here in tennessee, a young lady unafraid of insects is highly regarded.  (the jones boys, for example, will always seek the girl in the crowd who can bait her own hook.)  this particularly brave young miss requested a wall crawling with lady bugs and other (friendly) six-legged creatures.  her lovely mom visualized the design, and provided the paints from fabulous serena & lily…all we had to do was show up with our brushes and execute her plan.  (clearly this was a situation that required the aid of my talented friend lauren keras.)

 first, stripes and a sort of in-and-out trellis:

then, lauren unleashed the critters:

(better photos of the completed room coming soon…)(and yes, of course, the fireflies are finished with a layer of glow-in-the-dark paint.)