If I Could Save Paint In A Bottle...

So...I was perusing Romantic Country as I am wont to do and I did spy
with my little eye a painted bottle that not only looked peachy keen...
but seemed simple enough for such a lazy girl as me to tackle!




Next, I was perusing the aisles of Ross...as I am also wont to do, when
searching for "table treats". Alas and alack, I found none. But I did
happen upon these bottles...and at $1.99 each...just cheap enough for
experimentation...ya know...should my "easy" project go astray! ;}



I had a really cool aqua colored paint, but as for pink, I usually mix it
myself to get the "baby" pink that suits my exacting specifications...
{wow, that sounded like I knew what I was talking about, huh?!} Which
means I squirted a bit of pink into a old bottle of white...and shook it...
shook it real good!




It seemed easy enough...
pour the paint into the bottle...
roll the bottle around to coat the inside of the bottle...
Sheesh...how hard can it be?!!




A little friendly advice here...
use BRAND SPANKING NEW PAINT!
All nice and fresh and VERY pourable!!!!



Also...squeeze it evenly and steadily into the opening of the bottle...
don't get impatient and squeeze too hard so that the paint goes
"fffffffffffffrrrrrrrthhhhhhhhhh!" {the technical term} and
splatters all over the neck of the bottle that you DIDN'T want
painted...and you spend A LOT of quality time UN-painting it!




Also, also...don't thin the paint with water...trust me...it will NEVER
dry! ;} Like I said...USE FABULOUSLY NEW PAINT!!!! And maybe even
follow the direction as delineated in said issue of Romantic Country...I didn't!
Remember? "How hard can it be?" Well, I made it much harder than
it needed to be! Even this lazy girl can be TOO lazy sometimes!!!!
But they still look cute and for $1.99...I can see more of them in my
future!


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FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS! {Such a novel idea!!!! ;}

A Beautiful Easter To All!

Chalk It Up To...

Chalkboard paint...
all at once addicting...and inspiring...
I knew that when I got my hands on a single splash of it...
I'd go nuts!

I had no idea...



I know! I know! Jumping on the band wagon kinda late here...
as per usual...but, to be truthful {which I am in all things...well,
except my weight, but HELLO! You aren't my doctor! ;} I was just
too darn lazy to go buy some...so, I actually ordered it from Amazon!
Whaaaaat???!!!! I was already placing an order and the shipping was free...
and I didn't even have to get off the couch...don't judge!

And just look at that label...
"Create a chalkboard on virtually any surface"
Is it just me, or is that a dare??!! And a double
dog dare, at that!

OK, Rust-oleum...GAME ON!



I started out slowly...somewhat normally, with a little bottle...
ok...I'm getting that hang of this stuff...




This is where I swerved into "me land"... where nothing is what
is should be...and Flaming Hot Cheetos and Sour Gummy Worms
are always on the menu {seriously...that's what I just had for dinner ;}




When I am not picking cat hair off my dark clothing...I have always
enjoyed making jewelry...so, I have an ungodly stockpile of brass findings...

I know, right!
Exactly what I thought...
make a little tiny message board-lette!
{yes, it was hard to write on...but it's so cute who cares
how many Hail Marys I have to say to make up for the
naughty words!}





Personalized tags for a gift, or for someone who is really forgetful...
{me!;}




I am thinking of adding Diamond Glaze to this to see if I
can preserve the lettering...to have the chalk-like effect...
and NOT have to worry about that little bugger smudging!




And this is why there are shells!!!!
To paint!
To glitter!
To chalk-ify!!!




I have foofed-up so many match boxes that I thought I'd leave this
one with its dignity in tact!
Basic black sophistication...{which is just SO necessary for something
that resides in close proximity to the commode! ;}



Ok, I fibbed {different from a lie...look it up!} I had to add a little
"somp-in', somp-in' "...if only to the back of the box.
Courtesy of The Graphics Fairy !




These were just the first wave of insanity...
I have a whole slew of items lined up to be blackened to within
an inch of the lives!

TAKE THAT, RUST-OLEUM! HA! HA!

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For Peat's Sake!

In the Spring, a young {ahem!} girl's fancy turns to...peat pots...




