Where's My Beret? Artist At Work!

Seriously, lightning might strike me for using the word "artist" in reference to myself, even in jest. I have ZERO creative ability--can't draw, can't sew or quilt, can't knit, can't even WALK in a straight line, much less paint one--but a lot of time on my hands this month, which is a dangerous combination. So last night, I dared to attempt my first big move in the Candy-Themed Playroom realm last night: the jellybean tree.

One thing I am good at is stealing ideas off the internet and adapting them to my own purposes; and for this reason, I'll do the "how-to" bit in case anyone is interested in doing this themselves. I hate it when I find something cool online and there's no explanation of how it got that way. How am I supposed to rip off your ideas, then??

I decided that using an overhead projector and/or making stencils would be giant pain, so I opted to tape off the tree instead. Since it's all straight lines, it's not too hard:

I used a small can of regular brown semi-gloss paint (which was a waste of $12 because a small bottle of acrylic paint from Michael's would have sufficed--I barely used any of the can). Here's what it looked like when I peeled off the tape. I later used an angled paint brush to connect the branches where the gaps from the tape are:

The green lines and the multi-colored jellybeans are freehand, because I tried making a stencil and found it, indeed, to be a pain in the bootie. (In addition to my questionable artistic ability, I also lack the patience to do anything too painstaking.) All are done with acrylic paints from Michael's. Sorry about the stuff in the way--the tree trunk is actually straight, but the stepladder nearby makes it look crooked.

The whole shabang, including taping off the tree, took about 4 hours. Not bad!

Now, to the dilemma: I think it might need more jellybeans to make it look fuller, and maybe the words "jellybean tree" stenciled above it in cute font (because it's not obvious to the naked eye that they are, in fact, jellybeans, and not Easter eggs or fruit or whatever). Greg disagrees and says to leave it as-is. I'm leaving it alone for now to think it over. Any votes?

By the way, here's the original "inspiration" for the tree:

I'd love to include the bird, but fear it's beyond my capabilities at this time!