Mauvin’ Monday Link Party #3

March 5, 2012 by 8 Comments

Greetings all my lovely linkers!  I’m happy to present you with link party #3 today!  I have to say, I’m really loving having this link party.  It gives me a chance to really correspond with some awesome bloggers.  More importantly, I’ve got a front row seat to some really fabulous projects!  Can’t beat that.

52 awesome projects were linked up this week, and I adored all of them!  But, one of my favorite’s had to be Rose’s spare toilet paper holder.  Seriously, how cute is this?

Congrats on the feature! You deserve it!

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Now, let’s get rolling on this weeks link party!

Rules:

  1. Links can involve any crafty project you are proud to show off!
  2. Please, please, please (with a cherry on top!), link back to VintageMauve.com with our button below.
  3. Leave a comment where you’ve posted our button, that way I can return the favor and post yours! 
  4. Want to find out when the next linky party will be?  Please follow us through Linky Followers, or subscribe with Feedburner!
  5. Make sure to meander around and check out what other bloggers are posting! Give them some comment love if you are lovin’ their project.  (That’s what blogging is all about, right?)
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Votin’ with my Homies

March 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment

This is a mistake, right?  There is no way in the world I found my blog on the 2012 Apartment Therapy Homie Awards. There is no way that’s my blog on the ballot.  Here I am, clicking around the site to vote for my own favorite blogs, and in the process of scrolling – I was stopped dead in my tracks.  There it was…the link to my blog!  I am in absolute awe.  Speechless, almost. I didn’t think there was every a possibility when I started this  blog back in November that anyone would even read it, let alone nominate it for any kind of award.  It’s such an honor to see Vintage Mauve on the same list as 95% of my favorite blogs to read.

The top blogs will be counted tomorrow, and next week the real voting begins.  I can’t wait to see who wins the Homie awards this year!  But more than anything,  I’ll forever cherish my nomination.

Like they say…”it’s an honor just to be nominated”.

I thought that was line of crap.  But it’s not at all.  It really is such an honor!  THANK YOU!

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Octo-putz

March 1, 2012 by 3 Comments

So…every once in a while I’ll get a bug up my you know what and need to revamp something immediately.  Well, that bug hit with full force the moment I came home from work yesterday. Maybe I was coming off the birthday high, or maybe it had something to do with the AMP energy drink I consumed at work.  Whatever it was,  it caused a serious need to craft.  I mulled around the house for a few minutes, getting a lay of the land, and tried to figure out what project would fill me craft need.   I ended up in the bathroom face to face with a plastic octopus that hangs above our toilet.  (Andrew has a things for bees and octopus’ okay?).   This octopus is green and it clearly needs to be spray painted white to go with the new sink. Obviously, this needs to happen right now.

Terrible Crafter

Quickly, I took the octopus off the wall and wiped it down to remove any dust.  Then, I headed out to the garage to get the spray paint. I plopped the octopus figure on the patio table (which has seen better days since the coaster acrylic spray of 2011), and started heading to town. It didn’t take me long to realize that I completely skipped the step where I should have put our painters throw underneath the octopus. But….I’ve already started spraying.  The damage is done. I keep going. Spray. Spray.  Spray.

Terrible Crafter

Erm…there are a lot of bubbles here.  And of course, part of the table is now white.  Why did I star this project again?  Oh, I know – BECAUSE I AM INSANE. I should have just bit the bullet and painted my nails or something. After staring at the bubbles and the consistency, I knew if I didn’t try to get the paint off, I would have ruined the octopus forever. Back in the house it went, with the bottle of mineral spirits in toe.

Terrible Crafter

20 minutes of scrubbing, and a VERY stinky house later  - I have now completely wrecked what used to be a normal looking octopus and turned it into a monster. I now deem myself an octo-putz and will have to give the spray paint thing another try in order to salvage this garage sale find.

Here is the breakdown of what went wrong:

  1. I had the idea to begin with.
  2. I did this unsupervised.
  3. Drop cloth, anyone?
  4. Sprayed the white spray paint in too close of a range.
  5. Multiple THIN coats are needed.
  6. Stop drinking energy drinks because it removes reason and clarity, and also skill (apparently.)

Feel free to chuckle at my absurdity.  I know I am!

P.S.  Don’t forget to link up to the Mauvin’ Monday link party!

Love,

J and A

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