This is only the beginning.
I'm not even sure how long of a break it has been, but I do know that it's been a long one. I doubt many people even read this blog, so that's okay. Honestly, it makes it even better when it comes to posts like these - I know not many people are reading what is going on and that makes it easier to hit publish. The thing is, I have started hundreds of posts, and I feel so good about them when I start them, but I will get half way through and hate everything I just said and delete it. I'm hoping I can get through this one.
Let's just start with the month long vacation I had. I drove across country back to Oregon on June 30th with my brother. We were pulling down my mom's drive way in just 42 hours on July 2nd. I will never forget that day. Everyone (including Shae) was outside preparing for our huge 4th of July party. It was so heart warming to be coming home to that. Anyway, I was in Oregon for a couple of weeks. That was amazing. I have grown into a person that would rather spend time with my family then friends. I look at it this way, I talk to my mom at least twice a day on the phone and all day through text messages, some of the friends that were wanting to see me only talked to me once every other month or so. I did see some amazing friends, though, and it was great. I missed everyone so much.
The greatness of Oregon was nothing once I got to Alaska. I felt home and alive and where I wanted to be. It had been 8 years since I had been back and it kind of took me by surprise that I felt so at home there. Especially when we got to Pelican. Part of me felt like it wasn't real because my grandpa Claude was no longer there. My aunt, she kept telling us to imagine him out hunting, so that's what I did. But then days would pass and I could no longer use that excuse. He was gone and not coming back. We were in his house that felt just like his house and I so badly wanted to hear his giddy little laugh as he walked down the stairs like I had seen so many times when I lived with him. It was easier being around so much family. I'm pretty sure that was the most populated Pelican has ever been. The population is 80 people, and there was close to 300 there at one point. It was crazy, but it was fun. So much happened in those 5 days in Pelican. I had amazing nights with some of the best people, and even amazing days. I was surrounded by people and a community that I love so much. My heart will always be there. Leaving was pretty much the worst. I had to go to the bar and get drunk to make it a little easier. I remember getting on the ferry, getting up to the top deck, and looking out at this small town and wanting to damn badly to just walk off the boat, leave my life behind and stay there forever. That moment passed when I was joined by my cousin, and then flashes of my marriage, my job and school came coming back to me. I swear that town puts a spell over you. Nobody ever wants to leave. There is a sense of peacefulness about it. You have no internet, no cell phone service and you can only make local calls unless you have a calling card. Everything about it is remote and you have to make your own fun outside. There are no cars or trucks, it's all walking or you have your own quad or golf cart of some sort, there are no police, and a little bar called Rosie's is kind of what keeps the town alive. It's hard to explain, but it's amazing. It really is.
Coming back to North Carolina was a huge buzz kill. Luckily my mom and cousin came back with me. They left yesterday and now I'm alone for the next month. I haven't see Shae since June, and won't see him until September. Okay I saw him four days when I was in Oregon but that barely counts. So I am sitting here in our home, alone, it's quiet and I really just don't feel right? It doesn't make any sense. I am hoping that once school and work starts that this feeling will subside, but I just feel like I'm not happy with my life anymore and that scares me. We only have two more years here and it honestly feels like a lifetime.
There really is no point to this post. It's just me rambling and letting my thoughts out. I really need to take a shower and get ready for the day so I will leave it at this.
Huge thanks to Briana Nicole Photography for these amazing pictures. We are so happy with how they turned out and I cannot wait to get these babies printed and on our wall!
Anyway, just figured you all might want to see Shae and I lookin' cute and stuff. ;)
Wow, am I a slacker or what!? It has been a crazy month in the Atkins household. We moved out of our apartment into our new home (which was completely exhausting and I never want to move again), Shae went to the field, and then I ended up getting so sick! We also started a fruit + vegetable garden with the addition of one herb (cilantro, duh!), Shae got a new truck, we met some new friends, went to Carolina Rebellion (still recovering from that damn concert I swear), and I got the wonderful news of my acceptance into the Surgical Tech Program!
