First is my Mikasa Teapot. I posted before that I saw it at an antique store without a price on it...but at Replacements.com it was $199.95. Well, yesterday I got brave and asked the price...$9.99!!!!!! Here it is in my dining room:
We had a shower for a co-worker last week. She's having a boy (Lincoln!) but it is so hard for me to find cute boy things to knit...but I found this pattern on ravelry.com and copied the frog idea that someone else did. Here's mine:
On Friday night I went to Masterpiece Mixers with ladies from my church. We had an incredible time...and I really liked my painting...but decided to outline the flowers with white puff paint like the sample in the studio. Well...it turned out like this:
We covered the canvas with chalkboard paint, so I thought the white would make it more chalkboard looking. I HATED IT. My sweet friend, Kerry, outlined hers in yellow and didn't like it either...she had the great idea to peel off the puff paint and do over. So, that is what I did...of course, it took some of the paint off the flowers, too...so I had to repaint them. I also got some gold and green paint that was closer to my kitchen colors. I decided we would never use this as a chalkboard, and using this idea from pinterest.com as inspiration...here is my final product:
So, much better, right?
And just when you thought I couldn't fit anymore whimsy into a single weekend...there is more!
I made this bowl from an idea on pinterest.com. Basically, you take an oven-safe bowl. Pour oil in it and rub it up the sides. Pour a package of plastic beads in it. (I used perler beads from perlerbeads.com.) Then you spread the beads up the sides of the bowl and pat them into the bottom. I put the bowl in an oven at 200 degrees F, but it wasn't doing much...so I upped it to 250 degrees. After about 30 minutes, I took it out...let it cool...and viola...a cute little bowl...that I have no idea what to do with...but it is cute, right?
I also found this RIDICULOUS dessert on pinterest.com...(yes...I know...pinterest is my new love.) Anyway...you pat cookie dough into the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan. On top of the cookie dough, place a layer of oreo cookies. And over all of that...goes one box of brownie batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes...and this is what you get:
As you can see...I am on whimsy overload...so I am going to go crawl into my new Tempur-pedic bed that we got yesterday...and relax!
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