I may just have to.

I added three coats of this stuff with a little paintbrush.The paint I used is DecoArt Dazzling Metallics in Champagne Gold..

I ended up with this!.Seriously, it’s so pretty it’s ridiculous.I look at it across the kitchen and it makes my heart smile.

Who woulda thought?It’s just a recycled mason jar, but when you slap some paint on it, suddenly it’s the bell of the ball.

Cinderella in jar form.

And the poinsettia in the bubbly gold container is prince charming.. OK, that’s a bit of a stretch, but you get what I’m saying.. It’s a very pretty jar.. And it took almost no time.. And I like it.. More Christmas in a Flash coming your way soon!We had the unfortunate (or fortunate, depending on how you look at it) occurrence recently of being ready to buy the lamp for the nursery at the exact time that both my local Target and Pottery Barn, were both sold out of the baseball bat lamps that they carry.And it’s cute and you can print it out for free.

For instance instead of saying “You need such-and-such amount of certain specific non-perishable foods”, I just say “food”.You know your area and you know if you’re going to need 72 hours of nourishment while you camp out in a tent or whether you just need a snack while you drive to a relative’s house nearby.

Even if your kit is basic, it’s still so much less to worry about in that moment when you realize you need to leave your home to get somewhere safe, or even if the power’s just gone out and you don’t know how long you’ll be in the dark for.. Click.to print it out!.