In case you didn't realize, it has been pretty hectic around here. I've also been working my ass off at work. In fact, I got offered a position as a Team Lead but I believe I will be starting at a GSA and then if I feel like I can commit the time, I will then become a Team Lead. So that is exciting! On a different note, I have missed blogging so much! Truthfully, I have barely even touched my computer since we moved into our new house. I mostly used it before for all my online classes/school and now that I am done until fall term, there hasn't been much use for the thing!
There isn't a whole lot to update on. Turns out, Shae never ended up going to Arizona for 2 1/2 months and I am so happy I get him for the entire summer. I was going to be so bummed without him this year. Unfortunately he can't go home with me in the month of July but that's okay. I am still incredibly excited to get home and see my family and also road trip across the US with my brother!
That's my little update for the past month. I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things and get on a regular blogging schedule again.
In case you didn't realize, it has been pretty hectic around here. I've also been working my ass off at work. In fact, I got offered a position as a Team Lead but I believe I will be starting at a GSA and then if I feel like I can commit the time, I will then become a Team Lead. So that is exciting! On a different note, I have missed blogging so much! Truthfully, I have barely even touched my computer since we moved into our new house. I mostly used it before for all my online classes/school and now that I am done until fall term, there hasn't been much use for the thing!
There isn't a whole lot to update on. Turns out, Shae never ended up going to Arizona for 2 1/2 months and I am so happy I get him for the entire summer. I was going to be so bummed without him this year. Unfortunately he can't go home with me in the month of July but that's okay. I am still incredibly excited to get home and see my family and also road trip across the US with my brother!
That's my little update for the past month. I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things and get on a regular blogging schedule again.
This month is such a huge month especially because are so excited to be moving into our new house! With that being said, Shae leaves in just a few weeks for Arizona for some training and will be gone until July. What is even more annoying is that he gets back the day after I leave for my road trip to Oregon with my brother. So I get to spend the summer without my husband and in a new house all alone. But, that just means I have to make some pretty great goals!
1. Start Kayla Itsines Beach Body Guide again - If not BBG, then I will do Insanity.
2. Become a pro meal-planner and prepper after Shae leaves - I have attempted this so many times with Shae around and it is incredibly difficult. So hopefully I will have better luck when he isn't around.
3. Save save save money! - I need to save money for my road trip across the United States and mostly because it is smart to save money.
4. Finish one room in our new house - I am thinking guest bathroom or my office/beauty room. Or both. ;)
Do you have any tips for meal planning or meal prepping?
1. Get rid of any junk and all clothes Shae and I no longer wear - We rocked this out a couple weeks ago and we got rid of SO much stuff. I love the feeling of cleaning out clutter and things I don't need. There was some that absolutely needed to be thrown away but we donated the rest!
2. Do not settle on a house we both do not love - Passed this goal with flying colors! We found a house we really love and WE MOVE IN A COUPLE DAYS.
3. Drink more water - I think this is the only goal I failed this month. I was really slacking on my water intake this month. Shame on me.
4. Finish out spring term exceptionally - I most definitely finished out spring term exceptionally. My lowest grade was a 97% in an extremely difficult (for me) writing/research class. I also got new that I got accepted into the surgical technology program as a candidate A and this is awesome news!
This month was a great month, and while we had some car trouble, spent a ton of money (moving, transferring, car, misc. fees, etc), I know things will fall back into place and the world will feel grounded again.
Hey everyone! I made a video of me doing the Get to Know Me Tag! As well as answer a couple questions I was asked. I hope you enjoy!
Our love story is a little different than most, but I suppose not everyone's is the same. I guess what I mean is that for us it was not love at first sight or anything like you see in the movies. But what we have now is beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of.
