My nieces recently painted their rooms and got highly creative with the stenciling! I am so used to painting my birch tree stencil in white but I was so surprised when my sister-in-law sent me this picture of a blue/turquoise tree with stickers adorning the branches! I like that she allowed my niece’s creative vision to go free. There is another purple tree in the room now and purple monkeys patterned on the closet doors!
Inspiration
Inspiring artists, images, shows,etc..
As soon as my husband, Cary, saw the Bigfoot stencil, he had to have a shirt. We didn’t have any blank shirts, so we took his old Jagermeister staff shirt, some Sprayer in Black..the bigfoot stencil and the deer stencil (for an extra touch of antlers)..he’s got a new shirt! That’s what we call recycling! Oh boy…I just thought about the two bags of shirts in the closet..gotta go!! -Elaine
My friend Casey Maher is a very gifted graphic designer and masters exhibition design. He recently asked me to design some super oversized custom stencils for an exhibit Building Connections: Exhibition of K-12 Design Work at the Center for Architecture and it was my pleasure. One image I enjoyed making a stencil of was the Brooklyn Bridge. Check out the exhibit here on Casey’s site and his site, ThisWilKillThat, will show you his full range of skills.
Why a Ranchero Stencil? Well, this is not any Ranchero, it is a 1976 Ford Ranchero Squire and there were only about 900 made that year. It was also my Father’s car and now it is mine. It is my best memory of my Dad so if you use this stencil, please paint it proud!
Hand-made cards make the perfect presentation for gifts on Christmas! Using some of our mini stencils, my friends and I sat down and made these cards. We used some acrylic paints, a brush, and some blank Strathmore cards with deckled color edging. Happy Holidays from Stencil1!
Amy Sedaris took part in the BUST Craftacular and I was there to stick my fat head in this picture and get her book I Like You autographed. I told her about Stencil1 and she checked out the stencils and said she liked the Pine Branch. I pegged her for more of the retro stuff, who knew. Anyway, she looked hot and was being insane and funny. And her book is genius, quite the bang for your buck. Yay.
Polaroid photo credit: Jason Rodgers