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How to paint a star ceiling… Simple tips from an experienced night sky painter.

beautiful night sky

How sweet is this view?

Go on… tell me you wouldn’t just love to drift off to sleep under a scene like this on a nightly basis.

Sleeping under the stars can certainly be awe inspiring, romantic, or an amazingly peaceful and relaxing experience… but annoying things can also get in the way too. Things like the distance you’d need to travel to get to that perfect location, timing it just right so a bright moon doesn’t rain down loads of light into an otherwise perfect night sky, then there’s rain, cold and so many kinds of insects, both flying and crawling, that can definitely put a damper on the experience.

But, fret not… there’s a way that you can enjoy a beautiful star-filled night sky, every night if you’d like, and avoid

 

 

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A Tale of Two Customers

There was a customer who did, there was a customer who didn’t. To the customer who did… all the difference was made.

What do I mean? Here, let me explain…

Customer #1 Black FaceCustomer #1 

Customer #1 got excited when he found my night sky DIY stencil guide kit. He called me up, asked some good questions, also got a price for ME to paint a mural for him, then decided that ordering a DIY kit was easier on his budget. He was excited. You see, his girlfriend’s birthday was coming up and he wanted to give her the universe… or at least a small part of it.

I sent the kit out to him right away and was I excited to hear back from him on how it went, and how his girlfriend had liked it. Instead of contacting me,  he started posting negative things all over the Internet, saying

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Glow in the Dark vs Fluorescent paint

Glow in the Dark & Fluorescent  – There’s a difference

Glow in the dark vs fluorescent
Glow vs Fluorescent

I hear people say, or ask, quite often, if the paint that I use in my Night Sky Murals or in the DIY stencil kits is fluorescent? I usually ask, “Do you mean Glow in the dark or Fluorescent?” Most of the time I will get an answer similar to this, “Ummm, aren’t they the same thing?”

Actually, they aren’t, so I thought

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Stencil kit

The Art of Stencil Painting a Night Sky Mural

The Art of Stencil Painting a Night Sky Mural

(If you would like to skip the little rant, then jump down about halfway on the page)

I was looking around at articles on stencil painting and I just couldn’t help myself from falling asleep. Why must everyone take something that has potential for fun, then kill the excitement with monotone text? Come on… creating an amazing, finished product is supposed to be fun for an individual, or even the whole family. That’s one reason that I decided to start offering a DIY stencil kit. I realized that, sometimes, people just want to be more involved in the creation process. Anyway, I will include a few

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Dad uses DIY stencil to paint night sky – blows family away.

(Editors note: I realize this is long, but I think that you’ll see it is worth the read)

Jeff,

Your DIY stencil kit is awesome! I just wanted to write a note to tell you how much I appreciate you offering your kit for those of us who aren’t able to haPicture of night sky painting using Night Sky Murals DIY kitve the work professionally done by you. I did extensive research on all the other stencil painting, star kits on the market before I purchased your kit. I’m sure you already know this, but what you offer is

 

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