stencil no. 3

Ooops, I did it again... I stenciled a wall!

Stenciling's got me hooked. I love it.
If you asked me, it's a pretty economical way to dress up those white walls that can easily become boring and that horrify me. Love wallpaper? Can't afford it? Stenciling is a pretty good alternative for wallpaper in my opinion.

The process to make your own stencil isn't that complicated (this comes from someone with quite some experience handling the exacto knife).  It took me a few YouTube videos only to get it. Depending on how thick the Acetate is, the paint might cause it to curl up, wich makes this stenciling thing tricky. It's a little time consuming waiting for it to dry completely before re-using it again (what I do) or you could continue stenciling away without waiting for this as long as you are really careful to place the stencil flat on the wall and making sure there are no drippings on the back of it. Quite tricky, I know.

So here it is, my very third stenciled wall. I used a cool color this time just because I want to get me out of my confort zone with warm colors. The only thing is: that bold RED couch in the living room is out of tone now!  But that can easily be fixed with a sofa cover I guess.

Take a look at Stencil No. 2.

Stencil No. 3 A Moroccan pattern with seaport blue paint.

Boring wall before stencil...

This is the type of art...

...that brightens up my day.
I thought I should share. ...After so long of inactivity around here!
You can find out more about Conrad Roset and his amazing work on his website!

A little Awareness work

One of the first assignments given to me a few months back -- a book cover design for the employee cookbook that Women's Health Advantage put together to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness. Three months later, I can say that the project is finally finalized!

It certainly feels good to cross items out of your mental pending list, but most importantly it feels good to see one's designs going towards causes like this. I'm not only happy to be part of the agency that made this possible -- Ad Lab Advertising, but also honored to be part of such nice projects like this.

In order to make the printing of this book possible and affordable, Women's Health Advantage decided to use an online service dedicated to the printing of personal cookbooks. This made possible for the  book to be only 10 dollars with 5 dollars being donated to the American Cancer Society!