Ombre Wall

Are you guys digging my new blog look?? I loooooove it, so bright and fun, just like me!

I am so not talented enough to do it, but Tara from PIPDesigns is, so please stop by and check her out!

It seriously took me 4 days to finish this one project.

At least it turned out fabulous :)

We are were leaving today to go and visit some of these...

at Sea World of course, not in their natural habitat :)

I HAD to do one last long run before my half next weekend, so I painted, busted out 10 miles, and pulled down tape. 

Plus I still had to pack, but I forgot my computer battery cord :( Bummer, hopefully I get this post done before it dies because I'm dying to share my wall with y'all!

My ombre wall tutorial:

I started out buying 5 quarts of Martha Stewart paint. I was doing a pretty large wall so I didn't think the sample sizes would cover it. 

I divided my wall into 5 sections and started by painting my lightest color slightly lower than my 18 inch measurement. I did this so when you tape off the first stripe the color underneath is the same.

Wait for it to dry and tape it off with a laser level.

Then to get perfect stripes use the same color and paint on the bottom half of the tape so any bleed through will be the same color.

Repeat for each color.

This does take a while because you have to let each stripe dry before you tape it off.

Totally worth it.

Ahhhh I love me a bold wall. 

Sorry this pic is kinda dark, I was trying to get some pictures snapped while my Husband was yelling at me to hurry up and get ready so we could leave :) Men.

The colors I used were {in order} 

{Martha Stewart}

Rosewater

Lavender Verbena

Violet Aster

Grape Jelly Bean

Plum Wine

If you have any questions feel free to email me! 

I plan to do a fun gallery wall on here when I'm back in the Dallas, but the next couple days are devoted to this cutie....