Shae and I first met at the boat docks when we were under the age of ten in a small little town called Westport, Oregon. I grew up in this tiny town and he was the step brother of my childhood best friend. The funny joke between our families is that everyone thought I would marry my childhood best friend (his step brother) and it ended up being Shae. Anyway, we re-met again in high school in the middle of our junior year. Truthfully, it took awhile for us to connect. But when we did, it was all over from there. It all began after I tutored him during the end of the school year, which then lead to a one-on-one basketball game which was much less basketball and far more touching, haha! Anyway, that summer (August 2010) was when Shae finally asked me to be his girlfriend (almost 6 months after re-meeting him). From there, we were battling some high school fling of a relationship we thought we were getting in, and falling in love (which we did not think we were getting in). It was scary and it tested us a lot. We spent our senior year making so many wonderful memories though. We were always getting yelled at for making out in the hallways at school, we went to lots of parties together, I went to every single one of his football games and cheered him on, and he went to my band concerts and screamed louder than anyone in the audience. Being with Shae for our last year of high school was perfect and it made it a year to remember.
We fell in love and it was scary because while I was off applying for college, taking SAT's, and preparing for my future, Shae was stuck in his youthful days of partying. We both were preparing for a messy ending, but when it came down to it we couldn't end it. We rocked the long distance thing for the most part. I went to college 8 hours away from home and he did his thing in our home town and we just made it work.
I moved back home after freshman year and went to school closer to our home town. We were no longer long distance, but we were preparing for something even harder. Shae was joining the Army in April 2013. So we rocked the long distance for almost 8 1/2 months and when he came home, he proposed to me and we got married on December 12, 2014. It was a perfect day.. A month later in January 2014, I moved to North Carolina where he was stationed and he have been here ever since.
Today, we have been together for over 4 1/2 years and married for almost a year and a half. We are two weeks away from moving into a new house and we couldn't be happier. Our relationship has been a lot of trial and error, lots of tears and messy moments, but I wouldn't change a thing. I feel so lucky and grateful to have married my high school sweetheart, to have found love so early on in my life.
Shae and I first met at the boat docks when we were under the age of ten in a small little town called Westport, Oregon. I grew up in this tiny town and he was the step brother of my childhood best friend. The funny joke between our families is that everyone thought I would marry my childhood best friend (his step brother) and it ended up being Shae. Anyway, we re-met again in high school in the middle of our junior year. Truthfully, it took awhile for us to connect. But when we did, it was all over from there. It all began after I tutored him during the end of the school year, which then lead to a one-on-one basketball game which was much less basketball and far more touching, haha! Anyway, that summer (August 2010) was when Shae finally asked me to be his girlfriend (almost 6 months after re-meeting him). From there, we were battling some high school fling of a relationship we thought we were getting in, and falling in love (which we did not think we were getting in). It was scary and it tested us a lot. We spent our senior year making so many wonderful memories though. We were always getting yelled at for making out in the hallways at school, we went to lots of parties together, I went to every single one of his football games and cheered him on, and he went to my band concerts and screamed louder than anyone in the audience. Being with Shae for our last year of high school was perfect and it made it a year to remember.
We fell in love and it was scary because while I was off applying for college, taking SAT's, and preparing for my future, Shae was stuck in his youthful days of partying. We both were preparing for a messy ending, but when it came down to it we couldn't end it. We rocked the long distance thing for the most part. I went to college 8 hours away from home and he did his thing in our home town and we just made it work.
I moved back home after freshman year and went to school closer to our home town. We were no longer long distance, but we were preparing for something even harder. Shae was joining the Army in April 2013. So we rocked the long distance for almost 8 1/2 months and when he came home, he proposed to me and we got married on December 12, 2014. It was a perfect day.. A month later in January 2014, I moved to North Carolina where he was stationed and he have been here ever since.
Today, we have been together for over 4 1/2 years and married for almost a year and a half. We are two weeks away from moving into a new house and we couldn't be happier. Our relationship has been a lot of trial and error, lots of tears and messy moments, but I wouldn't change a thing. I feel so lucky and grateful to have married my high school sweetheart, to have found love so early on in my life.
Disclaimer: This is NOT my dream home house inspiration. This is real life realistic house inspiration for our new home we are renting for the next couple years.
