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Watching paint dry
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August 7th, 2009Random Crafty-nessAs most of you know, I took the summer off from Tote and Tee. Enjoyed summer with my girls but guess what…they are back in school! I am ready to get back to business but before I do that I need my work room/studio/sewing room/office/tee shirt capitol of the world…whatever you want to call it ready for me.
I am a craft-a-holic and well, a shop-a-holic too…so this momma has LOTS of crafty stuff. Before I get back to work, I decided to do a complete overhaul of my room to make it a great place to be and for things to be really organized so I can whip those tees out and get them to you super speedy.
So far today I have covered an old bulletin board with delightful fabric (and rick rack!) and then I decided that we need some more color in here! Off to Home Depot I went and came home with a little bit of Candy Apple Red, Aqua, Berry Pink and Apple Green. Watch out world, I have spray paint!
I started with these baskets. The one on the left was part of a delightful gift basket of Godiva that my sweet hubby sent me. Nice basket but that dark brown just does not please me. The little basket is just from the $1 section at Target.
Next, these sweet hanging buckets from Ikea. I bought them a few years ago and while they seemed like a good idea, they ended up being dead space because I put stuff in there and never used it. Basically they were a dust pit. I am going to give them another chance…Amy them up and see what I think.
Here is everything painted…haven’t put them all away yet because I am waiting for the paint to dry. All these colors delight me! I am a little scared about that red basket…need to find a spot for it but I am thinking glossy (that’s all they had) red might be a little much on a sweet little basket.
I plan to put labels on the front of the buckets using black vinyl and my Cricut. (love that Cricut!)
Things I learned…
1. Arizona has the world record for quickest spray paint drying. (esp. when it’s 115)
2. Using an old shower curtain as a drop cloth isn’t the brightest idea. That thing is water proof and even though it’s 115 degrees…it’s not drying! I think they call it drop “cloth” for a reason! Oh well, at least I recycled it before throwing it away, right?
7 Responses to “Watching paint dry”
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Such a GREAT idea!! Thanks for sharin girl!! I’m gonna have to do this in the near future!
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I have those same buckets from Ikea and like you the stuff inside them never gets used so maybe I need to give them some new life with paint. Yours came out so cute!
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LOL! Way to go Amy!!! I’ve yet to find hot pink paint…off to search for some!
I spray EVERYTHING to the color of my liking. One can never have enough spray paint!
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Whooo….you GO, crafty mama!!
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I went to IKEA today, looking for those metal hanging buckets (planning to shamelessly copy you), but I couldn’t find them. Now, after re-reading your blog, I see that you bought them a while back. I guess they don’t have them any more. I did get the silverware baskets and plan to hang them above my ironing board. Your room is an inspiration to me! I want to get to work on mine.
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jamie
Amy,
I lOVE the little Ikea buckets…I really need to start spray painting!! I have bought some outfits..I have the “FUN” tank and skirt by Little precious!! Do you guys still make things that coordinate? Thanks and you are really inspiring!
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Oh..I want a room like this
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