Archive for May 22nd, 2012

May 22, 2012

Simply Screen Silk Screen Kit Giveaway

This week on Paint Me Plaid we want you to have to ability to create something cool, so we are giving away our Simply Screen Silk Screen Kit. With this kit you can create your own designs for unique, fun and funky t-shirts and wearables with Simply Screen™ Silk Screen Kit. Simply create a design, use our simple process to create a stencil, choose your paint color and t-shirt and begin creating professional quality screen printed garments. This product is reusable up to 20 times. 1 lucky Paint Me Plaid reader will win this kit. We will announce the winner on Paint Me Plaid on Friday (May 25th), in the afternoon. This kit can be found for sale at Hobby Lobby, and Plaid Online.

With the Simply Screen Kit you can create dozens of t-shirts, bags and more using your own design! Here are just a few reasons you’ll love the Simply Screen Kit:

  • Easily make multiple shirts for sports teams, bachelorette parties, sororities and more.
  • Most affordably priced DIY silk screen system on the market!
  • Kit includes all you need to get started: light box, paint, sponge, squeegee, brush, rinsing tray and light bulb and bulb housing.
  • Expand your printing possibilities with Simply Screen paints, foil, and glitter
  • Additional screens available in a refill kit.

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment below telling us what you would use these products to create? For extra entries (leave a separate comment for each):

Like Plaid on Facebook and let us know you entered the giveaway

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Check out our sister blog, Plaid Kid’s Crafts, and let us know a project you find there that you think is cool

The contest will end Friday March 25th, 2012 at 12 noon EST.

May 22, 2012

Tuesday Huesday: Gorgeous Painted Furniture Pieces

Hello, everyone! It’s Mari from Design Shuffle, a fabulous social networking community for interior designers and design lovers from around the world. As a writer for Design Shuffle, I often have the opportunity to do guest posts for great blogs like Paint Me Plaid. I’m especially excited to be here to share some of my favorite painted furniture. Plaid makes some wonderful paint that can be used on furniture. Click here to see some other furniture pieces paint with Plaid paint. I really enjoy discovering interesting DIY decorating ideas that involve the use of a good paint brush to turn well-worn treasures into gorgeous painted pieces with a new life and sense of purpose. The best part is that painted furniture can be used in any room in your home. For your inspiration, here are eight lovely ways to get your paint on!

Painted Pieces

This inviting sunny yellow formal foyer is kept down to earth by the pastoral scenes on a gorgeous painted piece.

Painted Pieces

An antique armoire is enhanced by chalk paint and hand-painted botanical images that flow from its delicate feet, across the doors and over the sides and top.

Painted Pieces

Chairs often offer an irresistible blank canvas. Here, the artist brought an Adirondack chair to life with a tribute to Van Gogh’s Starry Night.

Painted Pieces

In this bedroom design a bedside chest is painted to mimic Indian bone inlay work. This pretty effect could be created with Plaid’s FolkArt Painting Stencils using pale paint on a dark basecoat.

Painted Pieces

Pretty pastel paints turn these white-trimmed storage pieces into decorative elements for a child’s playroom. This is a space both children and parents would love.

Painted Pieces

A toy storage wall becomes a town when the cabinets are painted and trimmed as whimsical buildings. What a beautifully clever idea!

Painted Pieces

On this gorgeous chest it’s all about the paint that is missing. It’s been given an appealing distressed look by selectively sanding corners and drawer edges after it was paintedógreat effect.

Painted Pieces

This intriguing picture documents the evolution of dining chairs given a new life in white with colorful painted details. Can’t you just imagine the interior design these beauties will be welcomed into? Images 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Find more great ideas from top designers all over the world at Design Shuffle!