Spray Painted Dollar Store Pumpkin Topiary

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Oct 032012

I love the styrofoam pumpkins but boy are they expensive! I found some foam pumpkins at the dollar store but didn’t care for the color. So I made them over these dollar store pumpkins with spray paint and vinyl into a Pumpkin Topiary.

Supplies:

Dollar Store Pumpkins
Spray Paint (gold, silver, black)
Skewer
Sparkle Mod Podge (optional)
Vinyl

Directions:

Spray paint two coats on each pumpkin.
Cut out Halloween shapes on the Silhouette and adhere to the pumpkins. I had issues with the spider and web and so I adhered them with Sparkle Mod Podge.
Poke the skewer in the bottom of the first pumpkin, trough the top and middle of the second pumpkin on the top of the bottom pumpkin.

The great thing about these pumpkins, you can turn them around and they can be displayed at Thanksgiving.

A Jewelry Stand Makeover and a BIG Announcement!

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Sep 242012

Last weekend my friend Laura from pinkcakeplate.com and I went to the Junk in the Trunk show. I didn’t find much but I did find this cool stand which I would think people would use for jewelry. At least that is what I was going to use it for.

I gave it a little love by lightly sanding it and spray painting it!

Cute, right?! But that is not the big news, the big news is the Clever Tween and I have opened up our own little Etsy shop selling charm bracelets and other jewelry at CleverPinkCharm.com! We’ve been working for months together designing, photographing and well just having fun! We wanted to wait until we had a good inventory established before opening it up.

It really started when we wanted to make a few charm bracelets for ourselves. Then it became an obsession that we realized we had to share or we would soon be broke, lol.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Turquoise Rose Cameo Necklace Blue Cameo Necklace

Crafty DIY Girl Charm Bracelet w/ Mint Colored Beads and Sewing Machine, Kitchen Mixer, Hammer, Camera, Yarn Charms and More Crafty Gal Bracelet ~ This one features charms that show the crafty DIY Gal’s personality w/ everything from a sewing machine to tools!

Beach Themed Charm Bracelet w/ Sea Horse, Shell and Starfish Charms

A day at the beach charm bracelet, one of the Clever Tween’s favorites

OOAK Tibetan Silver Eiffel Tower Charm Beaded Earrings

Afternoon in Paris earrings and charm bracelet

Afternoon in Paris Charm Bracelet w/ Eiffel Tower, Camera, Dress & More OOAK

I’d love if you took a look at CleverPinkCharm.com to see if there was anything you liked!

DIY Spray Paint Projects Roundup

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Sep 082012

I’m finishing the week of Spray Paint w/ these awesome spray paint projects & tutorials from some of my favorite crafty bloggers! As much as I would love to say I’ve spray painted everything, I haven’t but these projects are definitely on my to do list!

Faux Metal Wall Art/Suzys Artsy Craftsy Sitcom #crafts #diy #recycle #wall art

http://suzyssitcom.com/2012/08/faux-metal-wall-art-including-free-patterns.html

Would you believe me if I told you the above wall decor was actually paper towel tubes? It’s true! Suzy’s Artsy Craftsy Sitcom shares how to make these using the paper towel tubes and spray paint. She also offers the free patterns on how to do it!

http://lollyjane.com/how-to-distress-furniture-with-spray-paint-and-a-sander/

The girls at Lolly Jane show how you can easy you can create distressed look on furniture w/ spray paint and a sander. I haven’t tried this method of distressing, can’t wait to try it!

http://www.thevspotblog.com/2011/05/yes-you-can-spray-paint-tissue-paper.html

The V Spot Blog, a girl after my own cheap heart shares that you can save money on fancy tissue paper and in fact spray paint tissue paper!

http://www.freestylinbeth.com/2012/05/folding-chairs-and-the-power-of-spray-paint.html

Free Stylin Beth shares this before and after of spray painted school chairs w/ maps mod podged on top. *LOVE*

http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2012/06/fresh-look-diy-faux-fenton-hobnail-milk.html

I’ve seen people make faux milk glass but I haven’t tried it, now i’m happy to have a source to do it!

