Have you heard of Pinstrosity? It’s laugh-out-loud hilarious.
We’ve all had that one craft project or recipe that failed. Miserably. This is a website that features peoples failed DIY-wreckapalooza projects when everything goes wrong.
It happens to the best of us, especially if you’re a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-glue-gun-pants DIYer like me.
It happened a few months ago. I was trying to be productive – my only goal for the evening was to stay away from the television and that time-sucking giant wormhole called the internet. Simple quest, right?
I briefly thought about sanding down my desk and refinishing it. “No, no no,” I thought. That’s one thing that actually doesn’t need to be worked on around here. No sir. The desk stays the way it is.
So I decided I was going to practice my lettering. I’ve always admired beautiful typography (hello, graphic designer here) and want to take the time to learn more.
So I got out my fancy tips and bottle of ink. And immediately proceed to spill it everywhere.
I don’t even know what happened. Oh yes, actually, I do know what happened. I got it EVERYWHERE.
Exhibit A:
All over my desk. My desk that, 10 minutes prior, I had declared perfection and in no need of work. This was the best I could do to clean it up.
Exhibit B:
All over the inside drawer and the contents inside.
Goodbye craft supplies drenched in black India Ink.
Exhibit C:
All over me. My hands? Black.
My favorite jeans? HUGE ink stain.
Exhibit D:
This was the worst one. The carpet. The cream carpet.
There is now a medium pepperoni pizza sized black schmear all over my carpet.
For the last six months I’ve been living with it. I can’t wait until spring to take that desk outside and sand her down!!
I guess you need to be careful what you wish for?
I know I’m not alone! What’s your recent crafty/DIY/cooking mix-up been?
I think Pinstrosity is a great way to see beauty on mistakes 🙂 I would like to try that one with my illustrations that has gone wrong, it would be laughable but lovable :)) And your calligraphy is really good, i wish i could do something like yours :))
I spent hours decorating some mugs that I thought were dishwasher safe — turns out they weren’t! Things always look easier on Pinterest (:
Oh No! Your poor desk 😦
My recent fails include purple pot of glitter tipped upside down on my cream rug! This was cleared up straight away but i am constantly finding it everywhere.
My next was a baking disaster, I made a perfect chocolate fondant type covering for a cake then dropped a freezing cold can of redbull accidentally into the bowl! The whole think was solid in seconds disaster. Lol all the best and love your post! X x
Haha oh no!!! Glitter is the worst thing to clean up !!!
Story of my life. This made me laugh and yet completely feel pain for your gorgeous desk. Have you checked out: http://epicpinterestfail.com/? I am in tears by the time I leave that site from laughing.
OH NO! Kudos to you for trying! I’ve been staring at a pizza-sized paint spill on my carpet for a few months now. I just re-direct visitors away from that room!
I am re-purposing old vintage suitcases to make them into a nightstand for my room. Tons of storage, and an awesome look! First, since they are so old, I had to rip all the insides out. The old school hanger racks for pants, the weird flappy pockets, etc. One of the metal pieces cuts my finger open. Then, I burn myself with the hot glue gun. And to top that all off, I stapled part of my finger when stapling the new fabric in! That was only the first suitcase… kind of nervous to go on!
It makes it quirky!
I tried to make a really cute fleece cape for my daughter. The pin looked so cute, but my daughter looked like a clown…
aww I bet she loved it though!
well said!
oh no!!! it sounds like it will be awesome in the end though! I love old suitcases!
haha, yes!! same! I put an ugly rug over it and I can’t decide which I dislike more. Me thinks I need to go rug shopping!
I haven’t! I will check it out, thanks for the link!
Oh I know just want you mean….. I work with indea ink everyday, and I can NOT believe I’ve never spilled it! But I have had a few escapades with oil paint, watercolor, flour, sugar, soap, shampoo, coffee, and pretty much anything else that can spill. It’s just a matter of time…
Emily