Sparkles, DIY & Flamingos.....NOT

It's all about priorities, right?  So how else would four busy women spend their time, with less than 30 days left before the start of their epic roadtrip?  SPARKLIZING Pink Flamingos of course!


After some creative resourcing for flamingos and crystals, and of course some creative photography to get everyone excited for our DIY day......Ethel and I grabbed our hot glue guns, ready to create not one, not a pair but four pair of sparkly crystal flamingos.  Note to self:  hot glue is really hot (I think Ethel's blister has finally started to disappear after almost a month!).

After a couple of hours it became pretty clear that Ethel is both patient & creative....and that I'M NOT!!!  The second blinding revelation of the obvious:  there's no way were were going to finish one, let alone either, flamingos.  As it stands right now, our project is rockin a mullet (or mohawk) and, because of some poor crystal choices on my part, it has a bulbous nose!!!

Enter the back-up plan:  Elmer's spray on craft glue and lots & lots of glitter.  We want to host a happy hour during Alumapalooza and how on earth could we do that without sparkly, glittery flamingos?  No hot glue gun blisters on these manicured fingers!

Holy cow....just realized that we're at 30 days and counting....how on earth am I going to lose those extra lbs?  Hmmmmmm......there's always that glue gun.

Tic toc
Thelma