before & afters

I am SO looking forward to SPRING so I can get outside and do some spray painting! Here are pictures of some favorite projects I did before it got so cold. The book shelf and chair got spray painted fun colors to go in my son's room. The easel and old calendar holder both got a nice coat of chalkboard spray paint. I am excited to get outside and do more projects!  

Yet another Fun Day with a Can of Spray Paint

I REALLY enjoyed changing these $3 old metal kids chairs from D.I into...

THESE! They will be great for my kids, good  indoors and out, not to mention the fact that they fold up and are cute all at the same time.  Love it!

Paper Wreath Rosette Tutorial

I saw a tutorial on Paper Wreaths here.   I thought, okay, but I'm really not into the book page look on my wall.  Then I thought about spray paint, my new craze.  But could you really spray paint paper?

I tried it out and now have 4 funky little wreath Rosettes.  I'm obsessed with Rosettes for my hair, my shirt, my bag and anything else.  Why not a Rosette for your wall?  So that's what I'm calling these, my Paper Wreath Rosettes. And guess what?  I spent $7 for supplies (not including spray paint).  

So, first buy a foam wreath at Dollar Tree along with a book from Dollar Tree or your collection that you would love to rip apart.  I couldn't bring myself to buy a bible, but a cheesy novel worked great.  The more pages and the stiffer the page the better.  I bought spray paint at Lowe's.  The black and white are only $1.  They have a large selection of cute colors for about $3 a can.  (better selection than Walmart).  I also bought a primer and primed them first, just to be safe.  You will also need a hot glue gun and plenty of glue.

Let's get started.... 

Then spray paint.  Like I said, I primed first.  It took about 3 different layers to fully cover all the writing.

Cute eh?   I love how they look metal or wooden.  

Tiered Trays from Dollar Tree

These are the tiered trays I made.

This is a pic from the tutorial.  

My sister in law showed me this great Dollar Tree idea.  If you are up for a little spray painting, Here are the instructions.  I'm waiting for the rain and wind to stop to get started.  (I may have even tried doing it during a windstorm because I was so excited, but soon found out wind and spray paint do not go well together)  I will post my pics if we ever see a sunny day.  :)