pinterest challenge - dipped in gold

<span style="background-color: white;">I made a promise to myself the last time I saw the <a href="http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/2012/03/pinterest-challenge-watercoloring/" target="_blank">Pinterest Challenge</a>, that the next time it came around I would join in the fun.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">So when <a href="http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/" target="_blank">Katie</a>, <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/" target="_blank">Sherry</a>, <a href="http://www.centsationalgirl.com/" target="_blank">Kate</a> and <a href="http://www.tenjuneblog.com/" target="_blank">Michelle</a> told me it was that time of year I did a little happy jig. But my dancing stopped when the hubs pointed out that I was "already in the middle of 4 other big projects. Do you really want to add another one?" </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Must he always be so practical? </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">I did see his point though. But hey, not everything on <a href="http://pinterest.com/ladybaum/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> needs to be big. So I decided I'd do something that I could tackle during craft time with my daughter. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Resume happy jig.</span><br /><br />The goal, for me, was to pick something very different. Something that made me say 'I love it' and 'that is nothing like anything I have in my house'.<br /><br />So when I saw this fab mason jar turned disco vase by <a href="http://theknottybride.com/32012" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">The Knotty Bride</a><span style="background-color: white;"> I knew I'd found my project. </span><span style="background-color: white;"> And how thrilled would my 4-year-old, Amelia, be to help me with glue and glitter?! Mom of the Month club, are you reading this?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1jRQpYVX1sq6CxfN5RN9j6MtheZcPaZOYHYJ7VQ7Ry3evBz3uk9M0n1WqpxYB8o3309A14U7kKTYpSZWmSQGrBI0ld-pTDyGQfP4-InGWjWIEPyEejTACcma1XRRaLKiB9pgr_qXL9qZ/s1600/5-Glitter-Vase-DIY.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1jRQpYVX1sq6CxfN5RN9j6MtheZcPaZOYHYJ7VQ7Ry3evBz3uk9M0n1WqpxYB8o3309A14U7kKTYpSZWmSQGrBI0ld-pTDyGQfP4-InGWjWIEPyEejTACcma1XRRaLKiB9pgr_qXL9qZ/s400/5-Glitter-Vase-DIY.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">The </span><span style="background-color: white;">tutorial</span><span style="background-color: white;"> is simple and straightforward, perfect for the likes of me. </span><br /><br />I got my supplies and used a leftover glass vase from <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/02/very-first-birthday.html" target="_blank">Eve's birthday party</a> as my test subject.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuB9U8AqKJDAJNn2eS_UHpIbv2bCuTxWHs6gn2GddahhOQsLEZYjmk7AUXbMEnqMRode09bpMQtSJFhR2uyUwPJwhxpAMl0Qv4u3FIe9caPoskrnby6f3IQcACK1MMHJZgd2AWMUvPaPK-/s1600/Glitterbefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuB9U8AqKJDAJNn2eS_UHpIbv2bCuTxWHs6gn2GddahhOQsLEZYjmk7AUXbMEnqMRode09bpMQtSJFhR2uyUwPJwhxpAMl0Qv4u3FIe9caPoskrnby6f3IQcACK1MMHJZgd2AWMUvPaPK-/s640/Glitterbefore.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">Everything went swimmingly until the glue brush broke and fell onto the table and then into my lap, slopping glue all over everything. This would never happen to a serial craft person I'm sure. </span><span style="background-color: white;">You are lucky I love you Martha, otherwise I would have thrown some of my cussing in your direction.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkf3OMSd__LCgWzjib2HkeiqzBjdyXCr3WOPMAyu8gmbqGoal60zxmmP649BjB3CgXDDbv06bmNRYQv-_0vaBrAEsHN8niuxz0ezx3sOC6eASqR2xhdmJ1CnpaYGSllleDQrxMBImi8rL/s1600/Glue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkf3OMSd__LCgWzjib2HkeiqzBjdyXCr3WOPMAyu8gmbqGoal60zxmmP649BjB3CgXDDbv06bmNRYQv-_0vaBrAEsHN8niuxz0ezx3sOC6eASqR2xhdmJ1CnpaYGSllleDQrxMBImi8rL/s640/Glue.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">With glue all over the jar, the table and myself, we got to the fun part, the glitter. I used the left over cake box from my birthday to contain the glitterness. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-eWgsWoss_Z0ZrsZC_D8PZDzC-k4RZKQSTxUHhwoZeem-9rD-ybczkOBqKJ7raCNzwmIdqHtp4bdTSN0uQiS4y9rLfZgT63SVotrk82Oeb49bHWsRepmqLXk4SXBTBKyyDOSOpaVPR7o/s1600/GlueDip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-eWgsWoss_Z0ZrsZC_D8PZDzC-k4RZKQSTxUHhwoZeem-9rD-ybczkOBqKJ7raCNzwmIdqHtp4bdTSN0uQiS4y9rLfZgT63SVotrk82Oeb49bHWsRepmqLXk4SXBTBKyyDOSOpaVPR7o/s640/GlueDip.