It's Not About Pretty

Tried another little DIY, thanks to my friend Jen at Red Sole Diary . She saw this DIY on gold glitter feathers and thought it would be something I’d be interested in trying – or maybe she was trying to see if I would go insane with yet another DIY, or perhaps get drunk trying?  But as usual, Jen knows what I like, and she was right – it was easy!  I swear there was no drinking or pain involved (mental or otherwise) doing this DIY.. Do this:   Hit up Michael’s or some other crafty place to buy some cheap feathers, glitter and gold paint. These things are not expensive and there is none of that  “running to 3 different crafty places” like usual. Thank god. Getting it done: I will say that you should us a brush to put the gold paint onto the feather. The whole “dipping” the feather into the paint (as mentioned in blog link above)  is messy and makes it all f-‘d up. So just grab a small paint brush, slap some gold shit paint on the ...

photos ian logan One last DIY saga for this year! I keep seeing these amazing tassel garlands on Pinterest and those crazy DIY blogs and the crazy blogger girls (once again) keep telling everyone how easy it all is, so fueled by eggnog and Christmas cookies, I decided to be led astray. Again. At first it was almost fun. But you do notice I said “almost” right? You cut tissue until you are blue in the face then try to twist it to make those “loops” with out the tissue breaking apart on you. At this point you may be ready for the insane asylum. But the best part is when you get to use your hot glue gun to get the mylar tassels to twist and stay put. You guessed it! I hot glued 2 of my fingers together and that shit hurt like a bitch. But yet I kept on going. Although I did add rum to the eggnog to help with the pain. It must have helped, as I ended up making a Christmas garland (reds and greens) and the New Years version in various shades of gold and silver. ...

A last minute Christmas DIY.  And the most amazing part was, this one was actually kinda fun and easy. I kid you not .  So here’s the scoop. And you know me – this is the real scoop not some bullshit Christmas story. I picked up some Mason jars at Michael’s (I will admit, part was a nightmare)  – make sure you get Mason jars not Ball jars as the mouth  of the jar is wider, so its easier to stuff your candy and toys into.  Oh Shit, I am totally sounding like one of those DIY bloggers. Shoot me now. Take the lids off and spray paint them white (or any other color you like).  Then put some  batting sprinkled with “snow glitter” in the bottom of the jar, then stuff the jars with candy and treats that you think that special person would like. I personally like to throw in skate stickers, tiny dinosaurs, balloons, mini ornaments, lip gloss and cool retro candies & gum. Although a few people got some “coal” in their jars too – hmmm...

Here’s a DIY that is for once easier than you’d think. I think it’s technically called “Gold Glitter Candle”. But I am changing the name to “Sexy Time” as I think that will help my blog show up in Google faster. No drinking involved this time so you can save some money there. But as always there are pitfalls. So read on… Head on over to Michael’s and get yourself a small mason jar, a brush (a cheap one will do), some gold or silver glitter, a flameless candle (I’ll warn you about this item, I had to get FIVE before one worked!) and this bizarre shit called – Mod Podge. This is where you will be looking up and down the aisles for some “crafty” person’s help, because Mod Podge comes in like 10 flavors types. I kid you not. I don’t care what these crazy crafty ladies tell you, just get any old one in a small size. Because really, how many DIY’s are you going to do in this life time?? Exactly. ...

This is another one of those DIY’s that I am going to have to spill the real truth on.  I’d start this post with “have fun!” but we all know that would be a lie – because it’s NOT fun.  In fact most blogger’s who do all these DIY’s are LIARS or sociopaths or named Martha Stewart.  You know that’s the word on the street right? OK,  first you will head over to Walmart (not the nicer Target or Toy’s R Us, because they don’t have any frigging dinosaurs, I guess they are too upscale for this nonsense) and after you get done snapping iphone photos of people that you can add to “The People of Walmart” site, you will dodge past kids having holiday meltdowns and into the dreaded toy isle. The good thing is, these dinosaurs are only $1 each – which makes up for losing your sanity in Walmart. ** No one wants to tell you this, as I am betting they want other bloggers to get maimed and be off the blogging scene for ...

So I had  12 free hours to myself so what did I do?  I started a damn DIY that I saw here and tried to duplicate the clutch I saw here . Not a good idea, as these things always seem more fun than they really are. You know those blogs that make it all seem so easy? Well, it’s not. So I will  spare you the smiles and bullshit. Here’s the REAL truth. By the time you go to Micheal’s craft store & make small talk with people who live for a DIY like it’s the holy grail, and then dodge your way around all the guys aimlessly wandering through Home Depot with their eyes glazed over (like you’d I’d be at Barneys when the Rick Owens shipment has just arrived), you are already exhausted.  And let’s not even discuss finding an American Apparel store that has these neutral clutches in stock, because every blogger in the world has been caught up in this damn DIY craze, and in turn, created mass hysteria with girls everywhere to “just try it!”...