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Mini makes: pretty storage on a shoestring with PlastiKote Spray Paint

PlastiKote Spray Paint helps you tidy up the bottom of the wardrobe with this simple but pretty storage solution. Spray old shoeboxes in your choice of colour, then take a picture of the shoes to be stored and print them out. Stick the picture to the end of the sprayed box and you’ll never again have to rifle through the depths of your wardrobe to find your favourite footwear. Why not spray wooden coat hangers in the same colour for a very co-ordinated look?

 

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How to: create a frosted heart jar with Plastikote Spray Paint

Whether it’s a wedding, a special event or a romantic meal for two, these frosted heart jars are just gorgeous! They transform ordinary glass jars into something very special…

 

You will need:

Glass jar – we used a Mason Jar

Scissors

Sticky Labels

Newspaper/dust sheets

PlastiKote Glass Frosting

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How to:

  • Cut out a heart shape from a sticky label.
  • Stick the heart shape onto the jar.
  • Spread newspaper/dust sheets out in a well-ventilated working area or preferably outside.
  • Apply a couple of light coats of PlastiKote Glass Frosting.
  • It will be touch dry in 30-50 minutes and thoroughly dry in 2-3 hours.
  • Once dry, peel the heart sticker off the jar.
  • Fill with water and your favorite flowers to make a gorgeous vase! You can always try the same steps with PlastiKote Metallic and make a lovely tea light holder.

 

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Competition: win vouchers for B&Q with PlastiKote spray paint

Win £50 of vouchers for B&Q in our May competition with PlastiKote spray paint!

We love the blues and would like to know which is your favourite shade in our three special makeovers.  It’s so easy to enter: just email us your answer from A Mediterranean Blue, B Exotic Sea or C Pacific Blue along with your contact details to competition@spraypaintideas.co.uk, with MAY COMP as the subject.   We’ll pick one lucky winner at random after the closing date of 31st May. Good luck!

 

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We run a competition every month, so do sign up to our newsletter to make sure you are in with a chance to win.

Thank you to everyone for entering our April competition and our congratulations to Rebecca Duffy from Hayes in Middlesex who won our April competition. Rebecca chose Pewter as her favourite colour for the vase – as did a lot of other people!  Rebecca wins £50 of vouchers from Ikea.

 

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Click here for Terms & Conditions for our May competition.

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Blogger star: Rachael Jess transforms a toy chest

We love the things that Rachael Jess makes and we’re delighted to feature one of her most recent makeovers – a treasure chest from an old toy box.

Rachael has a beautiful young son and as she works full time, she treasures her weekends and aims to have both days packed out with crafts, events or activities to make precious memories from.  Once her son is asleep, she gets out the Modge Podge, sewing machine or staple gun and upcycles an unloved item she’s found at the local car boot.  It will usually contain a Marvel, Star Wars or Time Lord theme but apparently she sometimes does ‘normal’! To see more of her fabulous projects, visit her website.

As the step-by-step pictures show below, Rachael puts a lot of thought into her projects and we love the map she created for the lid of the treasure chest and the straps with gold coin decorations on the chest.

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As a thank you to Rachael, we’re sending her six cans of spray paint for her next project.

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