How to: Spring make-over

I'm coming down with a fever. 

Spring fever. 

We've had two Japanese paper lanterns/lamps in our kitchen for a few years now.

 I really like the feeling and ambiance of lighting they give off, 

I just felt that they needed a pop of color. 

I saw this idea a few weeks ago on a blog while searching for new crafts

 but I've long forgotten where the source came from. 

But here is how you do it:

 Let your imagination take you away and starting painting a bare branch. 

The more spontaneous and less planned out it is, the better

Then add some flowers and fill in gaps with green buds and leaves. 

Viola!

I used normal acrylic paint and plan to make small pink flowers out

 of tissue paper and place over each painted flower for a 3D effect, 

I just don't have the right color of tissue paper right now. 

before & after

Follow this branch pattern if you don't know where to start. 

 link