Jar Update

Martha Stewart, I am not.  But maybe I could pass for her less talented third cousin, twice-removed?  Ok, probably not that either.  My jars FAILED.  They didn't turn out well.  Here's a picture of what this project is not supposed to look like:

See all the brush strokes on the Ball jar?  Those aren't supposed to be there.  And don't try to fix them once they've started to dry:

I see now why the sealer is needed.  This stuff just rubs right off.  Since I was so successful the first time with this I decided I would take a night off.  But once again the weather was amazing so I tried again.  This time with pink instead of neon blue.  I discovered the trick was to water down the Mod Podge and only go over the area once.  The problem with the original Ball jar was I tried to go over areas to "fix" them and the Mod Podge had already dried.  I painted some baby jars too, all with different amounts of paint.  I mixed a little blue, not neon blue, in another cup and painted another big jar.  These turned out well enough to be sealed.

Before I sprayed the sealer I took off my new glasses, new as in TODAY new.  I was just going to leave them on the porch, thought better of it, then put them inside and shut the sliding glass door.  Now I was sealing jars on the porch, blind, with diminishing sunlight.  Even with these things stacked against me I thought I should be fine.  I had forgotten about the hornets who live on my porch and who probably don't appreciate spray paint.  I saw a few flying around but luckily I escaped unharmed.  I did however trip on the blinds cord when I came inside.  That made a loud enough crash I thought for sure baby buns was going to scream and the neighbors would come knocking on my door to see if I was alright.  Well, I must have a deaf baby and heartless neighbors because no one noticed.

Pictures will come but after they're dry.  I didn't have enough light to capture the colors of the jar.