DIY Paper Lanterns

I'm slacking terribly with sharing all the details of the baby shower. Through each new idea or crafting project that led up to the big day, {i tried} to document as best I could. It's been a while but I've got a couple more things for you all.

First . . .

Paper Lanterns . . . DIY style!

I bought 3 packages of the picture above from Hobby Lobby {the BEST place on earth!}. It was 3 paper lanterns 3 different sizes - small, medium, & large. I got them in probably like April or May right when their summer garden theme decorations came out. I knew I wanted to do something with paper lanterns, and I obviously knew she wasn't going to be decorating anything with bright yellow or green, but for $5.99 {+50% off} I had to get them and take the chance that a little spray paint would work in my favor.

So my husband got me all set-up outside our apartment and I hung the lanterns from a string and went to town spray painting. . . . HOPING for the best!

Quixote was helping! :)

Luckily, spray painting paper turned out to be genius! I spray painted them two of the colors she was using in the nursery . . . Silver & Heirloom White {best color spray paint, which I used on almost everything!}

It's a good thing my husband is as anal as I am. We are a perfect match! He helped me hang them, until we were completely satisfied with their hanging orientation.
Here they are in the room. I hung them right above the gift table. You could only tell they were once yellow and green if you got right underneath them. I was very happy with how they turned out, & the price made it even more fantastic.