So the winter weather just doesn't seem to want to leave the Granite State... I mean it snowed this past Friday... snowed.... I know it didn't stick to the ground, but I need some spring. A few months ago, in taking a break from my paintings, I went out a got some dollar store flowers and filled them in a vase to attempt and evoke that feeling of spring.
Here is sadly a blurry picture of the flowers I took with my older phone... I know picture quality sucks, but you get the picture... haha see what I did there I made a really bad art teacher pun! Anyway this weekend, I just decided that it even though these pinks, peaches and yellows were nice, they just weren't what I was looking for.
So, of course being the artsy person I am, I decided to change them. First, I located the
Tulip® ColorShot Instant Fabric Color™sprayers that I had lying around. They had been a purchase I had made last summer when I was looking for dying options for my wooden wedding flowers... a story for the another day... regardless, I had two beautiful colors lying around: teal and a deep purple.
Also, before I go any further you can buy these awesome sprayers from Michaels! Click for the link!
Here are the steps I followed to use the sprayers to dye my fake dollar store flowers and change their colors:
1. Locate a container that is safe to spray into. (I used an old cardboard box and as you can see from the pictures I have even used it for spray painting)
2. Take the flowers off the stems. (I learned this the hard way).
3. Place 3-4 flowers in your spray safe container.
4. Spray the front of the flowers in a well ventilated area. (These sprayers have a very strong smell).
5. Let dry for at least 30 minutes.
6. Turn flowers over and spray back. (Depending on your skill level with spraying you may end up covering some of the plastic stems, this didn't bother me, but I wanted to warn you before just incase. And if this does bother you, you can also add some painters tape to cover the plastic stems.)
7. Let dry for at least 30 minutes if not 1 hour. (You know they are done if there is no dye residue rubbing off on to your fingers.)
8. Repeat until all flowers are dyed. (Since, these can take a while to dry, you may want to set up a separate safe area to let them dry outside of your container, so that you can do multiples at a time, or spread out your spraying over the course of the day or week).
9. Put flowers back on stems. (In order to mix in my colors of purple, teal and white, I ended up grouping flowers not by color, but placing a variety of colors back on one stem set.)
10. Admire :)
Here are more picture of my work in progress:
Here is my finished masterpiece! And even though it is not a painting this project was a nice break to carry me over into the rest of week, while I hope for spring in the Granite State!
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