Playing (part 1)

I have had the most amazing treat for the 

past five days. My family left me at home and 

went on vacation.

I am ok with that, really. I had five, 5, days

ALL TO MYSELF!

Heaven. *contented sigh*

That being said, I was very careful about planning exactly what

I wanted to do, what I wanted to play with,

what crafts I wanted to try.  Now, I have jumped

on the Mason Jar bandwagon, albeit late.

I wanted to try my hand at making a mason jar candle

holder decorated in a Moroccan motif.  I have seen

some really beautiful ones on Etsy and thought, hmmm.

Of course, my hmmmms never look quite as good, if 

you know what I mean.

My two toys..

Ok, I am lovin' the frosted glass spray. I have sprayed:

an old scotch bottle and made a vase,

some glass dishes I bought at the thrift store.

and a pickle jar that I turned into a "lantern"

Ok, my dots are a bit off (along with those damn squiggle lines) and

you have to agree, it looks better lit in the dark.... :)

Below are more lanterns.

Blurry, but you get the jest. They have to cure for 10 days or so before

I can use them.

Now, the Krylon Looking Glass spray. 

So, again slow on the uptake, I saw on Pinterest (addicted) 

a DIY mercury glass vase. Yup, had to try.

17 apart had the best directions for me.

I couldn't find the Looking Glass spray anywhere, had to

order it from Amazon.

The potential is huge, and they look reasonable. :) My only

disappointment is that I had to wait for it to arrive and then

the can only did two and a half jars.........

The Kerr jar is only partly done.  These were my "test subjects".  I 

didn't want to ruin any of the fun glass that I have been collecting 

(read rummaging through the recycle bin and visiting the thrift

store on Monday for 25% off day)

I do like this one though. :)

Think that I may have to order another can or two. 

Oh, I also started homemade vanilla extract

(vanilla beans and vodka)

and made some great lemon hand scrub

(to put in one of my mason jars)

Speaking of the thrift store, I found this great bottle!

How much fun is this!!! Not sure what I will use it 

for, but I will love it.

And I bought this ridiculously great kitchen tool. 

A Rikon Kuhn vegetable julienner and peeler thingy.

I julienned zuccini, heated it up, and tossed it with some 

sauteed shrimp, garlic, tomatoes, olive oil, lemon juice

and a splash of white wine. 

Sort of a shrimp scampi dish, only no pasta! 

LOVE THIS TOOL

I have been juilenneing everything........ :)

And, I got time to play with my beads.....

I will save that for another post as this has been quite long.

My family returns today, and yes, I have missed

them all much, but have loved being alone

in my house! :)

Here's to hoping you all get some time to play.