All images found on pinterest
All images found on pinterest
The kitchen in our new house has me so stumped. It isn't what I had in mind but I will have to manage. The one thing I am so excited about is having a pantry so I want to do something like the above photo. We also have limited counter space so I was thinking about purchasing an island and putting in our very big dining room area and having a little coffee station where we can put our keurig, k-cups, cute coffee mugs, etc. It would be darling. I am at a loss on what to do with the ever-so fair color scheme. The cabinets are very light brown, and the appliances are an off white. I feel like the kitchen needs some darkness to it. I was thinking about doing black and grey accents (hand towels, kitchen rugs, etc), or dark brown. I can't decide. Like I said, the kitchen has me stumped!
All images found on pinterest
Obviously I am so excited about having my own office/beauty room. It's always been a dream! I'm still unsure if we can paint the walls in our new home (I am expecting we won't be able to), but it would be awesome if we could. I would have so much fun with this room. I am so torn between going extremely simple, or going all out and making it girly, cute and fun. I love the simplicity but I know I will want lots of storage and that is why I am a huge fan of the second photo I posted. It is so cute and I would love having all my stuff in the corner like that. Book shelves are a must and while this may look expensive, I feel like I could pull it off pretty cheap. The last photo kills me. It is so damn cute! I am obsessed with mint and white together.
Living Room
All images found on pinterest
Kitchen
I adore a grey, yellow and white color scheme for a living room. A darling grey couch with some different patterned chairs, and pastel yellow pillows. Seriously to die for. We aren't going to be getting new couches all that soon (possibly a sectional), but I am definitely shooting for grey in color. I also love the bright white furniture. I used to be enjoy dark furniture and colors more but have recently fell in love with the way light colors brighten up a room and make it look open and roomy.All images found on pinterest
The kitchen in our new house has me so stumped. It isn't what I had in mind but I will have to manage. The one thing I am so excited about is having a pantry so I want to do something like the above photo. We also have limited counter space so I was thinking about purchasing an island and putting in our very big dining room area and having a little coffee station where we can put our keurig, k-cups, cute coffee mugs, etc. It would be darling. I am at a loss on what to do with the ever-so fair color scheme. The cabinets are very light brown, and the appliances are an off white. I feel like the kitchen needs some darkness to it. I was thinking about doing black and grey accents (hand towels, kitchen rugs, etc), or dark brown. I can't decide. Like I said, the kitchen has me stumped!
Beauty Room/Office
All images found on pinterest
Obviously I am so excited about having my own office/beauty room. It's always been a dream! I'm still unsure if we can paint the walls in our new home (I am expecting we won't be able to), but it would be awesome if we could. I would have so much fun with this room. I am so torn between going extremely simple, or going all out and making it girly, cute and fun. I love the simplicity but I know I will want lots of storage and that is why I am a huge fan of the second photo I posted. It is so cute and I would love having all my stuff in the corner like that. Book shelves are a must and while this may look expensive, I feel like I could pull it off pretty cheap. The last photo kills me. It is so damn cute! I am obsessed with mint and white together.
Man, today was a big day. Shae ended up having 24 hour duty and got home early this morning, and I slept horribly last night without him. Not only because I missed him but also because I was so anxious about today. We signed the lease to our new house today and our move in day is actually April 3rd instead of the 4th! I have a list a mile long of things to do. The stressfulness of moving is actually pretty damn bad, but I feel like it will all be worth it. There are no words to tell you happy and excited both Shae and I are for this step in our lives. A house means so much to us.
Besides that, we have been enjoying this beautiful weather. I wish it would stay and not get miserably hot within the next few months. I am NOT looking forward to the sticky, humid, miserable heat that is to come. Hopefully I will be in Oregon or Alaska for the worst of it (fingers crossed)!
Something else coming up that is exciting is our pictures being taken not this Friday but the next! On Black Friday a ton of photographers post package deals for photo shoots and I went ahead and bought a portrait package for the two of us. We haven't had professional pictures done since our wedding so I am really excited to get some more. I have been stressing about what to wear though and Shae said I could go shopping so I need a good luck with that. I swear I have horrible luck shopping for clothes. It is ridiculous.
