Stranded: Spray Paint & Leanne

Hello LCMF Readers! Welcome to another installment of:

 

When some of our AWESOME fellow bloggers imagine that they're stranded and can only bring ONE of their favorite crafting tools....

Today we welcome Leanne from Organize & Decorate Everything Every time I see her delightful posts about organizing.....it makes me thing I'm gonna run downstairs and remedy the giant disaster that it has become. I haven't done it yet. But I think about it.

What's Leanne gonna bring to our desert island?


Hi, I'm Leanne from Organize and Decorate Everything. I'm so excited to be guest posting on less cake {more frosting}. Lara has the cutest blog and the cutest hair ever. I love her funky style. When she asked me to be part of her new series {stranded on a crafting desert island} I jumped at the chance.



I have many craft items I love to use and would have a hard time doing without, but I have to say my favorite item is SPRAY PAINT. This is my stash. Yep, that's 52 cans of spray paint. I never know when I might get the urge to paint something, so I like having a good selection on hand (especially black and white).

 

I've spray painted furniture, candlesticks holders, lamps, frames, mirrors, and many other home accessories. Next up for spray painting are pillows and rugs, but I chose to paint some jewelry for this post. Aren't they pretty? (be prepared for a lot of pictures)

They started out as regular unassuming acorns. I love acorns almost as much as spray paint so I thought it would be fun to bring these 2 together. I saved them from last Fall when I made my family hike through the mountains hunting for them.

I used spray primer first.

Then sprayed them using different colors. I nestled the acorns in the spaces between the boards on the deck to hold them in place while I sprayed. They're really light and wanted to move around.

I already love them.
 

Here's the colors I used: Silver, Blue Ocean Breeze, Watermelon, and Champagne Nouveau.

I wanted to add a little sparkle to the cap so I painted on some Mod Podge.

Then sprinkled glitter over it. I used my finger to rub off the excess so the color would still show through.

I had to reattach the caps to the bottoms. Apparently the seed shrinks a little when it dries out, so I used E6000 to glue them back together.
 

Then I used super glue to attach a jump ring to the top of the cap. The ribbon or chain will be going through the jump ring to make the necklace.
 

I used jump rings, ribbon, glue, and a clasp to make 2 of the necklaces and chains on the other 2.
 

I love how they turned out and that I didn't have to go out and spend any money was an added bonus. I guess I love spray paint so much because it can make such a huge difference in the appearance of anything and I love the beautiful, smooth finish I get using it.

Emilee picked the silver one, Amanda the pink one, and I kept the champagne and blue one.

 Thanks Lara for letting me participate in this fun series. I hope you'll all come visit me on my blog. I love sharing my ideas and meeting new friends. I host an Organizing and Decluttering link party twice a month and would love for you to join me at the next party (March 16th). Come on over to see what I'll be spray painting next.



Post Ellie G Analysis:

• We ABSOLUTELY need spraypaint on our island.  How else am I gonna get hot pink palm frawns to decorate my hut?
• What is it about acorns that makes me wanna squeel and talk in a really high voice?  They're JUST SO CUTE!
• Again we learn about how Mod Podge is amazing.  And so is glitter.

Thanks so much Leanne for stopping over!  Go visit Leanne at her place.  You'll be inspired to get it together, organize yourself, and then make that space pretty!

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