My last post was about a pinterest fail; I am glad to share this is a success.... with a lesson learned. I am sure you have come across at least one site that tells you all of the fun crafts you can do with a wine bottle. I absolutely love it- now not only can I drink the wine, but I can reuse the bottle too! It's like the settlers how they tried to use every last bit of the animal or plant- let nothing go to waste. Okay, maybe that was a bad analogy. But, I just love the idea of reusing bottles- plus they have such a nice look to them already.
I decided for the holidays I would make a centerpiece for my dining room table. I don't have many spots for centerpieces or decor in my apartment- I don't have a mantle, I don't have many shelves that aren't used already, so my dining room table was the perfect spot. I wanted my centerpiece to be different heights so I mixed two different size wine bottles and added three red stripe bottles...and wah la!
I started with my plain bottles and added a base primer. As you can see I left the labels on. I recommend take the extra time to remove the labels. It's not awful and not that noticeable, but would make it that much better. I guess leaving the labels on was my signature touch!
After the primer, I decided to paint the wine bottles black. I put about 3 coats on each bottle. If you remove the label, you probably wouldn't need that many, but again I left the labels on thus having to try and cover it.
The black went on very smooth and looks great! For the Christmas holiday (or maybe even New Years) I want to add some glitter. Love me some SPARKLE!!
Finally, here is the final project! I bought the leaves at Michaels for about $1, so in total the whole project cost be $1. Of course, I already had the paint, primer and wine on hand!
Now, for the lesson learned. So besides make a centerpiece I wanted to make a place to store all of my corks. Because any good pinner knows you need lots of corks for all of your DIY projects! I had an extra apple sauce jar on hand, so I thought this would be perfect. I thought I would do the same type of thing with the paint, except I could add stripes to give it some color.
Again, I began by putting a base of primer. Well, first I actually took the time to remove the label, then added the primer. I liked the look of the sand and thought it would go perfect on display. So, like the Red Stripe, I painted the jar a sandy color.
Because I love pink, I decided to add a few stripes of pink. Here is where the lesson is learned. For all you newbie DIYer's, when you use painters tape you MUST remove the tape while the paint is still wet. No one ever told me and I decided to dive right in instead of researching. I mean, who thought you would need to do some reading before painting?! Well, when you leave painters tape on paint and let it dry, when you go to pull it up...you run the possibility of losing half of your paint. Let's just say my applesauce jar is now covered in colored hemp :)
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I just had to share this one- I came across this recipe on pinterest and must give credit to Tammy's Recipes. I had never made my own dough and rolls before, so I thought cooking for Jake's family for Thanksgiving was the best time to try!
The recipe was cheap, most of the ingredient you probably already have, and it did not take long to make! The longest part was waiting for the dough to set and rise.
My only tip- pay attention when measure ingredients and if you are going to double the recipe, don't talk on the phone while doing it! :)
Follow the link to get the recipe and ENJOY!
This seems to be a common theme for me...Pinterest Fail. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love pinterest still and waste (?) so much of my precious time pinning! And, not all are fails... wait until you see my Christmas post.
I found what I thought would be an awesome recipe and one I knew Jake would just love. Well, I am sure he would love it if it turned out correct. Oreo Cheesecake Cookies. I mean, delightful, right? Jake loves oreos. He loves cheesecake. I love cheesecake and chocolate. I thought perfect. Whatever I did wrong made the cookies so very wrong. Table for two's look delicious...while mine look, well see for yourself. Follow the link to Table for Two and try out the recipe- I would love to hear how yours turns out!
Failed Cookie:
13.1 is done and over with! I am so excited to share I did it! I would like to be able to say by registering in May I had plenty of time to train...but that was not the case. I don't know if it was the summer heat here in North Carolina or just me being lazy, but I really waited until about 8 weeks out to really focus. Remember my post a little while back, 6 weeks and counting, well the training schedule did wonders! The schedule and my awesome neighbor who would run with me at 6 in the morning!
So... a few highlights from race day...
My amazing boyfriend, Jake, was there to meet me at the finish line! Well, Jake and our baby boy, Apollo! :)
I finished the race in 2 hours and 22 minutes which for my first (and probably only) is awesome! A funny story I just have to share- so, they call out your name and time as you are crossing the finish line. And, it just happened that right before they called my name a 12 year old boy finished. So here is what I (and everyone else around) heard that morning:
"And, finishing his first ever half-marathon, our first 12 year old...." "And, following is Kimberly at...." "And, here comes our first full marathoner..."
So, yes I was sandwiched between a 12 year old boy and the first full marathoner. I will take it! It makes for a good laugh...and I FINISHED!
Also, I had an awesome support team! Some of my favorite people woke up at 6am to come out and support me. The best part- I had no idea they were even planning on doing this. It was so wonderful to hear the cheering and see these bright faces- it definitely put a little uumph in my step! Everyone around me was so jealous of the awesome t-shirts and support. My friends and family rock!
I started with my plain bottles and added a base primer. As you can see I left the labels on. I recommend take the extra time to remove the labels. It's not awful and not that noticeable, but would make it that much better. I guess leaving the labels on was my signature touch!
After the primer, I decided to paint the wine bottles black. I put about 3 coats on each bottle. If you remove the label, you probably wouldn't need that many, but again I left the labels on thus having to try and cover it. 
Finally, here is the final project! I bought the leaves at Michaels for about $1, so in total the whole project cost be $1. Of course, I already had the paint, primer and wine on hand! 
Again, I began by putting a base of primer. Well, first I actually took the time to remove the label, then added the primer. I liked the look of the sand and thought it would go perfect on display. So, like the Red Stripe, I painted the jar a sandy color. 
Because I love pink, I decided to add a few stripes of pink. Here is where the lesson is learned. For all you newbie DIYer's, when you use painters tape you MUST remove the tape while the paint is still wet. No one ever told me and I decided to dive right in instead of researching. I mean, who thought you would need to do some reading before painting?! Well, when you leave painters tape on paint and let it dry, when you go to pull it up...you run the possibility of losing half of your paint. Let's just say my applesauce jar is now covered in colored hemp :)
