2024 Summer Photo Contest Winners
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FIRST PLACE
Vicki Conner
Lotsa Toys Paint-by-Number Wall Mural
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Second Place
Leah Sparks
Bear-ly Fishing' AND Trainin' in Alaska
(NOTE: Leah contacted me to see how she could get the two murals to work together as one large mural. It turns out there were only a few small changes I had to make to the mural to work perfectly together! )
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THIRD PLACE
Jennifer Kopp
Mega Soccer Paint-by-Number Wall Mural
"My son is a pre-teen and wanted his bedroom updated. His only requests were to have a soccer room with a hammock (LOL). So I searched google and Pinterest for ideas. I stumbled across the soccer ball mural on Elephants on the Wall. I was skeptical at first as the website appeared to be geared more towards nurseries. However, I am sooooo glad that I tried it - and so is my son!
My experience from start to finish:
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The mural was separated into 4 pieces that needed the carbon transfer paper attached and then lined up on the wall. Making sure it was lined up exactly was hard and needed 2 people with how massive it was being 8ft. My only ASK is why it couldn't have been 1 sheet instead of 4? I would take the crease lines of folding it up over having to line it up.
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Painting within the lines brought me back to elementary school... LOL. But it was a lot of fun. I found that I dont have as steady of a hand as I had hoped. But every imperfection I could see, being 10 inches away while painting, was completely unnoticeable when standing anywhere else in the room.
The overall result was nothing short of amazing!
This room feels like a teen bedroom and will last for years."
Jennifer Kopp