2018 Summer Photo Contest Winners

CONGRATULATIONS to all of our Winners!!

But the BIGGEST round of applause goes to our

1st Place Winner

Heather Bryan with the Wakulla County Public Library, Crawfordville, FL

Forest Friends Paint-by-Number Mural

Heather and the Wakulla County Public Library win $250 or a FREE Custom Mural ($400 value)

 

"We ordered our murals to add a theme to a new children's room in our Library.  Most of the staff took turns painting and worked on it together.  It was so easy and so much fun.  We actually turned our mural into a bit of a team building project.  Now the murals are complete and give our new children's room that special touch that makes it so inviting for all of the children that come to visit.  Our Library is a small, rural library in North Florida with a staff of seven people.  We focus a lot on our children's programs and establishing with youngsters in our community that the library is a fun and safe place to explore and learn.  We live in what is known as the Wilderness Coast, so having our woodland animals right there in our children's room is such a fun representation of where we live and play."

 

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Shawn Carver - Nashville,TN 

Trio of Surfboards Paint-by-Number Mural

"From start to finish this project became a labor of love. After moving into our home 5 years previously, we immediately began re-painting, re-modeling, and making it our own. However the one room that seemed to be forgotten was our 10 year olds bedroom. So after 5 years and her finally bringing it up to us, we decided it was time. She had previously mentioned wanting a tropical theme, so I went on the search. After scouring the net and Pinterest for ideas, I ran across Elephants on the wall. We took measurements and figured out what image would work best. We placed our order and planned our attack. Once our mural arrived, I got started on her dream. I’m not going to lie and say there were not times that I thought I had bitten off a little more than I could chew. Long story short, I persevered and you can see the results." 

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Theresa White - Tyler, Texas

Over the Fence Gang Paint-by-Number Mural

"I have two murals but the other one isn’t finished yet.  Just love them both! I am remodeling the garage and in the process of preparing a room to keep kids for child care.These murals were chosen for the farm theme effect that I am preparing. Not quite finished or I’d Submitted sooner…and have better pics. It’s been a lot of fun! Thanks!" 

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Kaitlyn Large - Silver Spring, MD

 

"When I first found out I was pregnant, I knew I wanted to do a gender-neutral jungle theme for my child's room. Since I am not artistically inclined, but I am able to pay attention to detail-- this mural was perfect! Since the room is small, I decided to break up the mural into several pieces throughout the room. This allowed us to fill the room with furniture, without having about blocking any of the mural fun. I have received tons of compliments on my mural. No one can believe my mother and I painted it ourselves." 

I paired this mural with the following: 

Lambs and Ivy Noah Sheet

Summer Infant Ultra Plush Character Changing Pad, Monkey

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Erin Crozier - Philomath, OR

Birch Tree Silhouettes Paint-by-Number Mural

"We love our birches mural so much!  It was a labor of love painting it on the textured walls of our nursery (in hindsight we wish we had figured out how to refinish the walls first!), but so, so worth it.  We repeated the pattern two and a half times, reversing it and altering parts so the repetitions wouldn't be obvious.  We wrapped it around a corner so that his crib nestles right inside.  Our son has stared at it since his first few weeks of life, and he gets to go to sleep in a forest every night."

Other items in the picture:

DaVinci Jayden crib, Bedtime Originals Friendly Forest bedding and our beloved stuffed bear that my wife has had since she was a little girl  :)

 

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Marsha Snitker 
Bell, MO

"We have been painting our class rooms at church. This was the first mural I have painted. So much fun and turned out beautiful. The kids love it!"

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Heather Bryan with Wakulla County Public Library - Crawfordville, FL

"We ordered our murals to add a theme to a new children's room in our Library.  Most of the staff took turns painting and worked on it together.  It was so easy and so much fun.  We actually turned our mural into a bit of a team building project.  Now the murals are complete and give our new children's room that special touch that makes it so inviting for all of the children that come to visit.  Our Library is a small, rural library in North Florida with a staff of seven people.  We focus a lot on our children's programs and establishing with youngsters in our community that the library is a fun and safe place to explore and learn.  We live in what is known as the Wilderness Coast, so having our woodland animals right there in our children's room is such a fun representation of where we live and play." 

 

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