Fun With DecoArt Paint Part 2

Fun With DecoArt Paint Part 2

Yesterday, I explained that I was asked to use DecoArt paints in a craft competition.  I had decided to use the paints in a group of projects for a table setting.

I shared two of the projects yesterday - the pedestal bowl and candlesticks -  so today, Ill show you the rest.  Lets start with the tablecloth.  I purchased an inexpensive one at Christmas Tree Shops and picked a DecoArt paint in Indian Turquoise - 

Then, I found a stencil (it was leftover from my coffee table makeover) - 

By the way, I thought that this was one of the easiest stenciling projects I have ever done.  I definitely plan on doing this again - what an inexpensive way to have a custom tablecloth!

And since I was on a stenciling kick, I went ahead and stenciled  some dollar store plates.  This time, I went back to the Calypso Blue Gloss paint - 

Again, pretty easy.  

With all of that blue and white on the table, it was time to add a punch of color.  As in my inspiration picture, I added some orange.  First, I found a bunch of wooden napkin rings at Salvation Army for $1.  And I painted them with Bright Orange Gloss paint - 

And I used the same paint on these $1 spheres that I found at Christmas Tree Shops - 

I placed them in paper cups and painted one side at a time - 

And I ended up with this - 

So to wrap it up, everything you see on this table has been painted with DecoArt paints.  And even though I took on this project as a craft competition challenge, I had a lot of fun with it.  Now I have to get back to my regular house projects!  

Ive share this project here - 

Between Naps on the Porch

Fun With DecoArt Paint Part 2

Breakfast Fun

Breakfast Fun

Story in Central Coast Express Advocate p.58 Friday 24 August 2012

Breakfast Fun

Fun with DecoArt Paint

Fun with DecoArt Paint

Last month, I was chosen to compete on One Month To Win It - an online craft competition.  Although I was eliminated in the first round, my second round project was already finished before I was given the sad news.  So, I still want to share this project - or collection of projects.  Our challenge in this round was to use DecoArt products.  I have used them before - most notably on my Homemade Dance Floor -

Yes, all of those circles were painted with DecoArt paint.  Now, I had to come up with some new ideas.  Of course, that meant a search through Pinterest.  The only idea that I had was to do some sort of table setting.  That would give me a chance to paint more than one thing and use more than one color.  So I searched.  And I was drawn to this - 

Unfortunately, I cant find the original source but I love it.  The turquoise and orange are so fun and fresh.  I decided to base my table setting around these colors.  So, on a tight budget and using DecoArt products, this is what I came up with - 

There are a few projects in this table setting, so I will break this up into two posts.  Today, Ill show you the pedestal bowl and candle holder projects.  If youve been a reader for a while, you know that I like to spray paint stuff.  All sorts of stuff.  And if I hadnt been told to use DecoArt paint, I probably would have done these projects with spray paint.  But, it was fun to look through all of the colors in the DecoArt line - there was a lot to chose from.  For the candle holders, I chose Calypso Blue.  It is a lot more turqiouse-y in person.  Much more like the inspiration picture.  I took a trip to Christmas Tree Shops for some supplies.  I love their selection of cheap affordable home accessories.  When I found these candle holders for $1.99 each, I was sold-

I painted two of them blue - 

It only took a couple of coats (the above picture is after the first coat).  The third candle holder was going to become the centerpiece.  I painted that one white - 

Now for the fun part - I added a $5 bowl (also from Christmas Tree Shops) using E-6000 adhesive - 

Hard to believe that this was the before - 

And there is the beginning of my table setting -

Tomorrow, Ill give you the scoop on all of the rest of the projects. 

Fun with DecoArt Paint