Paint and Chicken Wire

Greetings my friends. I recently completed a project I have been wanting to do for a very long time. I desperately wish that I had taken pictures of the step by step process but I got a bit carried away in my excitement and unfortunately only took a picture of the completed project.

I promise I made it all by myself though. Well... Nathan cut the chicken wire for me, but the fact that it is not store bought is what I am getting at here.

VOILA!!

 

 

For all of you ladies out there who enjoy earrings as much as I do, you probably have found that a proper storage technique is difficult to come by. Inspired by a similar jewelry holder I once saw at a friends house, I decided to venture out and create my own for my vast earring collection.

 

The recipe is as follows:

 

1 frame of any shape and size

1 bottle of acrylic paint (if not already desired color)

several sheets of scrapbook paper for the background

1 paint brush

3 sq. feet of chicken wire

several small nails

wire cutters

 

Step One: Paint frame, if necessary.

Step Two: Apply scrapbook paper to inside of frame, discard any glass.

Step Three: Cut chicken wire to fit about 1/2 inch around the outside of the inner part of the frame.

Step Four: Nail and stretch chicken wire.

Step Five: Hang up jewelry and earrings.

Step Six: Marvel at your new (and cute!) organizational methods.





 

A closer look at how the chicken wire is attached

The Honeymoon

They say a girl spends her entire life planning her wedding day, and a boy spends his entire life planning the wedding night. This may or may not be true.

 

One thing is for sure though, the honeymoon is a time to escape all worldly cares and enjoy your new life with your brand new spouse, no matter who plans it.

 

Nathan and I decided to run off to California for a week to the happiest place on earth - Disneyland, we also found the time to hop over to Laguna Beach and Hollywood Blvd as well. I don't think I have ever seen more cheap, dirty, tacky lingerie stores as I did on Hollywood Blvd. It's like you think the streets are gonna be paved in gold, lined with all sorts of theaters and movie stars walking everywhere. But no. Think bras with metal spikes on them. Ew.

 

Anyway, Disneyland.

 

 

 

What a great time was had on the various rides, as you can see from the picture above, the carousel was our favoritest.

 



 

 

Laguna Beach. A paradisiacal town full of sunshine, beached seaweed and expensive sunglasses.

 

 

 



 

Indiana Jones is Nathan's favorite.

 

 

If I were to go back I would have stayed about three more days, but the time we were able to enjoy in SoCal was absolutely delightful.  

The Reception

Highlights in pictures (as opposed to words).