by heather | diy
I just discovered the most amazing thing this past weekend. A paint your pet class.
Now, I have been to a couple of these painting studios that are the new trend lately….you know – bring your own wine, a couple of friends and the whole class paints the same random picture of the day thing. Well, this class was different. We had to submit a photo of our pet a few days prior to the class and of course everyone was painting their own pet. Here is my photo I submitted of my dog, Willy (you might remember him from the superman costume):
When we showed up at the class, they had our photos enlarged on the canvases in black and white for us to paint over. Sweet! So much better than the pressure of starting with a blank white canvas! We started with a background color of our choice and a little general instruction to get us started. I brought my brother along with me, who was painting his cat.
Now, I have an art degree…but I have never painted a dog! There were two instructors to help, thank goodness and they each took time coming around and helping each person out with their individual paintings. I was pretty nervous when I got to the stage when my photo was all covered with paint. You can see my brother working on his cat’s belly shadows. He has a fat cat!
After a little under three hours, we were all done! We were both so pleasantly surprised at how great our paintings came out! I must admit I had a lot of trouble with Willy’s eye/nose area and the instructor helped me with that and some finishing touches of the painting. Ultimately, they were there to help you take home a great painting of your pet. I will be so proud to hang this up in my house! I told my husband he might have to take the TV down from above the fireplace so I can hang it there. HA!
There was one girl in our class there painting a photo of her best friend’s dog as a surprise for her best friend’s birthday. What a great gift idea! Everyone’s paintings in the class turned out great. We had so much fun too. And now, I want to go back and paint my other two dogs!
This class was at Wine and Design in Charlotte, NC – they have other locations on the east coast too. Lots of these painting (and “wine”) studios are popping up all over. Check for one in your town!
As you can see….my brother decided to make his cat a super cat. HA!
by jenn_davis | diy, fun finds
For me, Summer is a time to dress up the backyard and enjoy a little outdoor entertaining with friends. Something about hanging a few sets of string lights and mixing your favorite summer cocktail can really do wonders for relaxation!
Recently I came across a few unique ways you could take your next backyard party a little above and beyond what you may have done last year!
Enjoy…..
These great glow in the dark rocks!
Backyard bowling!
Beautiful garden lighting! This could probably be done a little more economically by using glow in the dark paint, don’t you think?
Backyard smores!!
The most incredible outdoor bar!
I also thought this converted fridge was a genius idea!!!
Happy entertaining!!!!
by heather | diy, fun finds
I stumbled across this article titled “Meet the ‘Martha Stewart’ of tech” this past weekend and I was intrigued…enough so, that I went to check out the website – Brit + Co.
JACKPOT! This is a Pinterest lovers wonderland. I for one have two Pinterest accounts….my personal and one for my business. Plus, we have the Sunny Slide Up Pinterest account. So, I guess that is really three…..and between those you can imagine all of the creative collections of images, ideas and projects!
Brit is a lifestyle brand that seeks to curate and create innovative new ways for busy, but inspired people to live more simply, beautifully and creatively. The goal is to show people how to add order to the chaos of their daily lives in a fun, easy and elegant way. Brit + Co. is the leading community for creative living, making, and doing in the digital age.
Topics on the site include… DYI – Style – Recipes – Tech – Health – Events
You can even watch episodes on a variety of topics.
And there is even a FREE app!
They even sell “Brit Kits”….and I love their description for these:
We’ve all been there: we see it, we pin it, we forget about it. The popularity of do-it-yourself projects may be growing online, but how many of them are we actually “doing” offline? If you’re like most people I know, the answer is: very few, if any. Why is this? From what I’ve heard from you, the top two reasons are because you don’t have the time or materials… and you certainly don’t have the time to go shopping for materials.
That’s why I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Brit Kits, popular do-it-yourself projects in a box, delivered monthly to your doorstep.
I’m guilty of filling up Pinterest boards with TONS of great ideas….that I will “do later, when I have time”. Well, maybe. But it is hard to find extra time these days running my own business! So, I love this idea of a box of goodies showing up each month with creative projects to inspire me. Great idea Brit + Co!
Fun stuff, right? Go check out www.brit.co for yourself and enjoy!
