Made 2 Match: Fail

Well as proof that no project is perfect, I learned my lesson about making sure you're gentle when working with these napkins as I applied the mod podge a bit to carelessly to my vase and ended up with this on the back.

Grrrrr.

In theory - I could have found a matching piece of the pattern and filled it in. But the back of the vase faces the wall so I left it as a little reminder of the need to be gentle.

Friday Fail - Phone Photos

This is what happens when you let your kids play with your camera - they lose it and you end up having to use your phone to take tutorial pictures for your blog.

No matter how you try to adjust them in iPhoto or photoshop, they just don't do your project justice.

Ughhhhhh

Friday Fail - Definitely NOT Charming

I'm still playing around with the wine charms and was looking for something very simple and understated.

These seemed like a good idea 'till I got it on the glass.

Generally, my mind isn't in the gutter, I swear. But whenever I walked by that charm I could only see one thing. Being that this is a family friendly blog I'll just leave it at that...

Am I the only one who is seeing this for more than it is?

Friday's Fail: Mid Project Oops!!!

So yesterday I posted my little Jewelry Display... but did anyone notice the mid-project oops in my tutorial??? I mean aside from being really cheap and not running out for the forth corner bracket.

Take a look at this picture:

Notice anything?

Here let me help you:

Look at the direction of the bevels, inside on the bottom, inside on the right, inside on the top... outside on the left.

Yeah, that isn't going to work. I found out as I was assembling it. Thankfully, I had just enough molding left to cut a new piece and go along my way.

Friday's Fixin' to do it

• fixin to

vernacular peculiar to the the southern US, means one is about to do something or it is in the process of being done.

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Most of my project are completed over the course of the weekend, so heading into each weekend - I thought I'd give an accounting of what I'm "fixin' to" do. There are so many creative people and I'm hoping that if I mention what I've got on deck, I might get some great suggestion to keep in mind while working on thing.

This weekend, we're headed to NJ. Which for some, might mean no projects.

But I've got a lot of research to do this weekend and that can easily be done on the road. Here is what I've got to look into:

• Planning for my 2nd year Daisy Troop, they've still got 9 petals to complete before bridging to Brownies. 
• Accessories for a girly girl bedroom in an apartment. One of my girl friends just moved with her 4 kids, 2 girls/2 boys, into an apartment and she wants to dress up the girls room with some girly girl accessories. I'm packing all my decorating magazines to compile a list of apartment friendly ideas.
• While on the road, I'm hoping to figure a way to wrap some stars out of craft wire, we'll see how that goes.
• And finally - Christmas gifts. I'm already thinking about them and I want to start making a list so I know what I've got to make and what I've got to budget for. 

In case you weren't following my blog last Christmastime, I did a series of handmade Holiday ideas.  I'll be doing it again this year but here are my favorites from last year:

Secret Trees

Silhouette Ornaments