- Posted:
- 12/13/2010
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- Kellie
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Black & Brass: Sprainting and Paper Flowers
I just can’t get enough… of sprainting. Once I start, I just want to paint everything in sight. You didn’t think I would stop after a few bottles and a small village did you?!
I also sprainted a cup:
Currently I have it on a shelf in my dining room but I’m not sure if it will stay there or end up somewhere else. I like it so much, I might have to spraint more of them. And I don’t even feel guilty since they were just a cheap goodwill find. I just have to decide if I can think of where to use them and what to use them for :)
I also had this cool bottle from another tasty drink:
I found the instructions to make these paper flowers from Country Living. To make them, cut several squares of paper (I used an old sewing pattern found at a thrift store). Fold them accordion style. Shape the ends with scissors. Tie a wire around the middle. Fan out the layers and you have a flower! Super simple and I think they look cute :)
Am I the only one that spray paints anything and everything to prepare for holiday decorating? If you don’t, you should try it. But I will warn you, it becomes addicting :)
Comments
Simply wonderful!! I’m sharing your sprainted bottles on my site soon, with a link back to your scraplog. Will probably go up tomorrow! What kind of spray paint are you using?? Love the gold!
Kellie, I’ve followed your blog for a while but first time commenting… saw your post and had to share this link:
http://www.designmom.com/2010/11/diy-bottles-full-of-light/
You may have seen it already but if you hadn’t I wanted to make sure you had it on your list – looks like something you would be excited about!
Have loved seeing your decorations come together for Christmas – they are beautiful and inspirational! I will be lucky to get cards and gifts out the door this year…
Merry Christmas!
ps, since I’m commenting, I should tell you I was so impressed by your hallway sharpie project that I did my own version in our foyer! It gets rave reviews all the time! Thanks so much for the idea. My husband wants me to sharpie our whole house…
My husband and I lived in Scotland for a year just after college. When Christmas arrived, I insisted on getting a tree even though we really didn’t have the spare cash to decorate it. I solved this by collecting pinecones and holly in the nearby park and spray painting them gold. It ending up being a gorgeous tree, due, in large part, to spraining!
Er, sprainting.
Thanks for all of the comments everyone!! For those of you wondering, I have been using Krylon spray paint in metallic gold. As you can tell, I love it!