Dish cleaning, tie-dye, and paint =)

It doesn't take much to excite me.  I LOVE my dish strainer.

Yes, this is a dish strainer courtesy of Target.  What's up with the dish strainer?  Alright, I'll tell you what's up with this dish strainer!  I got tired of and just plain fed up with my so-called dishwasher.  Maybe it's just because it's the cheapest one the builders could find when they built this crib!  At any rate, it did NOT clean my dishes up to MY standard.  Baked crusty stuff, lip prints, and smeared spoons is not my idea of clean dishes straight from the dishwasher.  You get the point.  So I did it.  I finally started washing ALL of my dishes by hand.  I don't mind one bit because what a difference it has made!  I am loving my clear glasses, shiny silverware, and crust free plates and cups.  Really, it's the little things!

So I decided to get in touch with my artsy fartsy side. :) Yeah, I know that the picture is basically drawn on there already but you know I can make it MY OWN with the little paints. ;) I did one similar to this a couple of years ago.  It took me several days to complete but it was fun and kind of relaxing.  See below.


See!

 Not too bad for a first timer right?  Be nice.  Well, I'm proud of it! :) I'll post pictures of my next piece when I'm done.  I know you can't wait!
I let Emma and Cody pick out something to work on too.  They were so cute! 
Cody chose some little porcelain figures to paint.  See below.



I've never seen him sit so long for anything before.

 He was so focused and intent.  Emma took the longest to pick something but finally decided on a t-shirt and tie-dye colors.  I tried to tell her that we needed to tie the shirt in sections before dyeing.  She didn't want to do it that way!  I had to take a step back and let her do it herself.  So you see the results below.


Her own style

Pink, purple, and turquoise splats all over it.  She's very happy because she made her own design! 

Happy Art Day!