I suppose I should end this rambling post and lay down for the night. I am so tired and have been all day. Stay tuned for many more moving posts to come!
Besides that, we have been enjoying this beautiful weather. I wish it would stay and not get miserably hot within the next few months. I am NOT looking forward to the sticky, humid, miserable heat that is to come. Hopefully I will be in Oregon or Alaska for the worst of it (fingers crossed)!
Something else coming up that is exciting is our pictures being taken not this Friday but the next! On Black Friday a ton of photographers post package deals for photo shoots and I went ahead and bought a portrait package for the two of us. We haven't had professional pictures done since our wedding so I am really excited to get some more. I have been stressing about what to wear though and Shae said I could go shopping so I need a good luck with that. I swear I have horrible luck shopping for clothes. It is ridiculous.
I suppose I should end this rambling post and lay down for the night. I am so tired and have been all day. Stay tuned for many more moving posts to come!
St. Patrick's Day is next week on Wednesday, March 17th! Since I have red hair, am pale, am full of freckles, and my maiden name is Odell, everyone assumes I am full Irish. People sure are shocked to hear that I hardly have any Irish in me at all, and are even more shocked that my red hair is not even from the Irish side of my family in the first place. Anyway, St. Patty's Day has never been a huge celebration for my family but I love holidays so I am wanting to bake, decorate and craft! Here are a few pins I have been collecting for the occasion.
Lucky Leprechaun Cookie Bark
I'm not a fan of chocolate but I have a husband who would love this!
Shamrock Chips
Now this is more like it! I'm all about some chips and dip!
(& I already have the spinach wraps)
St. Patty's Rag Wreath
With packing, moving and being busy I probably won't have the time
to make this but you can bet I will be making it next year!
Irish Mojito
Irish Cream Sugar Scrub
This is probably my favorite of all! I love me a good scrub & I bet it smells delicious!
Lucky Leprechaun Cookie Bark
I'm not a fan of chocolate but I have a husband who would love this!
Shamrock Chips
Now this is more like it! I'm all about some chips and dip!
(& I already have the spinach wraps)
St. Patty's Rag Wreath
With packing, moving and being busy I probably won't have the time
to make this but you can bet I will be making it next year!
Irish Mojito
Irish Cream Sugar Scrub
This is probably my favorite of all! I love me a good scrub & I bet it smells delicious!
I hope you all have a great St. Patrick's Day! We might be going to Myrtle Beach this coming weekend with some friends for a fun weekend.
I had some yummy food this past week. The picture on the left was my breakfast this morning. I had iced coffee and overnight oats. I figured I would share the recipe I tried! I tend to just throw in whatever I can find in my cupboards when I make overnight oats and this was delicious so I here we go:
1/2 cup oats of your choice (I just use quick oats because that's what I have)
1/2 cup vanilla almond milk
2tbsp chia seeds
2 tbsp pb2
1 tbsp nutella
1/2 banana
Stir it all together and throw it in the refrigerator over night, and enjoy in the morning!
The next picture is of my lunch at chipotle. I could seriously eat chipotle every. single. day.
Haven't posted a selfie in awhile so here's a snapchat selfie. ;) Shae and I snapped a picture because we were about to go look at another house. Plus, my hair and makeup were on point this day. It's funny because I was rocking yoga pants and a sweatshirt too. Haha!
Can't end a blog post without the two best things in my life. ;) Seriously how cute are they!? Thanks for reading!
What is your favorite overnight oats recipe?
As you guys already know, Shae and I have been house hunting. We had looked at 3 or 4 houses and the last one we looked at ended up being the one! It was between this house and the very first one we looked at and ultimately it came down to commute being shorter for the both of us when it came to work and school. This house is 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, has a huge garage, has a security system, a wood-burning fire place (yay!), TONS of storage space, ceramic tile flooring throughout, a huge fenced in back yard, and is just perfect for us.
