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Somewhere in the middle of the party planning, back to school prep, knee surgery recovery and a thousand other things, we started redoing H’s room. Honestly, this is the room redo that was meant to be like a week and has taken over a month and it is still.not.done. I’d love to be sharing with you the awesome finished product and her glorious reaction but instead I’m here sharing something a little smaller: painted paper boxes. Ok, more than a little smaller….
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Remember when I painted my kitchen spoon?
That turned into a full on “decorate all the wooden utensils in the kitchen” exercise. Well, not really {yet}. But it did spark an idea for a Mother’s Day gift for Junior.
I bought a set of bamboo kitchen utensils and prepared to get my decorate on
I got some paint and washi tape together.
I taped the spoons off where I didn’t want a specific paint color and got busy. I just sort of randomly decided where to paint as I went along.
After they were dry, I used washi tape and finished the decorations.
I put a quick coat of acrylic on the top to keep the paint from chipping or coming off when washed and they were ready to go.
What have you been painting or washi-ing recently?
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So, on my to-do list for fall and Christmas, I have about half a dozen projects that require spray paint. The problem:
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Yes, wind. Just about any day I have available to actually spray paint it is too darn windy! I finally gave up the dreams of spray painted and broke out the ole paint brush.
In June, we took a beach vacation (relive it here, here and here). While we were there, Junior and I escaped for thrift store shopping. It was there that I stumbled upon these wooden lanterns
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