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">We rolled and rolled until we got this.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JKSUai5KFz2aw7m6ERV6Cj64A-IhPFSk1VHt-42UvxWen0n58SsJtmWxrnIVOQgNJfHFaB-Mvc2LoHxxW4oXD8jjikouYO-fXzLaEeE7Gq8TRVajIypEE_bVCPGLRUa_oPR6SOmhJbb9/s1600/GlitterTest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JKSUai5KFz2aw7m6ERV6Cj64A-IhPFSk1VHt-42UvxWen0n58SsJtmWxrnIVOQgNJfHFaB-Mvc2LoHxxW4oXD8jjikouYO-fXzLaEeE7Gq8TRVajIypEE_bVCPGLRUa_oPR6SOmhJbb9/s640/GlitterTest.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">It worked! And it was fun and messy and quick. Amelia quickly claimed it as 'hers' so I decided to do another using my very favorite bottle. </span><br /><br />I save these bottles from a bar that the hubs and I always visit on date night. They make a blissful G&T. And the bottles are a perfect shape for a single flower. Win win.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfseyZkwhYYb66AG-xC208j6kx9iNRR2T4B9vZCqQgKNMqOmRV9TrhYiTgH28cWydZLpuw4MhIeNrArQnDuj04TmMULOqFHFAKF9pAF90eAkttnHzVnNPfne-JU1QU2t6znlUtB4Pfi6Q/s1600/glitterbottlebefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfseyZkwhYYb66AG-xC208j6kx9iNRR2T4B9vZCqQgKNMqOmRV9TrhYiTgH28cWydZLpuw4MhIeNrArQnDuj04TmMULOqFHFAKF9pAF90eAkttnHzVnNPfne-JU1QU2t6znlUtB4Pfi6Q/s640/glitterbottlebefore.jpg" width="404" /></a></div>Lather. Rinse. Repeat. And I have a lovely glitter tonic bottle.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3GbyI2rU4hU2gxlWWPTQXTHw7nhnI9gscMNI1kzfF89lgCvnOo9TDAwqv2ow2UPb55Z3JFBIfsYF7MVe3iMeBnpVY28vB3FgAfopAkxe1gRN77I9tROH-U9ofDCPXjWLalx3Wreao_rA/s1600/GlitterAfter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3GbyI2rU4hU2gxlWWPTQXTHw7nhnI9gscMNI1kzfF89lgCvnOo9TDAwqv2ow2UPb55Z3JFBIfsYF7MVe3iMeBnpVY28vB3FgAfopAkxe1gRN77I9tROH-U9ofDCPXjWLalx3Wreao_rA/s640/GlitterAfter.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">A perfect way to honor my favorite drink and event - date night. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">When we finished Amelia said "oh mommy - they are the most pretty gold dancing balls!". (I think she means disco ball. Don't even get me started on how proud I am that she knows what a disco ball is.)</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">It was a fun afternoon. And I now have something funky and different from anything else in my house. It also brings out the gold in <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/06/need-vs-want-summer-edition.html" target="_blank">Mary Katherine Gallagher the Owl </a>. I love it.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">And how can you argue with the sparkle it gives when the sun catches it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7x2KKt108TFoA0qSWRBAC-hqVDeVXSEkwzh_iwoYKIoIucH-9MhrYgGRBAd5shy3ps2ioE3wItcSTypk6-DkjNrTY1jMPhYeoCLBR1yx_soJDawpqI-AawKvHuiaDyq1Cjkb2jMf4u4Ml/s1600/GlitterGlow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7x2KKt108TFoA0qSWRBAC-hqVDeVXSEkwzh_iwoYKIoIucH-9MhrYgGRBAd5shy3ps2ioE3wItcSTypk6-DkjNrTY1jMPhYeoCLBR1yx_soJDawpqI-AawKvHuiaDyq1Cjkb2jMf4u4Ml/s640/GlitterGlow.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">Disco.</span><br /><br />Thanks ladies, for encouraging me to get my craft on!<br /><br />Be sure to visit all of the Pinterest Challenge hosts today and see all of the great projects inspired by the <strike>time sucker</strike> good friend we call <a href="http://pinterest.com/ladybaum/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tenjuneblog.com/" target="_blank">Ten June</a><br /><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/" target="_blank">Young House Love</a><br /><a href="http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/" target="_blank">Bower Power</a><br /><a href="http://www.centsationalgirl.com/" target="_blank">Centsational Girl</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuyHHsyj0n0leMwBrl1uVN3IaPUeHmES_VMUtBk-iJJs9bdkhRjZXSfTv7OVPFlafENFxlRk2x0BzA8iym0AayCwpH583HhZW5o08SR5SNJfrNYsf5Nhc_BFp5_nmW0l1nFSyVufRGhfB/s1600/Pinterest+Challenge+banner+1+summer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuyHHsyj0n0leMwBrl1uVN3IaPUeHmES_VMUtBk-iJJs9bdkhRjZXSfTv7OVPFlafENFxlRk2x0BzA8iym0AayCwpH583HhZW5o08SR5SNJfrNYsf5Nhc_BFp5_nmW0l1nFSyVufRGhfB/s640/Pinterest+Challenge+banner+1+summer.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>

pinterest challenge - dipped in gold

I made a promise to myself the last time I saw the Pinterest Challenge , that the next time it came around I would join in the fun. So when ...

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