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Day 12–Three Black Cats

October 12, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson 1 Comment

Halloween Cat Banner

This paint project is so simple that it doesn’t even really need a tutorial. Transfer the pattern, paint the background orange, paint the bats and cats black and that’s it. But I just had to do a project with black cats. Personally, I can’t think of Halloween without thinking about black kitties. I always wanted […]

Filed Under: crafts, Halloween, holiday crafts, Markers & Pencils, patterns

31 Days of Easy Paint Projects: Day 11–Stencil Glass Vase

October 11, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

stencil-frost-glass-vase

Hello! How is everyone today? I can’t tell you how much I appreciate everyone’s support of this 31 Days of Easy Holiday Paint Projects – dropping by, leaving sweet comments here and at The Hive (hi Deb!), and even pinning some the projects! I’m winding down on the Halloween projects, looking towards Christmas and while […]

Filed Under: crafts, Paint Glass, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Specialty Paints, Stencil, Techniques

31 Days of Easy Paint Projects: Day 10–Burlap Candle Wraps

October 11, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Halloween Burlap Candle Wraps

Hello! And welcome! If this is your first time here I’m on the 10th day of a 31 Day blogging challenge – Easy Holiday Paint Projects. Today is October 10th  . . . still – so I’m posting my 10th paint project. I’m gonna make it short and sweet because I’ve gotta get started on […]

Filed Under: crafts, Glitter Paint, Halloween, holiday crafts, Markers & Pencils, Paint Fabric, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types

31 Days of Easy Paint Projects: Day 8 – Spooky Burlap Runner

October 8, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson 3 Comments

Painted Halloween Burlap Runner

I might be a little late jumping on the ‘burlap train’ but you gotta admit, I’m jumping with both feet! First there was the stenciled burlap runner. Then came the burlap fall leaf mantel scarf. I really thought I was done with burlap for a while. Until I saw this on Pinterest . . . […]

Filed Under: crafts, Halloween, holiday crafts, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, How To & PIY, Markers & Pencils, Paint Fabric, Paint Surfaces, Tutorials

31 Days of Easy Paint Projects: Day 6 – Spiderwebs

October 6, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson 1 Comment

Paint a Spiderweb

How are you doing today? Do you have all your Halloween decorating done? Or are you just getting’ started, like me? Either way, I have a super quick ‘n easy post for you that may, or may not, involve painting. You see, I’m having another one of those “what was I thinking?!?” moments. I’ve been […]

Filed Under: crafts, Halloween, holiday crafts

31 Days of Easy Paint Projects: Day 5–A Simple Owl

October 5, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Paint a Simple Owl

Well, here we are at Day 5 of the 31 Day Blogging Challenge. And here I am, nearly a whole day late. Again. I was almost ready last night. I had the owl painted. All I needed to do was Photoshop him and then write a little post. I mean, how complicated can a post […]

Filed Under: Blending Colors, How To & PIY, PIY, Techniques

Make a Tealight Shade–31 Easy Holiday Paint Projects

October 4, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Halloween Tealight Shade

How are ya today? This 4th day of a 31 day blog challenge. It is now 3:37 pm PST, which means it’s 6:37 for those of you on the east coast. But, hey, it’s still Tuesday so I’m still not ‘technically’ late for the 4th day. Right? (It is a challenge, after all. If it […]

Filed Under: crafts, Halloween, holiday crafts, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, Paint Paper, Paint Surfaces

How To Paint a Spooky Tree – 31 Days of Holiday Paint Projects

October 3, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Paint a Spooky Tree

Can you remember how fun it was to paint and color when you were a child? For a lot of us, painting a house with a tree next to it was simple. Easy. Fun! I’m convinced that somewhere along the line the Evil Fairy comes along and bops kids on their heads. Like, between age […]

Filed Under: How To & PIY, Markers & Pencils, PIY

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