Lady Bug, Lady Bug Fly Away Home by SK Sartell
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SK on Elderberry
(IC: professional)
It's amazing when a client just says " just make it awesome SK. A huge sunflower mural and a little car spruces up with lady bug paint.
The Sunflower Barn and "Sunny" are finished and ready for show.
There's a first time for everything. I guess. This little old bug was going to be a real bug. Maybe not "real" but fun real.
I'm sure there are professional bug people out thee that will cringe at my interpretation of a lady bug. Oh well. Don't give an artist free license if you don't want crazy results.
I was trying to figure out how I could attach eyelashes to her pretty eyes. Lashes which would withstand tough riding and weather. Ta Da! A rubber lawn rake. Perfect. I cut them apart.
The new sexy eyelashes were then screwed to the light surrounds.
To long lashed beauties comin up...I didn't find out till much later you can actually purchase car headlight eyelashes. Don't that beat all?
Let get this girls makeup finished.
The barn was approx. 35' tall and 50' long. A free-hander painters dream. Up a ladder, down a ladder, up a ladder, down again. Repeat five million times.
The little red wagon filled with sunflowers trails behind Sunny for parades.
I used very heavy duty magnets to attach the water pipe antenna. Sunnies front license plate was of course sunflowersl
The three-D sign was a fun challenge too.
I get more paint on me than most of my projects. Hope you enjoyed our little sunshine for the day. sk
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Published April 6th, 2014 2:22 AM
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Debbi D on Jul 19, 2016Now this just made my day ! 😁 I noticed your in Oregon as I am to. I live in a small town Sweet Home just north east of Eugene. Is that your store ? I would love to come by and visit ...... My first car was a 1973 bug and now I'm driving the new Beetle Bug ! Wish I kept that old yellow bug !! Wonderful job and what a great way to make people SMILE !! ✌ 🐞
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SK on Elderberry on Jul 19, 2016Hi Debbie, Nice to have you visit. This barn is actually outside of Monmouth, Oregon. I have since moved to the Canadian Montana border way the heck up in the Idaho panhandle. My studio is nearing completion and I'm happy as a clam. I haven't posted in quite a while just because of the building of a new home and all that goes with it. Sigh... SK on ELderberry http//sksartell.blogspot.com
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Debbi D on Jul 21, 2016Hi SK 😁 So I signed up for your page ! Can't wait to start getting more ideas from ya ! 😉 We almost go through Monmouth when we head to the coast on Hwy 34 ....... is it a home or a shop ? Sounds like you have found your niche in this huge world and we have found ours in tiny Sweet Home. It sounds beautiful where your living now ...... building a new life up there I wish ya nothing but enjoyment ! Something I'm starting to appreciate more and more ....... Still want to get me an old bug and BUG her out !! 💖
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SK on Elderberry on Jul 25, 2016Thanks Debbi. I'm working on my new studio's fifteen foot tall, twenty foot wide window wall. I have not taken the time to post. I will as the.projects complete. Thanks for visiting. SK on Elderberry sksartell.blogspot.com
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SK on Elderberry on Apr 02, 2017Wow. What a sweet and blessed comment. You have made my week. SK on Elderberry sksartell.blogspot.com
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