peace, love, and crafts » i heart painting http://kristenmcashan.com ...life and the fun stuff it brings Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:58:21 +0000 en hourly 1 peace and love winner! http://kristenmcashan.com/peace-and-love-winner/ http://kristenmcashan.com/peace-and-love-winner/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:54:41 +0000 Kristen McAshan http://kristenmcashan.com/?p=1268 kitchen
we had a fun weekend. full of house hunting and food. haha. we always eat too much over the weekend. still no home….sigh. but it will come when it comes. gotta be extra patient now! anyways….time for the winner!!!

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yay!!!! super exciting! email me your address! :)
thanks to everyone else who entered! makes my heart happy. i would love to do more giveaways! have a blessed day! i’ll be back with more fun stuff.

peace and love
xox

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yay for friday!!! good day to announce a giveaway!! i haven’t had much time lately to craft up something, but i did today AND i knew i wanted someone lovely to have it!!
peace and love
it’s an 11 x 14 inch canvas with acrylic paint. i guess you can say i was inspired by spring and my lovely plants that have been blooming!
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can’t get enough of peace and love. :)
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leave a lovely comment for me by sunday, april 18th! (that is a very special day for me as well! stay tuned to find out!!) and i’ll randomly pick a winner on monday, april 19th! until then it’s keeping my kitchen company. :)  **ps…if you are a follower then leave an extra comment for more chances to win!!

peace and love
xox

]]> http://kristenmcashan.com/giveaway-friday/feed/ 19 spray paint fun. http://kristenmcashan.com/spray-paint-fun/ http://kristenmcashan.com/spray-paint-fun/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:35:38 +0000 Kristen McAshan http://kristenmcashan.com/?p=727 blue boots

so i have a pair of boots that i have had for quite some time now, and they are WHITE. i mean white. ha. i am pretty sure i have not worn them too much because they are just…white. not hating on white, but i guess it’s just not my color.
really white boots
before shot of the boots. i heart them. i got them in london when i was interning with a fashion designer…la petite salope…so they are precious to me and i didn’t want to get rid of them even if i didn’t ever wear them. haha. there’s the pack rat in me.

step 1: so first off i did some taping around the bottom part of the shoe. all i had was duct tape, which works great. i figured there wasn’t a pretty way to go about doing this but i tried. in fact my hubby called it ghetto. so call it what you want…it still works. :)
ghetto duct tape

step 2: more taping. i taped the inside of the shoe just in case…again, doesn’t have to look pretty.

more ghetto duct tape

step 3: since my boots are flimsy i stuck some random newspaper that i had laying around for stuff like this to make it stay propped up.
before shot

step 4: shake up the spray paint for a bit…test it out on some newspaper to make sure. put on some fun music and then go for it!!
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step 5: i did one side at a time, but you can do it all at once. let it dry…the can says about 10-12 minutes to dry but depends on the surface and how much paint you spray. if you feel they need another coat then spray away.
spray paint boots

step 6: once they are dry, you can take out the newspaper and take off the duct tape and yay! brand new shoes that i will actually wear! :)
blue boots
blue boots
blue boots
blue boots

i have more shoes that are going to get makeovers with spray paint! stay tuned!! i am going to go out and enjoy my new shoes! have a great saturday!!

peace and love
xox

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loves it! can’t wait til she hangs them up! i want to do one too…hmmm what ever so motivating word should i choose?? what would you choose?? well here’s to a great rest of the week and weekend. excited for the days to come. i have so much to do. starting with cleaning the studio. it’s a mess.

ps. molly was posing for me yesterday….she wanted to show everyone her ball.
Molly
she loves that thing. and i love her.
molly

off to clean! have a great night! pps. i am soooo behind on style school. i need to get with. i am looking at everyone’s projects and getting inspired. keep it up classmates!!

peace and love
xox

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i heart you

here are two things I love….painting and my best friend! : )

I have so many things on the list, especially my nieces and nephew. get excited! I’ve made a goal to start the gift making marathon November 1st. : )  any great gift ideas for the men in my family????….I can’t craft up a flower and call it gravy ; )

peace and love
xox

*What’s the best thing that happened to you today? – Amanda Gore

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