White Spray Paint

By Rachel Scarlett

Spring has definitely sprung around here!! We've got daffodils blooming, trees full of color, and warmer weather! To help match the cheerful blooms outside, plus with Easter approaching, I decided to refresh a few area's in my house. Hopefully they will give you a little inspiration.

When realizing it was time for an update, I thought about several different ways to decorate for Easter. I had a hard time thinking of anything and came to the conclusion that there are a few things I don't like as far as decorations go. Bunnies, eggs, or pastel colors. Hmmmm. So I decided to go with the spring approach instead: birds, bright green, and plants. I also realized that white, while not literally 'colorful', is an excellent way to brighten up an area. I think having white spray paint was the key to this look... with a side of bottles, old frames, and scrapbook paper.

I didn't have to buy anything for this crafting adventure, but I also always save my glass bottle/jars, have a little stash of scrapbook paper, and always ALWAYS have spray paint. I removed the labels off the bottles and spray painted them white. The frames are a light blue, only because I ran out of white. And then I picked 'springy' looking scrapbook pages to put in the frames. The cute little glass birds I found a while back in Goodwill, I think I got them all for 30 cents. If you don't have anything like this, they have bird figurines at the Dollar Store that would look pretty cool spray painted white. Or even white bunnies... if you're into that sort of thing ;)

That square bottle above from balsamic vinegar, and the pickle jar to the right is filled with freshly cut greens. You can never go wrong with something freshly cut! The square, painted container below is from a floral arrangement, can you tell what I put in it? That's just plain old grass, folks. I dug up some grass from outside and made a potted plant out of it. Pretty redneck huh? I don't know, I think it looks pretty fresh ;)

The arrangement below is on my kitchen counter. The cake dome stays out for baked goodies, the cutting boards are used occasionally, and that fun print in the background is from a calendar. Overall this was a fun and simple little update. I hope it inspires you!

Thanks for reading!