FAIL...Cutting a wine bottle with string..

Ok, so second project in as many days and second fail in as many days..

I was trying to "cut" a wine bottle by burning a string around it. Instructions said use butchers twine, acetone nail polish remover and a bucket of cold water.

Step 1: clean out wine bottle (this can be done by drinking the wine... Now for the sake of the project, I took one for team and drank the whole bottle- *I do not recommend drinking the wine and then trying the project! Please wait at least 24 hours after drinking to complete project!

Step 2: ask husband for string, lighter and acetone

Step 3: assure husband you will not set house, him, kids or yourself on fire

Step 4: repeat step 3

Step 5: tie string twice around bottle at point you would like to cut

Step 6: soak string in nail polish remover

Step 7: tie string back around bottle and clean any dripping acetone

Step 8: carefully (I wore rubber gloves) light string on fire, when fire starts to burn out dip bottle in cold bucket of water

Well... I tried it three times, I thought I didn't soak the string long enough the first time so I resoaked a second time for an hour, when that didn't work, my husband added Goo Gone to the nail polish remover ( and he thought I was going to blow the house up) I then soaked again for two hours, this time the string wouldn't even burn... It just wouldn't catch on fire....

Oh well... I guess I didn't really need a bunch of wine bottle vases... Guess I shouldn't have drunk all those bottles in preparation....

Popstick bracelets

Ok, found a Pin that showed how to make Popsicle stick bracelets.

Fairly simple. Boil sticks, set over night, decorate.

Well, as you can see from my pics... Not quite what I thought. The sticks didn't really get a round shape, some cracked overnight, and none would fit my wrist or my girls....

Oh well... On to my next "project"

Mean Abs June.... Killing me!

Ok so I tried to start an exercise routine following the Mean Abs Calendar I found on Pinterest... Fail!

Since we are already 6 days into June I figured I wouldn't be too far behind.. Blah! I backtracked and start as of June 1st. 15 sit ups, 5 crunches, 20 planks, 10 push ups...
Yeah right...

Took me a long time to do even 13 sit ups... And 5 crunches... That was as far as I got :(

1st project: homemade butter

Last week I attended Pioneer Day at my kids school. One project the kids worked on was butter making.

Super easy.. Sort of.

Step 1: buy heavy cream
Step 2: pour into a glass jar. At the school they used small baby food jars. I used mason jars. My mom tried it and used an old wine glass (w/o a stem) and sealed the top with Saran wrap.
Step 3:shake! Side to side not up and down.
This step takes several minutes and is a good work out on the arms!
Step 4: after a few minutes... Typically 10, the liquid will start to clear up (look like dishwater) drain this, there should be a lump of butter at the bottom of your bottle/jar.
Step 5: scoop out and enjoy!

We tried adding salt to batch as well. Found that if you add it before you start shaking, the consistency will change. Rather than a lump at the bottom your butter will be creamier and there is nothing left to drain.
Either way it was good.

Conclusion: it was a fun little craft for the kids. I would not do this on a regular basis. Heavy cream is more expensive that a stuck of butter and I don't use enough butter to make this worth it. Would be a fun craft to have kids do at Thanksgiving while adults are cooking.