I have always been a clumsy, awkward person. I have at least
3 moments every day that show off these attributes. Let’s take yesterday for
example: I was having a good day – drank tea without getting any on my white
shirt, didn't have anything stuck in my teeth all day, and managed not to trip
or fall over anything. Fast forward to the end of my workday – I had met
someone for coffee around three so I had been sipping on an iced americano for
the last hour or so and still wasn't halfway finished. My hands were getting a
little shaky since I'm not used to caffeine that strong (can you see some
foreshadowing happening?). Well, I had packed up everything for the day and was
about 2 minutes away from leaving, one of my co-workers waved good bye and just
as I go to wave… Iced Americano was dumped all over my desk, wireless keyboard (which
I got about a week before), telephone and computer monitors. I now have iced
cubes and black coffee all over my desk, I quickly reach for my Kleenex box and
of course, there is only 2 left so then I scramble to the bathroom to get paper
towel hoping that my co-workers don’t see the mess I just made and quickly try
to clean it up. Let’s just say my white shirt wasn't so white any more and my
keyboard no longer works ( I guess it was never meant to be). Thinking that I
was done being clumsy for the day, I come home and start tidying up – well I
break 2 glasses in the process (still don’t even know how I managed that) and
then was sweeping up the glass with one hand and trying to keep Harvey away
with the other hand since he thought that the broken glass is something he wants
to play with. Finally, when I was done with all of that I went outside to start
spray painting a project I am working on (should be done next week) and let’s
just say I stepped in a little present the dogs left for me on the front lawn.
A day in the life guys – aren't you happy it’s not you jealous?
So, after the circus that was my afternoon, I decided that I
needed to just sit still and work on something.
I found an old vase in the
garage that looked like it had seen some brighter days. Since I had some left
over paint, I decided to spruce it up a little. I washed it first and then wiped the outside down with alcohol so that there would be a nice clean surface for the paint.
I used three colours, black, grey, and silver and applied it
with a sponge.
I started out with black and then grey and finally finished off with the silver.
It changes the look of the vase and I like how you can no longer see the stems of the
flowers since that is a pet peeve of mine.
The dark colours contrast nicely with the bright orange
and
it doesn't look like a sad, old vase any more.
stay clumsy
xo Jamie
Instantly thought wedding centrepiece when I saw this! Love it!
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