The outside of our cute house!
My cute car in our driveway and a little glimpse at our neighborhood. I hate the brown grass here. Take me back to Oregon where it's green everywhere!
The view of our front patio, outdoor table set and our front door. I love the brick. Makes me want to hang up white lights and make it look magical out here!
This is our kitchen and is the only con of the entire place. But I had to compromise. I can live with an old stove and smaller kitchen. The great thing is, we have storage space in the garage as well as a pantry. I was way too excited about the pantry you guys. Also, I love that we have an island.
This is our dining room. Our kitchen, dining room and living room all have ceramic tile flooring. Which I am excited about. This dining room is much bigger then the picture lets it off to be.
Here is Shae in the living room. He was checking out the fireplace and mantel. Omg, so excited to hang stockings up over the fireplace for the holidays (can you tell I love the holidays?).
I'm not sure what you call this sort of floor plan, but our sink is in a hallway in our master bedroom and then our shower and toilet are their own room. I actually really like how it set up in our HUGE room.
I am a crazy person and didn't get any pictures of the bedrooms or backyard. Seriously who am I? Anyway, the master bedroom is huge and has also has a huge walk in closet (my eyes were full of hearts when I saw it) and has a huge regular closet as well. The second spare bedroom is just as ginormous as the master bedroom (minus the master bathroom), with a huge closet it in. The third spare bedroom is about half the size as the other two but also has the huge closet it.
Shae and I love this house. It's almost 1400sq feet and that is a perfect size for us considering it is just the two of us. As soon as we left we went and applied for it and found out two days later we were approved. We sign our lease for it this coming week and move in April 4th (Easter weekend). We were both doing a happy dance when I got the email. :)
Some plans I have in mind for the house are:
2nd spare bedroom:Shae's mancave as well as guest room. We plan on getting a futon for guests to sleep if need be. Shae has his own plans for this room and I'm letting him tackle it how he wants, as long as he can store the crap ton of army stuff in there, I will be happy. If it so happens we have kids during the time we are here this will probably turn into a nursery.
3rd spare bedroom: This will be my office. I have so many plans for this. I'm trying to decide on getting a vanity or getting a regular computer desk and just using the ginormous gold mirror I have. I'm also trying to decide on a pink, gold and white color scheme, or a mint, gold and white color scheme.
Hanging lights outside. I might not do this outside in the front just because it might look funny but I am definitely doing it right outside our side door. There is a small patio with brick and we plan on putting a BBQ out there and I am most definitely hanging some fairy lights out there.
Grey and yellow color scheme in the living room. I'm not sure if we can paint the interior at all, and if we can't then so be it but if we can oh man, I'm going to go HAM with the painting. Haha.
We plan on getting a new kitchen table, possible an island for the kitchen and a sectional for the living room. I can't wait to move in and get started on our new home. We are really hoping to live there for the rest of the time we are here at Fort Bragg.
The outside of our cute house!
My cute car in our driveway and a little glimpse at our neighborhood. I hate the brown grass here. Take me back to Oregon where it's green everywhere!
The view of our front patio, outdoor table set and our front door. I love the brick. Makes me want to hang up white lights and make it look magical out here!
This is our kitchen and is the only con of the entire place. But I had to compromise. I can live with an old stove and smaller kitchen. The great thing is, we have storage space in the garage as well as a pantry. I was way too excited about the pantry you guys. Also, I love that we have an island.
This is our dining room. Our kitchen, dining room and living room all have ceramic tile flooring. Which I am excited about. This dining room is much bigger then the picture lets it off to be.
Here is Shae in the living room. He was checking out the fireplace and mantel. Omg, so excited to hang stockings up over the fireplace for the holidays (can you tell I love the holidays?).
I'm not sure what you call this sort of floor plan, but our sink is in a hallway in our master bedroom and then our shower and toilet are their own room. I actually really like how it set up in our HUGE room.
