Chalk Board Spray Paint (Obsessed!!)

So last weekend I found some chalk board spray paint and decided that it would be put to perfect use on all of the wine bottles I have been collecting.  I was saving them for a wedding in the distant future to use as center pieces (which is still the plan).  Painting them with the chalk board spray paint left such a nice finish, especially compared to the ones I painted with the regular chalk board paint. I think that they will be great as center pieces- you can easily write table numbers, add a little decoration at the top, etc. 

I thought leaving on the labels would add a nice texture once it was painted.  That was actually a little more trouble than it was worth.  Next time I will definitely soak the labels off first; it took too many coats to try and cover them.  Here is my work in progress:

 Here they are after the first coat.

 and a little wooden box that I also painted.

And here is the paint that I used- Rustoleum, the spray handle was definitely a must for how much spray painting I did.  I bought 2 cans of paint for $4 each and the handle was only $2. 

I used a couple of them for decoration on the newly remodeled table with some fake flowers. 

I have to decide what I want to write on there with the chalk.

And here are some shots of the finished bottles:

Love them! They will be perfect for some wedding off in the distant future... :)

Mosaic Tile Table

It has been a long time since I posted, I have just been very busy with my job, my new obsession (ZUMBA!!), and just having fun living life in general.  I'm getting certified to be a Zumba instructor, and will hopefully have an opportunity to teach at a new location of the studio that I currently go to.  So I am super excited and have thus spent most of my free time doing Zumba or working on choreography.  It has just been such a great experience for me in terms of weight loss (I'm down 30 lbs!!) and in finding something that I truly love to do.  I just really want to share those experiences with others. 

So this weekend Joel and I finally found time for a little DIY project.  We were wandering around Lowes and decided it would be fun to mosaic tile our patio table.  Having done tiling projects before I had a pretty good idea of what we would need and somehow we managed to make it out of there with all the necessary supplies.  We found some really awesome tiles and here is the finished product:

It was fun to do a project again.  I need to keep doing my projects, I realized that I had missed them a lot. 

So next weekend I'm going to be working on some chalkboard paint spray paint bottles and some decorations for our little table here. 

And hopefully at some point I will get around to uploading the pictures of my projects with the kids and get around to writing about those projects and how the kids are progressing.

So till next time, enjoy!

Back to work...

...Except work was not really feeling like work today.  We basically spent the day playing outside- the kids running around being crazy and me taking pictures of it!  It was a beautiful day (gotta love winters in Texas) not too hot, not too cold- juuuust right!

See! Look at that blue sky! Got to love your job when it allows you to enjoy a day as beautiful as this one!  We had fun just running around, swinging, trekking through the woods.  Here's a few shots of my crazy little monsters!

 (see I was being quite literal on this one... haha)

(cuteness monster? maybe for now... haha)

We'll see what kind of activities we get to later in the week but for now this nice winter weather is too nice to pass up in order to do inside projects so we'll see how that goes! more updates later!

New Year, New Resolve!

And you can probably guess what I will say.... I will keep up with my blog!!

I've been very lucky to have had a nice relaxing vacation from work but tomorrow it's back to it!  I'm excited though to see the kids and get to use my new camera with the kids! My dad gave me his old Cannon EOS 40D dslr body and a new lens for Christmas!  It has been so much fun learning how to use it and taking some pretty cool pictures.  And the kids love when I take pictures of them so I am lucky to have such willing subjects!

I have new ideas for projects with the kids, projects for the home and am excited to share them with you!  My first project of the new year is a wintry flower wreath.  I used a basic twig wreath that I got from Jo Ann Fabrics and cut felt to make the flowers.  I did glitter on a few of them to add a little sparkle!  I think it looks pretty good!

On another note, I have been spending a lot of time over my vacation doing Zumba. It is a great way to excercise! It has been so much fun for me and inspired me on my way to my weight loss goals!  If you have never tried a Zumba class I strongly encourage you to.  And if you live anywhere near the Denton area I also encourage you to check out the new Fuego Fitness in the Denton mall; the instructors there are awesome and they have all inspired me on my journey. 

That's all for this post, and there will be more soon! I promise!