have finished at the end of the week so I can show you all my hard work!  A belated Father's Day pressie. image busandtramscrolls.com.au

Update on textured walls

A great modern alternative to pressed metal is a new product I ran across in the September issue of the Home Beautiful.  It is a product called 3-D board and is available from 3d-board.com.au

This great product enables you to transform your wall with a bold pattern (checkout their website to inspect the range!) and is made of lightweight bamboo fibre.

This pattern is known as "Curl Upwards" and is available from 3d-board.com.au

Pressed Metal not just for ceilings!

I've been away for some R & R at the beach and I'm back with my first post after a week or so.  I've managed to fit in some retail therapy while I was away and I've been working on a project at the coast and I've seen many gorgeous things!

I've been visiting Bed Bath N Table frequently deciding on a new quilt cover and I've spied many fabulous accessories including a mirror with a white gloss pressed metal frame that I can't stop dreaming about.  As they don't have a website you'll have to pop in there and see it for yourself! or checkout a similar item below.


This is the only image I can find of a mirror similar to that of BBNT! also available from bridge interiors

Pressed metal was traditionally used as a ceiling finish and you may have seen it in an English style pub or turn of the century building.  For some time I've been admiring the pressed metal feature wall in Nina's apartment in the TV Series Offspring and the mirror I saw reminded me of it once again. If you love Nina's Living room wall and the "embossed effect"  Here's some pictures that you might like to take a squiz at.

To see the Shield pattern and many other fabulous options checkout the link to.... http://www.pressedtinpanels.com/

ABC TV Famous chef and the cook with a gorgeous pressed metal splashback in their TV kitchen!

Pressed Metal isn't always used as a traditional finish it can also add an industrial effect to a modern space as seen in this kitchen.

Pressed metal ceiling as seen in March's studio on Domain

Party Ideas for a dinosaur party for girls

Well it's been a little hectic at my household with a very busy lead up and wind down to my 2 year old's dinosaur party!  I have to say firstly I was inspired by the pom poms at kindy that the teachers had made and I had seen them in some window displays too; and so I whizzed up a few of these for the party.  The kids love making them too and taking them home from the party.

If you haven't seen them they look a little something like this....

This is a beautiful decoration for a special party or occassion this image from Neat Things Boutique

Instructions on how to make these simple and effective decorations go to...marthastewart.com how to make tissue paper pom-poms

... even my store bought dragon/dinosaur pinjata got a pretty pom pom to wear for the party!

I wanted flowers for the party, but to give them the dinosaur treatment I put toy dinosaurs in the vase.

Flowers with the Dino touch! from my favourite florist at the Brisbane Markets - Lynch Market Flowers

The dinosaur cake by Charmaine C (Me!)

and dinosaur cupcakes by Charmaine

So now our household's recovered from the celebrations (it was my wedding anniversary too!) it's back to business. I'll be getting the Christmas turkey loaf recipe to you in the next week for sure but for now it's time for some zzzz'ss Have a great weekend!

Wish List #27 Christmas in July Dinner

Well, blogging everyday (I only missed a couple) for the last month has been fun, exhausting, challenging and I hope you enjoyed it too!

It gave me a chance to focus on a large number of my favourite things; and to share these with you throughout the whole month of July.

I had a lovely Christmas in July inspired dinner with my family last night.  Here's my turkey loaf and the table set festively with green and red.

Christmas in July table and Turkey Loaf

The turkey loaf was scrumptious and I promise to share the recipe tomorrow, but for now I'm exhausted so I'm going to have an early night!

So I hope you've enjoyed the last month of Wish List posts as much as I've enjoyed blogging and I'm hoping to report on some more projects during August.

Wish List #26 Dramatic Colour and Design

This is bolder than bold, a touch of glam and some wild thrown in! I'm talking about the images to inspire you to take your interior to the next level. 

The reason for this is I'm getting ready for a few friends to drop by and watch the Lady Gaga concert tonight on GO! So I must dash off to attempt a wild hairstyle for tonight so enjoy the images....

These green mosaic tiles are dazzling with the gold accent tiles a feature like a glittering grotto image tilesamerica.com

Dramatic Red walls with an oversize chandelier what could be more glamorous and edgy? image theluxhome.com

This silver bar makes a grand statement like a sculpture in the middle of the room image pujidesign.com