Spray Painting and Stenciling the Guest Room Nightstand (Blogging Without Borders) and a giveaway!

When we last left off, I had gone on a polka dot spree on the feature wall in the guest room. I'm in love with the fun confetti wall treatment that I created with vinyl decal polka dots. Now it was time to tackle the nightstand. Just like when I spray painted my daughter's nightstand, I did the same here, painting the body white, and "dipping" the feet green.

Before:

After:

                      

Close up of the feet.

Then I was approached by Cutting Edge Stencils. They offered me a free stencil (yes, please, where do I sign?) and the chance to host a giveaway for one stencil up to $50 in value (with free shipping). So it's a win-win. Win for me, I get to try something I've never done before, and win for you, my readers, since you have the chance to get yourself some awesome stuff.

I selected the Aladdin small craft stencil, since I knew I wasn't prepared enough to stencil an entire wall, especially after all that work two weeks ago.

Having never stenciled before, I was super happy to find the Cutting Edge Stencil YouTube How-To Video. Let's just say I needed a bit of a visual before I could get right to work. They also have a blog, which offers more tips and tricks and ideas for projects.

I dug out some green acrylic craft paint, perfect for stenciling since you can just clean up any mistakes with water. Then I used spary adhesive on the back of the stencil before adhereing it to the top of my nightstand.

First I tries using a stenciling brush, but I quickly realized that would take me all day.

So I switched to a small foam roller and boy, did it get done quickly. Like so fast that the kids (who were watching me) didn't even have time to start whining!



After I let it dry, I sprayed it with a low VOC top-coat so that the pretty part won't chip off.



Voila!

And in the room it looks even better.



I let me kids take these pictures, so they are clearly from a three year old's perspective.

And there is a baby block in the pink basket if you look closely.

Ok, so now that you've sen what I did, enter the Rafflecopter giveaway below for your chance to win a stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils (sorry, only US residents)!

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Please check out my lovely friends who are also challenging themselves to do something new and different.

Amy from Buffalo Roam
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Jessica from Stay at Home-ista (That's me!)
Karah from the space between
Kelly from View Along the Way
Kirby from Kirb Appeal
Laura from Top This Top That
Shannon from Fox Hollow Cottage
Tisha from Delectable Home

I was provided with a free stencil in exchange for writing this post and hosting this giveaway. And it is awesome! I might be a stencil-addict now:)

Jessica

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