Sickness, faux mercury glass, & other projects mixed in...

So my week has basically been spent tending to my sick child and attempting to keep him quarantined from the twins. I was so motivated on Monday, but by 2 am Tuesday morning, that all changed with a fever of 102. Tuesday and Wednesday were spent running between my gated off bedroom and the twins in the living room. Today he still has a fever and now I am getting sick...again.

Our linen cabinet in our bedroom!

Not sure what's up with this Michigan weather but I have been sick more days than not since October. Since December 18th I can count on one hand how many nights I have slept "through" between getting up for 3 kids and myself. I am getting tired of it all. So yesterday of course I was frustrated with not being able to get any work done and decided to update a few vases laying around.
One I thought needed to add some color. I'm not in love with the final result persay, but it works for now.
I taped it off quickly, and unevenly, and painted some stripes which I then stenciled numbers on. 5, since that is the magic number in this house :-) Forgive me, these photos all taken with iphone, so not the clearest...and this was way up on our cabinet.

Then I had 2 other vases that I love, that were a smoked glass look, but the color had chipped off the outsides and I needed to cover that up somehow. I attempted the "faux mercury glass" look.
You spray water onto the vase til it just forms drops (not so much that the water runs- easier said than done) then you take Looking Glass spray paint (the kind that makes a mirror finish) and spray over the water droplets. Personally I like the running a bit. Also I believe this would work much better on a textured type vase. Either way, it's done, and they are kinda cool
looking!

So that is how I deal- I create something. Sometimes in haste and not sure I like the end result, but at least I attempted it! Like I said, I am a doer. Have to be doing something!
Today I will be watching various items in an online auction; check it out yourself if you never have : www.1800lastbid.com
Repocast is the local auction here in grand rapids, and although I've never purchased (I am cheap, or frugal if you want the nicer version) I do love to dream.

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