(Re) Chic

Let's be honest, sometimes things just don't go as planned.  Like when you have this brilliant idea to do screen printing on the cheap and your ink runs everywhere.  Ink bleeding everywhere Or when you melt the fabulous tote bag you were working on.  Melted Mandala Sometimes you just have to admit that you don't know what you're doing and Google it.  And that's what I do.  So look out for some tutorials in the near future of things that I've probably screwed up previously and finally gave in and Googled how to do.   What sort of things have you failed at recently?

So you know how there are those websites that do Pinterest projects that failed miserably...well this is one of my craft fails...not from Pinterest but the concept is the same.  Something that seemed simple...that did not go well, that I hope you can learn from.  I "rescued" a bird bath from the curb that had a hole in it.  I thought "no problem, I'll mosaic over it and the  hole will be covered and it will be prettier."  Seems small enough to cover Lesson 1:  in mosaic-ing-or any other any craft project. Have the right materials.  You should not try breaking pieces with a rolling pin...you'll just dent your rolling pin Quick-drying is not what you want for a mosaic-art takes time! As you can see from some of the above pictures I did not have the appropriate materials.  I had purchased some plates from the thrift store to break for my mosaic, but I couldn't find a hammer so I proceeded to smash them with a rolling pin.  Th...

I love to try new things, so being inspired by some of my crafty Facebook groups I decided I wanted to monogram a purse. And then this amazing thing happened...I found one at Walmart for $5.  That's right $5!!! So I created my (current) monogram in a swirly font and cut it out, excited to have a personalized purse. Well, this is why we always do test subjects first.  Because I melted it. No really...I melted it.                          It just goes to show you that we're always learning!

Over the summer I was very excited about the vermicomposter I had made myself.   One of my primary fears was drowning my worms because I had heard stories of worms all over an office because they were escaping a vermicomposter in a desk that was too wet.   This doesn't look like a drowned worm.  That looks like a dried out worm.  *sigh* I dried them all out.  So much for my worm bin dreams.   Ah well, at least I won't have to figure out how to move them.