Pinterest for Ombre Rage - Painted Utensils

Ombre color schemes are all the rage lately. Between thinking about ombre colors with chevron patterns my mind has been racing on ways to make these two things work in my every day life. Last week Wednesday during my normal Pinterest browsing I found a pin that stopped me dead in my track. The pin was a tutorial on how to paint your own cooking tools in an ombre scheme.

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My prayers had been answered. I fell in love with these utensils. I knew that it was perfect timing to give these tools a try. I started by visiting my local WalMart store to pickup a standard bamboo kitchen tool set. The set ran me right around $5.00 for 5 pieces. I later found a 3 piece set at Target for around $4.00 that also did the trick. It was fun picking out my own acrylic paints for the tools, along with white to create the ombre look. That just left the sealant. I purchase some polyethane in a spray can, which worked perfectly for coating the painted ends.

Here are the results of my efforts. Although the initial cost was probably around $20 for the first set, each supply could be used multiple times for other sets.

I'm excited to use these sets as home warming gifts, wedding gifts, or even just a standard party gift. Another successful crafting project thanks to Pinterest.