If you know me, you know that my family is a PINTEREST FAN. When I say that....I mean really. We spend probably 2 hours combined on pinterest a day. We watch TV and multitask while on pinterest, to the point that we have to pause the TV to share funny pins. We also get a lot of inspiration for cooking dinners, we try an average of 3 new meals every week based on yummy things we made...we also use it to inspire new remodel ideas and new craft creations. Needless to say, we really like pinterest!
So....normally everything on pinterest is GREAT! We rarely have any issues...until my friend and I decided that this looked really cool.
Now, buying the supplies was the easiest part. Seriously.
Once we got it home; we decided that we would only put the dragon eyes on the glass bowls for the evening; let them dry and then come back the next day and do the Plaster of Paris. Let that dry and then clean them off.
So - Step One: Apply the dragon eyes. Sounds easy enough right?
Clue #1: Don't use E6000 as suggested on the link. It doesn't work. At all.
Clue #2: Buy more dragon eyes. Really, if you think you have enough - buy 3 more bags.
Clue #3: Hot glue guns actually will hold the dragon eyes on when you use a TON of it
Clue #4: Hot glue is HOT. Causes burns. They hurt. Especially when they are located on 7 out of 10 fingers.
Step Two: Call husbands who are at Walmart to ask them to bring home burn ointment. Cuss them out while they laugh.
Step Three: Persevere through the extremely painful burns and try not to cry when you burn yourself yet again.
Step Four: Go get a bucket of ice for your friend who is now down to 2 working fingers.
Step Five: Finish the damn things and then swear them off for about a week. Go play monopoly to distract from the pain.
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Step Six: Invite your friend back over to finish the project, remind her that she loves crafting when she says 'no'.
Step Seven: Make up the Plaster of Paris and realize that the manufacturer really wasn't kidding when they said it hardens in 7 minutes. Work faster to cover all 6 glass jars.
Step Eight: Make more plaster and do a second coat.
Step Nine: Throw the bucket you made the plaster in away. There is no way you are getting it clean.
Step Ten: Avoid cleaning off the excess plaster for 3 weeks because you now hate this project and wish you never started.
Step Eleven: Finally attempt to clean off the excess plaster. Don't kid yourself, the green cleaning pad that is suggested doesn't work. Use a wire brush to get most of it off and then go back and scrub to where you think your arm will fall off just to get the ONE dragon eye clean. No worries, only 134 more dragon eyes to go.
Step Twelve: Think you are really making some headway on this one glass and you turn it over to realized this happened on the other side because you were pushing so hard with the wire brush.
Step Thirteen: Give up.
Step Fourteen: Throw all evidence of your pathetic attempt in the trash.
Step Fifteen: Go make a strong drink.
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