DIY Fail #2

It's been a month since I've updated! Sorry! Sickness has reigned at the Cloud house for over a month and I'm just now getting my head above water. Just a few more DIY's to go. I'm saving the best for last.

My first fail wasn't so much a fail as much as it was a misinterpreted gift. Either way, I feel like my dad thought it was a fail, so I figure that's what counts. (Just to let you know, I bought him some divinity to make up for the mistake.) The other fail had to do with something I wanted to make for Meg. It was a double fail since I tried to salvage the gift, but that failed, too. I had seen these cute thumbprint charms made of clay. Seemed easy enough. I mixed some up with the intent of getting the kids thumbprints while they were here for Thanksgiving. Then I found out she was going to do the same for us! Oh, well, I was going to go thru with it anyway. The clay wasn't difficult, but the thumbprints WOULD NOT stay. It would just start puffing back up into its smooth clay self. After so many tries, we had a little person mutiny on our hands and I gave up. Meg went home and bought her clay and the little thumbprint bookmark she made for me turned out precious.


I was determined to stick with my DIY clay. My next plan was to roll it out and cut out small rectangles with their birth dates stamped on. I used my date stamp after I rolled it to what seemed to be a good thickness. After stamping (and stamping and stamping) I got what I thought were pretty decent charms. Then I tried to move them...

I rolled it about again, this time lifting it before I stamped to be sure they weren't too stuck. No bad, if a little inky, but I planned on painting g them anyway. I left them to dry overnight. My imprecise measure of thickness led to some variation in the sizes when they dried out. They looked awful. No amount of painting could add "charm" to these.

Not so cute, huh? I abandoned the idea and went with another (which I didn't complete so I'm not going to disclose. I need to have some ideas for next year). Why, do you ask, are there so many? I didn't want baby number 3 to be left out, so I made one for everyday for the 2 weeks before and a few days after it's due date. "WHAT?", you say. That's right, I have another tater tot on the way! Coming in July, we get to do all things baby again!

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