I love doing crafts. I am also lazy. Those can some times be a recipe for disaster. Especially when you throw in a healthy dose of I sometimes lack attention to detail.
I had grand plans to make all of my drinking friends their own monogrammed shot glass. Practical and Pretty. I bought the glasses, and knocked an old lady down at Michael's for the last bottle of glass etching cream (not really
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Instead they looked like this
This is actually the best one. Sad I know :(
I'm thinking they turned out so awful because the glass was curved and I didn't make sure all the edges were flat (see lack of attention to detail) I could have also left the cream on longer but I was afraid of it damaging the glass (that was a dumb worry). I'm hoping after several shots they will forget that their glass looks like it was made by a kindergarten class. Maybe I should add a mini shot bottle for good measure.
I've learned my lesson this year. I should absolutely have a backup plan for homemade gifts.
I wanted to do homemade gifts but I suck at making things so I can't. I think if you tried again you'd get it right!
ReplyDeleteHahaha!! That's why I don't do it!
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