Crayola Paints!

Honey loves to paint!!! and i don't particularly like mess so this is a bit of a sticky situation in this house!!!

I hate the big paint pots that get everywhere and you have to squirt them all out into a seperate pot and theres always too much etc... etc.... please tell me one of you feels my pain and i'm not crazy !!!

So i was shopping the other day and i came accross these from Crayola

They are perfect!!! I just give Honey one strip of 6 colours and it comes with a paintbrush and some paper and bobs your uncle! Hardly any mess and most importantly no washing up paint pots!!! 

Honey feels really grown up using these and with a nice Painting colouring book it keeps her amused for ages!!! 

She did this painting all by herself the other week and even if i do say so myself i think its pretty fabulous!! 

These make fabulous presents too!!! 

Love

J x 

Amazing Upcycling x

Upcycling!!!

Happy Monday

We love a good recycle and after seeing our friend Bex upcycling a few pieces I thought ooooh I want to try my hand at this.

Firstly our Ikea Table – what a nuisance sharpies are! A sharpie drawing marathon left the top stained and left me wanting to throw it in the skip and get a new one! Then I thought oooooh what about if I recover it with Oil Cloth – and taaaa daaaa

My mum had had an old pine dresser and small chest of drawers in the garage and I wondered what I could do with them! I didn’t really need any more furniture and none of my house is pine! So I decided to paint it Gloss black and bought new crystal knobs! I think it looks fabulous in my kitchen!!!

Leeanne has also been upcycling! All of Sienna’s dark wood nursery furniture she painted white for Tate’s arrival!

And Lee is planning to repaint her kitchen table and chairs like this ...... so watch this space for some more transformation pictures!!! 

We’ve seen some fabulous ideas like picture frames spray painted bright colours and chairs re-upholstered! Some ideas are super easy however so so effective!

Advice: The best advice I can give when it comes to sourcing materials is go to a shop and ask! A professional will know exactly what to use!

Have you got any fab before and after pictures of upcycling – or any fabulous ideas that are a must do?

Let us know!

Happy Upcycling Monday

Love

Jade & Leeanne

xxx