You heard me! Peat pots!
Why do I have so many peat pots? Honestly, I don't know...
I just had to have them last year...for some reason that escapes me now.

Apparently there was something magically inspiring in the pizza Hot
Pocket I had for breakfast and all at once I had chapter 326 of
The Lazy Girl's Guide To Crafting From Your Couch...a "green"
chapter entitled:
Using The Crap You Forgot About Last Year...This Year!



So, from my vast and varied collection, I choose the smallest pots
and gave them a quick coat if white paint. {my little Soul Surfer
ballerina is just along for the ride}

Next I had some fun perusing the The Graphics Fairy's Blog for a few vintage Easter postcards.

I decided that I wanted them to remain matte so, I carefully coated the
back of each image with glue and adhered to the pot...no coating of
Mod Podge, no shiny, no nothing.




Then I got to accessorize!










No plastic "grass" for me...{I have some, I'm just not sure where it
is...I'm sure I'll find it next year! ;}




I didn't think about it until after wards...but how easy would it be
to add a wire handle...or even glue one on...very cute!



But I was actually thinking more along the lines of place markers for
the table...each with a personalized egg!


I have a feeling my supply of peat pots is going to dwindle precipitously!


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Too Late For A Tax Deduction But...

Happy Birthday, Riley Jack! Welcome to the world!
{Way to go, Muffin! ;}

Remember The Movie "Scanners"?

It was about people who could make your head explode!




In the movie everyone assumed that these people used the power
of their twisted minds to make heads go, KABOOM!




But I know better!





Obviously, their heads exploded from their multitudinous
attempts at making a scanner behave and do what it's
told!





My own head came perilously close to KABOOOM as I attempted
the very same thing...





Although my computer skills could fit quite nicely into a
mouse's thimble..
the true fault lies squarely upon the shoulders of my scanner!




It's possessed! There's no other explanation!





Well, anyway...I hope you can use some of these vintage images...



particularly the Easter postcards, since it is the season!





I think you can just trim off that annoying black line at the edge
of most of them...





ARRRGGGGHHHHHH!





I will overcome...get the hang of...and scan better images for you...
I promise...unless, of course...my head explodes first! ;}


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BELLE!

Ok, I know it's been ages since MIRA & BIANCA'S book, BELLE BLANC , was released...but it has only just come into my clutches...I mean possession!





Now I don't really know Bianca, but Mira has always been such a
divine strudel to me, that I was simply aching to see her book!
{see how I put aside my utter vivid green jealousy that she really
and truly had her own book...I'm selfless like that ! ;}





Liebchen though miss Mira may be...the 535,000 euros needed to buy if from
Amazon was a bit out of my league!




And then, one fine day, not too long ago, while visiting that little angel
of information, SANDY , I found out that I could buy BELLE BLANC
for a mere $35.00 from THE BOOK DEPOSITORY !!!
While that is not exactly cheap...it's a lot better than the
895,000,000 euros that Amazon wanted{...and what is a tax return for? ;}
With FREE shipping, no less!!!!!
Saints preserve us!!!!




{uh, yah...the tag is upside down...just turn your monitor upside down
and you will see that it reads, "I do"... as in "if you love it so much,
why don't you marry it??!!" Get it? "I DO!!!" {sorry, I was channelling
my inner 5th grader! But even a 5th grader would have noticed that
the tag was the wrong was around...yeesh!}




And it came all the was across the pond, too! I had no idea I was even
ordering it from England! For free shipping I would have ordered it
from Outer Mongolia!
But honest & truly, this book is worth EVERY penny!
The photography!
Their homes!
Their ideas!
It is simply PACKED with photos...I have even been reading
it out loud in German just to impress myself! No, I can't read German...
but it's fun anyway...seriously, I think the word for cat in German is 25
letters long!



All of that malarkey just to say...
THANK YOU MIRA & BIANCA for this feast for the eyes that is
your beautiful book!!! It's gorgeous in every way and I am so
happy to have it alone at last! ;}




And...uh...not that you asked...but I re-named it for you!! ;}
Because Belle Blanc Bliss, it surely is!!!!!

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