A burst of sunshine

When Brisbane hits single digit temperatures, it's safe to say it's officially winter! People in the streets are rugged up,  donning scarves and beanies, ugg boots and asking strangers on the street "gees, how cold is it!?"

I've always loved winter time, the clothes, the crisp air and the beautiful cloudless days. Unlike other countries- especially the US and Canada which we've just come back from holiday- winter is a stunning time of year. To embrace the change in season I thought I would do a few DIY changes in our little living area.

I'd recently bought a cute little owl figurine from a dollar store, along with a metallic silver flower ornament that I thought could do with a little burst of colour.



Not an exact replica, but close enough to my original



A trip to Bunnings to pick up a bright yellow can of spray paint and I was half-way to finishing! As I'm still a novice at the ole DIY projects I'm not ashamed to admit that I made a bit of a mess spray painting in the backyard. Despite laying out newspaper, I underestimated the spray zone and needless to say the grass and a substantial part of the green hedge is now a brilliant shade of yellow!

I had read about the need to keep the can at least 15cms away from the object while spray painting but I got a little close which causes a dripping effect. But nothing a paint brush can't quickly solve.

About three coats of paint and my little objects were shining as bright as the sun!