mustache anyone?

i hope everyone had a happy easter weekend. husband and i had a lazy morning. he woke up early to watch perry roubaix, i slept in, and then we enjoyed a lazy morning on the couch with coffee and easter eggs. i also had a nice long walk in the sun, while husband went for a bike ride. we then had a delicious meal at a friends house up in park city. happy easter for sure!  

now, let's talk about the mustache... i'm not sure what the obsession is with facial hair these days, but i like it. i don't really want to see husband with a mustache, but the fake variety is just lovely. 

husband did try a faint mustache out for a little while, but i felt like he looked like a lumberjack with his red 'stache. i wish i had a photo of it! 

i took more inspiration from pinterest to paint myself some mustache mugs. remember these mugs that i painted a while back? i had two extra plain old boring white mugs, and decided to do something different with them. 

step by step:

1. clean your mugs with soap and water and let dry

2. free hand any mustache you desire with the pebeo paint in black (found at most craft stores)

3. let dry for 24 hours 

4. bake your mugs at 350 degrees F for 30-45 minutes (let sit in the oven until cool)

5. enjoy your new morning mustache!

love, kbn

don't bother me, i'm pinning!

Pinterest is to me like cyclingnews is to my husband... when work is slow, I pin, when nothing is on TV, I pin, every time I open my computer... I pin! As I type this, my husband is on cyclingnews.com and I am switching back and forth between this post and pinterest... ha! 

I created some amazing painted mugs I found on pinterest, originally pinned from here. 

I went to Michaels and bought some Pebeo Porcelaine 150 outliner in black. I used some coffee mugs I already had at home that were plane white and kind of boring. 

My white mugs and Pebeo Porcelaine outliner with a stencil I attempted to make.

I thought it might be easier to make a stencil out of some card stock I had, but it turned out to be easier to just free hand it and accept the beautiful imperfections.

After letting the paint dry for 24 hours and a 30-45 minute bake in the oven at 350 F, my mugs were done! I used two different patterns to spice it up a bit, and I have two more mugs to paint still! (warning: the paint should not be used on surfaces that you will eat food off of or drink out of, only paint the outside).

Next up: my adventures in photography class! I am taking a class at pictureline, a local camera store that offers classes to people like me who can't figure out these fancy cameras. Hopefully ill learn how to better use my Nikon and post some better photos in the future.