Wall Art

I am just in love with the idea of writing on my walls!  I had done a Scripture above the arch on my dining room in our other house and it was my first time to write on my walls and it hooked me!  I did it the hard way:
I printed my verse on regular copy paper (a few words on each page in a very LARGE sized FONT) and taped together my lengths of paper to make a 44” long banner. Then I used the old-fashioned type carbon paper that was used to make duplicates in old-fashioned typewriters. I taped with painter tape the carbon paper then my verse banner I had printed out on top of that. All taped and centered, I used a soft blunt pencil and traced the outline of the letters onto the wall. Then after removing the pattern and carbon (tracing paper) I used a thick black permanent marker and colored in the letters. I can say I used a LOT (many more than just ONE) of black permanent markers to complete the verse I lettered over our dining room archway, but I felt much more in control of the artwork using the marker than a brush and paint.
For the new house - we only have plank wood walls with a KlearKote on them.  Carpenter is very un-fond of paint!  I will have to say the raw wood is very interesting with every piece having different knot formations and streaks and colors.  I am having fun trying to get my decor all wrapped up into this "raw wood" look. 
Trying not to be obsessed with the wall art - sheeesh! - I like it so much I keep thinking of ideas where I can put it next!  Too much of a good thing is too much! I have found the EASY way this time around - The Fruitful Vine Lady - this beautiful easy to install lettering can be custom made for just for you!   So I splurged for my birthday and made it big.  It graces our BIG main room in the house - and can be seen from the front entry and is placed up over the sliding doors that go out the back way.

The Scripture is from Psalm 147:13-14 - This picture (lighting was funny - below pictures is much truer to what our walls look like)  is before the ceiling was installed - I get so antsy to give the house "my touch" I always get the "cart before the horse" - Carpenter says "This house could use a woman's touch" - and I smile and get warm fuzzies inside.  I love making a house a home. The ceiling and lights have been installed since - isn't it beautiful?

I've also used Fruitful Vines lettering - and put it on a few signs for the bathrooms and on glass apothecary jars in my bathroom.  Hopefully some pictures later of where I am sneaking in these letters I love!

Yes! It goes on anything - wood, glass,porcelain, mirrors and more!  Now you know why I have to restrain myself and not put it on everything!  It also has the great advantage of coming off with no damage to the surface - why would I want to remove it though?!?  But that was a good selling point as Carpenter did not want the wood tarnished if we needed to take it down.  There is a lot of work inside those wooden walls! 

“Therefore ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, . . .and ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou

liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates.”  Deuteronomy 11:18a,19,20