Serve the Lord with gladness
If you have been reading along, you know I have been working on a mural for our church’s summer camp. Well, after many late nights of painting with the green stained fingers, elbows and even knees to show for it, the mural is finaly completed.
Hubby and I spent the majority of Sunday setting up our designated area.
I was asked to paint a bamboo forest, but they requested I keep them generic so they may be stored and reused for other occasions.
Because the panels were 11 feet long, I cleared the family room to paint them.
I had originally planned on carving the pandas out of Styrofoam, but unfortunately ordered the supplies a little too late and they did not arrive on time. So instead, I scratched that idea and painted them onto Styrofoam board (I purposely cropped my eyes as it was 2:00am and you can definitely tell I was tired).
I made approximately 25 bamboo canes out
of cardboard rolls that I had pieced together.
Transporting and preparing for set up. All of the set up
and engineering was done by hubby (thanks baby!).
We used some reeds to simulate the bamboo
grass; a brilliant idea by another volunteer.
Hubby has a hidden talent, and even though he doesn’t like to admit it, he can also draw very well. He however, is a linear artist. We are the perfect pair as I can’t draw a straight line to save my life so you can imagine how much fun I had trying to paint bamboo!
I painted a pagoda that hubby had drawn and then we suspended it from the ceiling. You can’t tell from the picture, but the panels can be seen as you walk in and as you walk out.
Even though the area looks quite small, I painted a total of 44’x12′ ….that’s a lot of green paint!
You know the feeling when you have a specific idea set in your head and it doesn’t turn out quite as you expected it? Well, because my original idea had other elements that I had to eliminate last minute, I’m not one hundred percent satisfied with it.
But regardless of my personal opinion, I am happy to know that I did this to serve the Lord and that is what is most important.
I leave you with the picture of my favourite lil’ guy….his eyes make me smile! And so do your visits!
Thanks for dropping by.
much love,
Lucy
Beautifully done!
I love this! I love to use my crafty-ness for Vacation Bible School ! I’ve built mountains, towering palm trees, paper mache shells and sea creatures … love it love it, and appreciate all the hard work and love you invested into your project it turned out wonderful Blessings, E
Well done! What a gift!
Wow! You are so talented and it is wonderful that you can bless others with your gift! Thanks for sharing. It is always uplifting to read your blog.
My heart welled up with pride and appreciation as I read over your blog…and I don’t even know you! 🙂 Thank you for giving honor to the Lord by using the talents He poured into you; you blessed not only your church family, but the community of children who will be enjoying your bamboo forest for years to come. Great job!P.S. May He “redeem” your many bottles of green paint so you can use them to paint another project.
I am amazed!! What an AWESOME job you did!!
You are so so talented, have I told you lately that I just adore everything you do?!?!?! Someday you should sell some of your work—I will be first in line! :o)
Wow! You did an amazing job!! It looks fantastic.
Ruth
Your work is beautiful and what makes it better it is from your heart!! Wish you could come over where we are! The families are going to be so blessed!
It is wonderful and I am sure the Lord and the children love it so that is all that is important.
i am so proud of you lucy you are a very talented person with so much to give to everyone keep up with your hard work and i am so proud to be your auntie lv u loads xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
It was worth the effort. The result is fantastic. Keep creating. Of course, it can get tiring and sometimes you cant really delegate this kind of work. I had the same issue when I was making a sheep costume for my kid.
But then, alls well that ends well. Do keep posting. Its great to see and learn.
Amazing! You’re therefore gifted which is fantastic that you could bless other people together with your present! Many thanks with regard to discussing. It is usually beneficial to see your site.
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