Shae and I love this house. It's almost 1400sq feet and that is a perfect size for us considering it is just the two of us. As soon as we left we went and applied for it and found out two days later we were approved. We sign our lease for it this coming week and move in April 4th (Easter weekend). We were both doing a happy dance when I got the email. :)
Some plans I have in mind for the house are:
2nd spare bedroom:Shae's mancave as well as guest room. We plan on getting a futon for guests to sleep if need be. Shae has his own plans for this room and I'm letting him tackle it how he wants, as long as he can store the crap ton of army stuff in there, I will be happy. If it so happens we have kids during the time we are here this will probably turn into a nursery.
3rd spare bedroom: This will be my office. I have so many plans for this. I'm trying to decide on getting a vanity or getting a regular computer desk and just using the ginormous gold mirror I have. I'm also trying to decide on a pink, gold and white color scheme, or a mint, gold and white color scheme.
Hanging lights outside. I might not do this outside in the front just because it might look funny but I am definitely doing it right outside our side door. There is a small patio with brick and we plan on putting a BBQ out there and I am most definitely hanging some fairy lights out there.
Grey and yellow color scheme in the living room. I'm not sure if we can paint the interior at all, and if we can't then so be it but if we can oh man, I'm going to go HAM with the painting. Haha.
We plan on getting a new kitchen table, possible an island for the kitchen and a sectional for the living room. I can't wait to move in and get started on our new home. We are really hoping to live there for the rest of the time we are here at Fort Bragg.
I figured I would share with you all a simple DIY project. This was the very first DIY I did when I moved here. I had been determined to get going on decorating our apartment and making it more us so I figured I would start my first project with
something small.
I got all of my supplies from Michael's
You will need:
Mason Jars - Size and quantity to your liking
Twine
Paint (I got Pond, and Cloud by Martha Stewart, and Medium Grey by FolkArt)
Paint Brushes
Flower Decals (optional)
Something to fill your mason jars (I got pink daisies)
Newspaper
First you want to lay out the newspaper you have so you don't make a mess. I put my paint colors on a paper plate and had them ready to go and placed my left hand inside the mason jar upside down to start painting. The most difficult part is setting the mason jar back down but this was the easiest way for me to paint them. I only painted one coat on each of the jars because I was going to sand them down and make them look more worn and rustic eventually. It only took about twenty minutes to paint them and then I let them dry for a couple hours. I screwed the metal piece back on keeping the lid off and took the twine and wrapped it around the neck about eight times on each jar before tying it in a knot at the end.
Here is the finished product!
These particular mason jars were made to be put in our bathroom. You can use them for storage (I put our toothbrushes in one and q-tips in another) or for decoration (I put pink daises is one). You can even make these into soap dispensers, which I plan on doing soon. There is an endless amount of things you can use them for and they are so dang cute and easy!
What are some of your favorite DIY projects you have done?
I got all of my supplies from Michael's
You will need:
Mason Jars - Size and quantity to your liking
Twine
Paint (I got Pond, and Cloud by Martha Stewart, and Medium Grey by FolkArt)
Paint Brushes
Flower Decals (optional)
Something to fill your mason jars (I got pink daisies)
Newspaper
First you want to lay out the newspaper you have so you don't make a mess. I put my paint colors on a paper plate and had them ready to go and placed my left hand inside the mason jar upside down to start painting. The most difficult part is setting the mason jar back down but this was the easiest way for me to paint them. I only painted one coat on each of the jars because I was going to sand them down and make them look more worn and rustic eventually. It only took about twenty minutes to paint them and then I let them dry for a couple hours. I screwed the metal piece back on keeping the lid off and took the twine and wrapped it around the neck about eight times on each jar before tying it in a knot at the end.
Here is the finished product!
These particular mason jars were made to be put in our bathroom. You can use them for storage (I put our toothbrushes in one and q-tips in another) or for decoration (I put pink daises is one). You can even make these into soap dispensers, which I plan on doing soon. There is an endless amount of things you can use them for and they are so dang cute and easy!
What are some of your favorite DIY projects you have done?
