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I will spray paint anything that will hold still long enough for me to do so.

January 8, 2010 16 Comments

I don’t know what these ugly-ass shrubs are called, but they are all over the place here in So Cal. However. they have these fabulous little berries that grow in clumps on them. Did you know that you can paint live plants? Yep. I don’t remember what the original color of this little metal piece […]

Filed Under: project du jour, spray paint, Sticks

Thanksgiving Decor Wrap-Up

November 30, 2009 26 Comments

I mentioned that I’ve been a bit busy with my Thanksgiving preparations. We had 20 people for Thanksgiving dinner. My dining room seats 8 people comfortably (…. 10 people uncomfortably). We needed to move things out to the patio. Since we live in Southern California, this is usually a safe move. However, our patio just […]

Filed Under: Holidays, project du jour, spray paint, Thanksgiving

Easy monogrammed ornaments.

November 10, 2009 35 Comments

Make pretty, monogrammed ornaments. Take horrible, plastic, over-sized ornaments from the Dollar Store…. Spray paint them, add a monogram and liberally apply glitter….  Ta-da! To do this, I used a Cricut (calligraphy cartridge) and black cardstock.** I watered down a little ModPodge in a shallow dish, then floated the cut letter in there for a […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, glitter, Holidays, Mod Podge, project du jour, spray paint, winter

Glittered pumpkins on upcycled pedestal stands.

November 8, 2009 27 Comments

glitter, pumpkin, pedestal, thankful, autumn, white, ribbons, silver, thanksgiving, decor

As I try to promote my new business, a friend suggested I come to her Holiday Boutique. I could hand out brochures and business cards.  Cool. But I figured I should have a little something to sell, too…. and that whatever I sold should be a re-done/re-worked/re-purposed something or other. Here are a few of […]

Filed Under: Autumn, Before and After, craft time, Crafts, Fall, Holidays, project du jour, Pumpkins, spray paint, Thanksgiving

What the heck is an online Spray Paint Party?

March 25, 2009 5 Comments

A few weeks ago I stumbled across a blog I really like: Thrifty Decor Chick I thought, “Wow! This is awesome. Here is a girl who thinks like I do…. re-purpose, re-use, re-finish, etc.” She loves Goodwill and yard sales, and she shares my love of spray paint. Little did I know, that there is […]

Filed Under: project du jour, quirkiness, spray paint, very cool, Well it's news to me

Yeah, I’m cheap and easy. What of it?

March 19, 2009 1 Comment

~~~~~~~~UPDATED/REVISED 3/31/09~~~~~~~~~~I am so in love with Thrifty Decor Chick and the crafty blogging community, I just had to submit another post for her Spray Paint Party. I know I posted this a few weeks ago, and I’m late (again) to the party, but I liked this project and wanted to share…~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m kind of […]

Filed Under: project du jour, quirkiness, spray paint, very cool

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