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DIY Painted Pumpkin Flower Vase

This past weekend, baby Aria and I went to Cox Farms in Centreville, Virginia. We has a FANTASTIC time walking around visiting with all the farm animals and they were lots of them: Goats, donkeys, bunch of little piggy, horses, rabbits, and baby chicks to name a few. Mommy indulged in some awesome farm foods: hot dog and fries (first time in like eight months), popcorn, honey roasted almonds and fresh squeezed lemonade. Lets face it all that food was super delicious – Im sure not so delicious for my waistline, but oh well, it was just this once!

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DIY Spray Painted Mason Jars

I’m coloring mason jars ….. again! Ok, so this is my third official blog post on DIY colored mason jars and this time I’m using spray paint : ) If you’re a mason jar junkie like myself you will love this one as much as all my other posts. Aren’t these beautiful!? Beautious as my daughter Lily would say. I particularly love the gold one. And the white one … and the blue one … Oh I just LOVE them all. Ok, so unlike my other coloring posts this one is easy.

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Hand-Painted Furniture Ideas

A few hours and a pint or two of paint can transform a humdrum piece of furniture into a conversation piece or family heirloom. Hand-painting furniture for your baby’s nursery, your living room, your patio or kitchen not only guarantees you an original piece of furniture, it provides you with the satisfaction that “decorator” pieces from the store will never be able to match.

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Hand-Painted Nursery Ideas

If you want the baby’s nursery to be more than a cookie-cutter compilation of the latest offerings on the store shelves, the best solution is to pick up a paintbrush. Your own hand-painted nursery designs can embellish anything and everything from the walls to the bedside lamp. You don’t have to be an interior designer or master painter to turn a bland bedroom into the nursery of your dreams – all it takes is a little understanding of color theory and some basic know-how on paint techniques. Choose Your Colors