argh.

So are you ready for this awesomeness? My friends at Studio 5 emailed me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I would be up for a challenge. You know I couldn’t turn it down right?

What was the challenge?

Gumdrops.

I spent the next week and 1/2 brainstorming about what I could do with freakin gumdrops.

In my mind I pictured this super cool textured piece of ombre art.

After 6 hours of gluing, painting and repainting this is how it ended up.

Now. I am going to put up a disclaimer. IF I had started this project with more time I possibly could have made it work. And I spent $30 on gumdrops so…we’ll see what happens, maybe I will be able to salvage it. If I get inspired. Or not. My MIL suggested that I should use it as a doormat. Hahahaha!

So with about an hour before my project was due I came up with a simple solution. I refinished a thrifted gumball machine.

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Do you think I am lame? I know its not SUPER Mandilicious but I actually really love how cute it is. What do you think? (please be kind!)

And if you are in UT I am skyping the segment LIVE! (Channel 5 @ 11:00)

What would YOU have done?

Love  Your  Guts,  Mandi

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I repainted the {Seizure Wall}.  It is such a rockstar now,  it deserves its own blog.
Then I got busy repainting the rest of the walls….I kind of hate them. The design is wonderful but it just looks crappy. The white paint over the gray looks sloppy and uneven and I dont love it enough to repaint 87,492 mini sections. Everyone say it with me…..FAIL!

P.s. It looks better in the pic than in real for reals life. And FYI when the stencil was on the wall I thought that it was even mmmkay?

P.s.s. I am sort of design psychic.

I can tell immediatley if something is going to work or not. I should have listened to myself instead of painting  the whole afternoon….Whatev.

So on to Plan B…er…anyone have a Plan B?

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