How to Make Chevron Rug

http://savedbylovecreations.com/2011/09/spray-painted-chevron-stencil-rug.html

Saved by Love Creations shares this cute spray painted Chevron rug. I just bought a plain white rug from Ikea, I can’t wait to spray paint it now!

http://www.alwaysexpectmoore.com/2011/07/little-red-sewing-chair-with-krylon.html

Have you ever wanted an easy way to completely makeover an old chair? Always Expect Moore shares how to do it include an easy way to recover the seat cushion!

http://betterlifebags.com/2011/07/08/basket-design-painted-baskets-with-kryon-dual-spray-paint/

This is such a cute idea, spray painted baskets for decor from Better Life Bags! I see these all the time at thrift stores, can’t wait to try them!

http://settingforfour.blogspot.com/2012/07/diy-french-label-trivet-hot-pad.html

I love making things over from the dollar stores and Setting For Four shares how to make this w/ a place mat, a sharpie and some spray paint primer!

http://cherishedbliss.com/2012/08/back-to-school-chalkboard.html

Can you believe I have never used chalkboard spray paint?! Cherished Bliss makes it look easy too in this tutorial!

Thrifty Thursday: Upcycled Lazy Susan ~ A DIY & How To Spray Paint Chevron Shapes

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Sep 062012

Today I’m sharing an upcycled project. I found this $.50 cent pantry lazy susan and converted it into an office spinner! I found an easy way to spray paint chevron patterns using the Silhouette and Duck tape sheets.

Chevron Supply Spinner (Lazy Susan)

Supplies & Tools:

Lazy Susan (I used a plastic one from a thrift store)
Spray Primer
Ocean Breeze Krylon Spray Paint
Duck Tape Sheets
Mod Podge Acrylic Spray
Electronic Cutter (I used Silhouette)

How To:

I cleaned the Lazy Susan and then primered it w/ a spray. After primering I cut out 3 chevron shapes w/ the Silhouette which I purchased from the online store. I will tell you, this is the best tip I have when doing chevron shaped stencils. I tried to make my own Chevron pattern on the Lazy Susan w/ painters tape and it was taking too long and it wasn’t even. By me using this cut out as a stencil, it saved so much time. I wanted an adhesive stencil so it wouldn’t move but I didn’t want to use a good piece of vinyl so I used a sheet of Duck Tape that I didn’t plan on using, much cheaper.

Once the shapes above were placed on the spinner, I sprayed the spinner with the Ocean Breeze spray paint and let it dry. I then removed the Duck Tape and erased any pencil marks w/ a white gummy eraser.

I finished the spinner with an Acrylic Mod Podge spray to prevent paint chipping.

Linked to: http://thefrugalgirls.com/2012/09/chic-and-crafty-party-96.html

DIY Office & Craft Room Decor: Spray Painting Something Different

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Sep 052012

I find that I am drawn to a lot of dark colors, if you go into my closet about 3/4 of it is black or grey. However, I think an office deserves a little brightness to keep creativity flowing. Today I’m sharing a few of my favorite spray painted office decor pieces that aren’t that traditional. I try to say I’m not a hoarder when it comes to my creative room but who am I kidding, I have way too much stuff! I need great organization and you will see a few of my favs here!

The first one you can see above is just a shelving unit I pieced together at Ikea. It cost me less than $15 and I added just a few coats of spray paint! The colors I used were Rustoleum Fusion Berry Pink, Rusteoleum Fusion Yellow and Krylon Gum Drop.

This peg board was actually an ugly black plastic peg board from Walmart that was around $6. I also covered this in Krylon Watermelon and added hooks. Easy peasy!

This is one of my favorites, just an old cookie sheet I picked up at a yard sale for only $.50 and turned it into a DIY magnetic board. I coated it in my favorite Krylon color, Ocean Breeze (primered first of course). I then added some vinyl cuts from the silhouette and turned some of my Target Dollar Spot clothes pins into magnets. The cute chevron notepad is from the Target Dollar Spot too! I then hung it with ric rac on my wall. It will be perfect to hang some to do lists or project ideas I am working on.

This spray painted camera is a little bit different as it’s not really an organizational piece but it is cute decor. I have a few older cameras in my office as decor but this one wasn’t really “vintage”. I found it at Goodwill for around $1, it’s just an old film camera, nothing too fancy but I loved the lens dimension on it. I just coated it in Krylon Watermelon to put on my shelves!

I’m linked up here:

http://www.houseofhepworths.com/