DIY•Painted Mugs

I am so happy. As I have already said my sharpies came on Saturday morning! I had a ball the rest of the day. I dragged my boyfriend to go to Target with me and buy all the drinkware! Then I scoured the Internet (a.k.a. Pinterest) to find an inspiration for the designs. We got home at about 3 and I didn't look at the clock again until about 11. I love decorating! 

I haven't baked them yet. But according to Pinterest I should let them set for 48-72 hours, put them in a cold oven, set to 425 degrees, bake for an hour, and then leave it in the oven until completely cooled. Since I just decorated these yesterday I am going to wait til tomorrow after work to put them in the oven. I have tried Sharpie mugs before with sharpie pens and it never stays on the mug. So I am hoping that these paint pens work because if they do I am going to go paint pen crazy!! Everything I own will have at least a dot of Sharpie paint pen on it!!

My first mug was a glass mug I decorated with pink and white mandalas. Now that it's done I'm not really a fan, but since the paint doesn't come off I'm stuck with it. 

The second one I wanted to make for me to bring to the office. I love Alice in Wonderland so of course I had to make the cute glass mug with "Drink Me" on the side.

Since Father's Day is in June, I wanted to make my dad a mug. So of course my go to present for my dad is either Star Wars or the Bruins. So I make him a Star Wars mug.

I made four more mugs that I love! One looks likes Kate spade mug, another looks like tye dye, one looks kind of like a basket weave (not really), a silver one has mermaid scales, and then of course I had to have a mug with a Doctor Who Quote. 

The mock Kate Spade mug

The tye dye mug

The "Basket Weave" mug

The silver mermaid mug

The Doctor Who mug 

"Tea! That's all I needed! A cup of tea. Super healed infusion of free radicals and tannin, just the thing for healing the synapses." -Tenth Doctor

Holiday Weekend

So this weekend in Memorial Day and I get a 3 day day weekend! Woo! My boss also let us out at noon today so it feels like a 4 day weekend. I am trying to figure out what my next project is. I really wanted to design some different mugs, but the oil based sharpies I ordered have been delayed so that might be while. I'll have to go shopping at a craft store so an idea will spark.

DIY•Wooden Initials

So I started my first project today. I wanted to start off with a simple DIY that is a cute decorations. You probably guessed from the title that it is wooden initials. D is my first initial of my first name and M is my boyfriends first initial of his  first name. 

I am hoping to hang these in the bedroom on the wall behind our bed. Most of our furniture is black or white in our bedroom so I thought I would make his black and mine white. I'm adding  buttons to make it a little more interesting. I was supposed to have bought a pack of completely black buttons, but apparently I dropped them somewhere in Walmart and didn't notice. 

I like how they came out, but with any project I do I think I could do more. When I wake up tomorrow I might add some more buttons or color. I can't stop tampering with things even when they are  done. 

I tried to be cool and take some "artsy" photos. I think they came out well enough. 

I had fun! Onto the next DIY!!

Just the Beginning

Hello! This is the beginning of my journey with diys. I have always been obsessed with crafts and fun projects I could do. I am going to chronicle my journey of different projects I find on Pinterest, others I find on the Internet, or things I come up with from my brain. Down the line I would love to have suggestions as to what I should do! Let's start DIYing!