I worked my rump off in an attempt to actually be in the “somewhere resembling done” zone when Thanksgiving came ’round. And I did! First I blotched and sponged until the kitchen was a cool browny-greeny-maroony blend.
Then I borrowed a projector from work to lay out the white lines but since my kitchen is a limited space I had to find creative ways to place the projector to get the lines where they were supposed to go. Please note projector in oven.
After I traced the lines (which looked like this):
I took these crazy-complicated stencils that I cut (the foot is in there for size reference):
And sponged them in their correct places and poof! Massive amounts of progress!
Next, trees with magenta branches. Very exciting.