Happy Autumn!

No better way to kick off the fall season than a WOLFPACK football game!!

The second best way to kick off the season would be home brewing! We hope this beer will be ready in time for our neighborhood Oktoberfest. I have to give a shout out to the best home brew supply store.. Bull City Homebrew. Make beer, not war!

Brace yourselves...

Fall is coming!

Where have I been for the past week? Watching seasons 1 and 2 of Game of Thrones. Thanks CheekyLittleMinx for suggesting the show and putting an end to my social life!

Fall is in the air

I'm so happy because I attempted another pinterest craft, and it turned out perfectly!! After the mercury glass fail, I was beginning to think I was DIY challenged. Turns out I'm not! Now I am super excited to pull out the rest of my fall decor and even try more crafts. I have some blank canvases that I can't decide what to do with. I'll try and do something with them in the next few days. Here are some pics of my wreath at different stages of the project. (Not sure why the blogger app won't let me change the order of them, but you get the idea).

Pinterest Fail

So I tried to make "Mercury Glass" by following a tutorial I saw on Pinterest. It was supposed to be quick and simple, and in the end you have a beautiful shiny vase (or any glass item) that looks like it has been weathered over the years. If you don't know what I'm talking about, this picture is a perfect example of what I was trying to achieve:

 

You are supposed to use "Krylon Looking Glass Mirror-Like Paint." Everything I read said to make sure you get this, and ONLY this.  Well I couldn't find that brand at Lowe's, so I used another brand of chrome metallic spray paint.  I figured it would work just fine.

 

 

 

These are all the items I used to make my vase.

 

 

 

 

I started out painting the inside of the vase. I was told to do this on the website I was looking at. When I finished, it didn't look "mirror- like" at all. So I decided just to spray the outside of the vase instead.

 

 

 

While the paint was wet, it looked very shiny and chrome. However, as it dries, and as you blot it with vinegar (to give it the weathered look), it becomes dull again.  I think that is why you MUST use Krylon Looking Glass paint. It can withstand the blotting and drying process and still ends up being chrome and mirror-like.

 

 

 

 

Here is my final product.  Somewhat shiny, but not mirror-like. It does not look like the mercury glass I was trying to emulate. I really want to try this project again, and use the Krylon paint instead of the Valspar.

 

ps- I did this project over a week ago and it's still sitting in my garage. I kinda hate it. Maybe when I buy the Krylon paint I'll try to spray over it and just let it be a shiny vase.  I just can't bring myself to throw away an almost perfectly good vase.

 

Sorry I've been Away!

I have been so busy the past week that I've barely had time to update. I went to a bridal shower, and hung out with family, among other things.

 

My guest bathroom got a makeover. It's amazing what a coat of paint can do for a room! It was white before, and now it's a nice cozy tan color. "Chocolate milk" color as I like to call it.

 

 

My fam ate at this restaurant, and we noticed a ziplock bag full of water taped to the top of the door. After consulting the interwebs, turns out it's supposed to repel flies. Internet says that's a myth. One website said there was a study where the number of flies actually increased. Didn't anyone think to Google it before doing it? I guess not.

 

 

Rocky, hubs, and I went to the Eno River a few days ago. We've never been there before, and it was pretty nice. There's a foot bridge across the river which was cool, and Rocky had fun cooling off in the water. Now that fall is coming, hopefully we'll all be able to spend more time outdoors and we won't have to worry about burning up in the heat.