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Team Spirit Writers by DecoArt

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This post brought to you by DecoArt // Yesterday, I sent Haley and Hannah off to Girls Camp for the week! Girls Camp is a fabulous event that our 12-18 year old girls from church participate in every year. This is Hannah's first year and she is super excited. Haley is a veteran and couldn't wait to get together with all her friends and introduce Hannah to the elusive creature the Snipe (wink, wink!) Back in Vegas we had a fun tradition of using Team Spirit Writers to send the girls off in style to camp in style…

Spirit Writers with WhipperBerry and DecoArt

I don't know when the tradition started, but for the last several years the girls would always get a hold of these window paint pens and decorate all the cars for the trip up to camp. It was always fun to see what they came up with. Now that we live in a new state with a whole new set of traditions, we thought we would bring one of our old traditions with us. 

DecoArt Spirit Writers

It was perfect!! The girls felt right at home and everyone at camp drop-off thought it was the coolest thing ever. The Spirit Writers come in several colors and with their easy to use applicators they are super fun to add a little spunk for your next event!! 

Spirit Writers by Decoart

They are also super easy to clean off with a little window cleaner. You can find the Team Spirit Writers and Jo-Anns.

Disclaimer // I am a part of the DecoArt Core Blogger group and did receive product and payment for this post, however, all thoughts, ideas and opinions are my own.

Dress-up Your Dinnerware with DecoArt

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Tired old dinnerware… Dress it up with DecoArt

Dress up your dinnerware with DecoArt

So the other day, I was on a date with my sweetheart and we were walking through Target (yes, it was a glamorous Target date) and I found these fun summer dinnerware items that had some really great texture to them. They were also on clearance, total score. I thought they would look lovely with a little hint of gold and a touch of Americana Sea Breeze…

Dress-up your dinnerware

Supplies

DecoArt Americana Sea Breeze

  • Painters Tape
  • Plastic Wrap
  • Sponge brush
  • Fine grit sand paper 

Instructions

To begin, you need to mask all of the portions of your piece that you don't want painted. I only wanted to paint the handles of the salad spoons and the bottom of the goblets so I masked off a good portion of the items with plastic wrap and painters tape.

Use plastic wrap to mask your surface before painting

Use the painters tape to create a a clean line for the spray paint. Next, use the gold spray paint and spray paint the selected areas of your piece.

Spray with gold Krylon spray paint

I decided to use spray paint because I didn't want any brush lines in the gold portion of the project. I wanted it to look as much like metal as possible. Once the paint was dry, I taped it off again to create another line for the Sea Breeze paint with a little of the gold peaking out. Now for this layer of paint I didn't mind the brush lines. I wanted it to be rough and look like a fine almost coppery patina.

Use painters tape to create clean lines on our cup

When the paint was dry I the sanded it lightly with super fine grain sand paper to show off the fabulous texture. It almost looks like aged copper. I love it!

Fun textures with DecoArt paint

It really adds a fun look to these simple and inexpensive dinnerware items. Make sure you hand wash them from this point, but they should last for quite some time and add a fun look to your summer table.

Dressed-up dinnerware with DecoArt

This is a fun project that you could even do with your kiddos this summer. Find some fun and inexpensive dinnerware or picnic items and let the kiddos go to town.