harry potter birthday party: preparation (painting)

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probably the thing i put the most effort into, aside from the cauldron cakes
got both ideas from some other blogs that held some SUPER epic harry potter parties
(have the links saved somewhere but don't have them atm)

basically, i knew i really wanted to paint the platform 9 3/4 sign (lol)
and maybe even emulate the brick wall that they run through

Basically just bought a piece of maroon cardboard from the newsagency
Had a bunch of paint leftover from my scrapbooking days - just needed black, white and gold - so i didn't even need to spend money on that
final step was just to print out a picture of the sign from the movies


started out with a faint pencil sketch


then painted from inside to outside
so started with the logo, before moving on to the edges and the lettering



final product:

for the brickwall, i just bought a 2m piece of calico
then painted the bricks with a piece of red and black paint
before splattering the leftover paint (diluted with water) to make some splatters
super fun!

unfortunately, i didn't take a picture of the final product for the brickwall
but it was awesome painting the bricks :P


i didn't allow myself to do anything for a couple of days while i finished my assignment
but yeah, super hard not thinking about it xD




donna.