Space invaders on my walls!
During the past few days I've been working on my new work room at home (you know, that dirty/dark place full of books, papers, computers and a lot of dust). I've been moving everything from one room to the other, as the previous one was quite big and we are going to use it for something else.
This weekend my gf and me were working on something really funny for that room. We just put some blik space invaders stickers on one of the walls of that new work room.
If you would like to see the result of our work (with some amazing pictures of it of course) just keep reading this post.
So, let's start from the end. Let me show you a picture of the room once we finished putting the stickers on one of the walls (do not pay attention to the mess on the table, I was working on that at that time):
Getting to that point was easy, it was just a matter of following some simple steps:
First (obviously): Get some space invaders stickers
Just go to your favourite online shop (http://www.whatisblik.com/shop/explore for example) and buy some stickers.
HINT: If you are living in spain, you can get them from planetapluton too.
Second: Choose a wall to put the stickers on it
In my case, I just choose the wall I'll be facing when working at home, so I can play some space invaders during worktime! ;D:
HINT: The bigger the wall, the funniest to put the stickers on it, as you will have plenty of space to put them in the order you want.
Third: Think about the layout carefully
Before getting into action, it is a good idea to use a flat surface to play a little bit with the stickers and think about the layout you would like to put on the wall. This is one of the layouts I was considering:
HINT: If you have enough space, using the floor would be a good idea. I had to use the table because this room is a little bit tiny and I had no way to spread them all over the floor.
Fourth: Squeegee your stickers!
The stickers came between two plastic protectors. One of them you will have to squeegee/rub before actually putting the sticker on the wall, the other one when the sticker is on the wall to fix it (you can learn more about this process in the booklet that comes with the stickers).
In that booklet you can read you should use something like a credit card or a rubber spatula but (hint) you can use your passport too ;D
Anyway, if you don't want to damage it a lot, use one of those supermarket partnership cards (they are cheaper to replace).
Fifth: Remove the back protector
Once you've rubbed the stickers enough, you have to remove the plastic protector on the back (the white one) and you have to do it very carefully, keeping an eye on the sticker and taking care of it staying in the transparent protector (the big sticker) and not in the white one:
As I've said, you have to do this step very carefully. If you notice that the sticker is staying on the white protector, put it back to where it was and rub the sticker some more time until it works.
Sixth: Put the stickers on the wall
Once you've removed the white protector, you will have a big square-shaped sticker (transparent one) with the actual space invaders sticker in it. Now you only have to put that sticker on the wall and rub it again to get the sticker perfectly fixed to the wall:
When you finish rubbing the sticker, you have to remove the transparent big sticker, and the actual invader sticker will remain fixed to the wall:
Just keep putting all the stickers in place (following your pre-planned layout) until you finish. With the blik stickers you even get some missiles, so use your imagination to put them in some strange or original places/positions:
Finally: The result!
And this leads us back to the beginning (or was it the end? o_O!):
I love the result, how the stickers look on that wall. I'm sure it will be really nice to look up and see the invaders coming in one of those moments while working when I get stuck on some code and I can't go on until that problem is solved. Sometimes something that cheers you up helps a lot. Don't you agree? ;D