Kiss Me, I'm Irish!!!

Did you miss me?

I have certainly missed you! (no, really, I have!) I wanted to have my St. Patrick's Day projects posted before now, but you know, life has a funny way of not always working out the way you planned.  So here's my latest project.

I'm sure that MOST of you have some sort of shirt like this...

No? I'm the only one? 

Kidding! 
 

Well, as much as I love the sentiment behind the shirt and I proudly wore it for a few St. Patrick's Days, I felt like this shirt needed to be given a new purpose. So I turned it into this...

Much better, don't you think? 

I thought so too!

We're Not Alcoholics, I Swear!!!

We just happen to like our whiskey...

Or maybe that's just me. (ABF is under Dr.'s orders not to imbibe.) 

Amazing Boyfriend and I decided to make another whiskey bottle lamp. Last year in April, we showed you how to make your own lamp from a whiskey bottle, but if you missed that post you can find it here.

 

This time we used a Pendleton Whiskey bottle, which took a little bit more modification since the cap for the bottle is cork, but ABF figured it all out with an extra part from the hardware store.

But the best part is the little addition I made to the lamp shade!

Pretty awesome, right? 

 In case you're not a drunk like me you didn't know, the silhouette is the bronco and cowboy that's on the Pendleton whiskey bottle. I painstakingly cut it out by hand because I couldn't find a clear enough image to use with my awesome Silhouette machine. 


Yeah, I might have needed a drink after something such a tedious endeavor... 

just kidding... 

maybe...

(hey, I have to get the bottles to make these lamps somehow!)


I was featured!!!










I'm sharing this project at the following link parties: 


~ What's In The Gunny Sack @ The Gunny Sack ~ Cure For The Common Monday @ Lines Across My Face ~ Make It Great Monday @ Etcetorize ~  Craft and Tell @ Cherished Bliss ~ Turning the Daunting Into Do-Able @ Project Queen ~ Talent Tuesday @ Vintage Wanna Bee ~ Tutorials & Tips Link Party @ Home Stories A to Z ~ Take-A-Look Tuesday @ Sugar Bee Crafts ~ Tuesday Talent Show @ Chef in Training ~ Show Me What Ya Got @ Not Just A Housewife ~ Tell Me Tuesday @ Me And My Boys ~ Time To Shine @ A Diamond In The Stuff ~ Too Cute Tuesday @ Funky Polkadot Giraffe ~ Totally Tutorial Tuesday @ My World Made By Hand ~ Your Whims Wednesday @ My Girlish Whims ~ Wicked Awesome Wednesday @ Handy Man Crafty Woman ~ Show and Share @ Southern Lovely ~ What's Up Wednesday @ Sew Woodsy ~ Creative Juice Thursday @ Momnivore's Dilemma ~ Transformation Thursday @ The Shabby Creek Cottage ~ Show Me Extraordinary Link Party @ The 36th Avenue ~ BFF Open House Link Party @ The Answer Is Chocolate ~ T.G.I.F. Link Party @ Craft Junkie Too ~ Anything Goes Link Party @ Bacon Time ~ Weekend Bloggy Reading @ Serenity Now ~ Delicately Constructed Fridays @ Delicate Construction ~ Weekend Wrap Up Party @ Tatertots & Jello ~  Free For All @ Young and Crafty ~ Whatcha Got Weekend @ Lolly Jane Boutique ~ Strut Your Stuff @ Six Sisters' Stuff ~ Show and Tell @ Be Different Act Normal ~ Saturday Seven Party @ Positively Splendid ~ Sundae Scoop @ I {Heart} Nap Time ~ Think Pink Sunday @ Flamingo Toes ~ Sunday's Best Par.tay @ My 1929 Charmer ~ Craft Catwalk @ Embellishing Life ~

Good Clean Halloween Fun!

Have I ever mentioned how much I love mason jars?

Well, my family and friends know how much I love mason jars, at least that's what I am assuming since they give them to me for crafting purposes. They save other glass jars for me as well, which is awesome because: a) there are TONS of uses for glass jars and b) they are free and everybody should know how much I love FREE!

So while I was baby-sitting, my nieces used the last of the jelly to make their school lunches, I quickly cleaned out the jar and took it home. (They know their Aunt Bethany is a little weird, but they love me anyway.) 

Amazing Boyfriend eyed my jelly jar with the deepest suspicion when I brought it home and wanted to know why I was bringing yet another glass jar home. So I had to let ABF in on my idea, especially since he won't let me use his precious drill that I would need for this project. Sadly, I found out that he didn't have a drill bit big enough for what I was planning on doing. 


But my Dad did! 


So I painted my jar with glass paint and baked it, so that it was permanent. I painted the lid as well. Then I took everything over to my Dad's house, and when we were finished, this is what it looked like. 

Doesn't that face make you giggle?


But wait, this little guy has another side to him... literally. 

Yeah, he's a little two faced, but I love him anyway. 

Just a little silly, Halloween fun to add to our bathroom... which is kinda scary because I share it with 3 guys...Eek!

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I'm sharing this project at the following link parties: 

Halloween Imagination Station Link Party @ Design DNA

Show and Tell @ Blue Cricket Design