I also love watching the short how-to videos on pinterest. They let me see what's going on without having to click on a link to go to a website, that takes me to another website, and so on. Or clicking on a link that takes me to a website where my phone gets plastered with ads that I can't seem to get rid of because my fingers are too big for those dang little x's! So here's the deal. I want to create a pinterest win/fail segment that are videos of things I've tried from pinterest. If you have any suggestions or videos that you want to see, let me know!
For this first video I wanted to try the marbled nail polish planter (or in my case, mug). The final product looks pretty rad, so I wanted to see if the untalented painter could make a beautiful painted mug.
I'm not going to lie, at first I was pretty sure it was going to turn out horribly, because, as you can see, when I poured in the nail polish it started to spread everywhere and the video on pinterest didn't do that. But it turns out I was pretty happy with the finished product.
Recommendations:
- Get cheap nail polish! Or at least runny nail polish. My more expensive polish was thicker and just dripped in blobs instead of giving me a nice stream of polish to spread around. Unless maybe you wanted a polka dot mug or planter? I wonder if that would work! Now I have to try it!!
- After you take it out of the water there may be some areas of thicker nail polish that will start to drip. I took a blow dryer to mine and ended up with some bubble indents where the beads of water dried. Next time I might try gently running some cold water over it instead.
- If there are no drippy spots, turn the planter upside down to dry
