13 November 2013

From Wallflower to Christmas decor

If you like "smell good" stuff - you are probably familiar with Bath & Body Works Wallflowers. I love them! I noticed though, that they were shaped like Christmas lightbulbs (ya know, the old ones!) and so I stared at them until I had an idea (yes, it happens - can you relate?!). One of the easiest crafts is to glitterize glass and these would be perfect for a lil sparkle!

My collection. Every time for the past year that I swapped out Wallflowers I popped out the diffuser stick, rinsed them out, and stored them until now. 

Wallflowers

This is the key to the glitter palooza. Squirt enough into the Wallflowers to completely coat the inside and put the leftover back into the bottle. DO NOT LEAVE LIQUID IN THE WALLFLOWER!

I had a lot of glitter to choose from!:)

And, I decided to go with a pink & red color scheme. 

Use a piece of scrap paper to make a funnel to get in the glitter. Swirl it around until the whole inside is covered in glitter. Like the liquid, put any excess back in the original container. 

And, a few pieces of the nearly finished product. To make them look like bulbs, I covered the top with aluminum foil. ;-)


I couldn't wait to show them off..... So, yes, I have a Manhattan depression glass bowl full of homemade Christmas light bulbs!


This was a very quick project (save the whole remembering to recycle each Wallflower over the course of the past year). I'd say I was finished in under an hour, and I definitely recommend being at a sink because if you get the floor wax on your hands, it starts hardening quickly. But it's a fun project - try it on ornaments or glass bottles!

15 October 2013

Pikes Peak Proposal

I'm going to try to keep this short and sweet short. If it's too sweet, it'll take me forever to write because I will go on and on and on. :-) Anyway, E & I were scheduled to visit his grandparents with his mom during October. He had mentioned he wanted to go up to Pikes Peak which I was expecting because we missed it two years ago when we visited. The mountain already had snow on it and that's was my main excuse for suggesting the cograil, versus the road (the winding curves would have negatively influenced me too). Reservations were suggested for the Cog Railway and we started discussing this on Sunday night after we arrived. Next thing I know, E is making reservations for Tuesday. Tuesday morning rolls around and I am loudly debating wearing my bight green ski jacket against my lighter-weight nice jacket. Grandy & Grandpa reminded me that it was freezing on top of the mountain so I went with the ski coat. Eli tried to suggest layering so I could wear my nicer jacket. (This should have been a clue... Usually he says I look nice and not to worry!) Anyway, our train ride was scheduled for 9 am and we knew it would take an hour & a half to make it the 8 miles to the top. 


View on the way to the top. Love the trees!

Our conductor kindly told us that it was NINE DEGREES at the top of the mountain! Oh, and SNOWING!

(Another clue..) Eli asked a random lady to take our picture. He tried to ask his mom but she was already almost in the store and didn't hear him. After a couple of pictures, he started digging in his pocket and I thought he was pulling out his new phone so I was waving him off and telling the random lady it was okay he could use my pictures, HA! 

Andddddddddddddd, next thing I know, he's on one knee!

And I'm crying, and my tears are freezing on my face, and I'm probably shaking!

I'm fairly certain I said "Yes" right before this picture!

And, now I'm scoping out the ring! ;-) It's gorgeous!

Ecstatic. 

Anddddd... In shock!

Our chariot awaits!

Did this just happen?!! :)


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