Pinned and Tested: Don't go BACON my heart

Pinned and Tested: Don’t go BACON my heart. I’m not a bacon eater–but I do have a sense of humor–and these just made me giggle. You’ll find this picture on one of my boards in the land of Pinterest. It’s a clever “Don’t go BACON my heart” with an “I couldn’t if I FRIED” mug set.

They are from this delightful little Etsy shop operated by Sarahmarie28–Sarah Birchler from Massachusetts.

I don’t know her. She doesn’t know me. But if you like mugs–and are looking for something in the way of creative–she has them.

Soooo. I pinned this photo and not because I like bacon–because I don’t.

[Some of you aren’t going to read my blog again because you are a champion of bacon. There should be more love in your heart. That is all I have to say.]

It was pinned because I have many friends [I choose to lead by example–non-bacon eaters can associate kindly and regularly with bacon eaters–so now that is all I have to say] who adore the socks off of bacon. Friends who would marry bacon if bacon had any arms and legs. Friends who would dress their children in bacon if they could provide constant protection from neighborhood dogs. Well–and people who liked bacon.

~smile~

I mentioned the photo to one of my bacon-loving friends [whose husband is more of a bacon lover than she is]. She grinned and smiled and before I knew it–I offered to make her a set–mostly because I think the world of this particular friend even though she eats bacon.

[See what I did there? That’s me leading by example. Again.]

I went to a dollar store–purchased two mugs and two plates because I wanted to.

I went to Michael’s [holding in my tight little fist a 40% off coupon of rejoicing] and snagged [as in purchased, not swiped] a set of these pens.

Notice the blue arrow of direction pointing to OIL BASED. That’s important.

There’s also a little silhouette of a pitcher, a goblet and a glass [all made of glaaaaass, which is significant] on the package.That’s the kind you want to buy.These are the kind you DON’T want to buy for a glass painting project.

Water Based. No-no-nO-NooOoO-No. Not for the glass project. That little word at the bottom right of the package is referring to the tip. It’s not giving you the a-okay to use this on your mug/plate.

Removable from glass. ReMoVaBlE fRoM gLaSs!

Handsome Dude saved me from pitching a tent and residing in the land of sorrow and despair by asking me what the difference was between the two sets of markers I’d purchased–BEFORE–I used them.

I’ve never loved him more than at that moment.

[By the way–I pinned another idea that said to use a regular sharpie marker to draw your design and be all artsy–stick it in the oven to “set” the color–and voila–but no. Tried that clever little trick and it came off…not like the plate was brand new all white and clear off–but the color came off. ‘Off’ as in waaaa. And maybe one of you did the very same project and it turned out all wonderful and true and you are still using the plates that you painted 100 years ago. I don’t want to hear it.]

~grin~

Fine. Tell me all about it.

Here’s what I did.
–wash the mugs and the plates
–make sure they are completely dry
–practice writing what you want to paint on your dishes
–seriously–practice the size of the letters and the placement

[I made a little template to keep me from getting carried away with the lettering–it’s not something you can simply wipe off. It dries to the touch quite quickly. You won’t want to rub the design at all, though–especially the colors–like red, yellow, and orange. They definitely take longer to ‘set’. Definitely. I let my works of art sit for two days just to be sure.]

Back to practicing what you will paint.

Practice.

It doesn’t have to be perfect–but you want to be accustomed to how the flow of writing and drawing feels. Here’s the template.

Here’s the template put to use in two ways.

1–practicing the actual phrase, and

2–as the boundary for the actual design on the cup.

It was great and good and well and fine to practice writing on the paper–but–it’s paper and I was going to be painting on a glass surface. So–I decided to put the SpLaT [the one that don’t work out] project to good use.

[I will definitely purchase an extra plate as a practice surface when I do this again. It made the actual painting go much more smoothly.]

Oh–and glass is a great surface to paint on–a really great surface.

Here’s my practice plate.

Front.

And back.

There are two more glass projects I’m working on that I think you’ll like–but it will be a later post.

So after the washing and drying, practicing, practicing and practicing and finally painting, here’s how they turned out.

My bacon lovin’ friend is going to purchase some chocolate [hold on a minute–I’m a little bit gagging here–breathe–breathe out slowly and] my friend is going to purchase some chocolate covered bacon to put in the mug for her husband.

AHhahHAHHAHHHhhhhahhaH!

Because I adore you as I do–here’s the link for some actual-factual chocolate covered bacon–and–for the adventurous cooks amongst you–here’s a link to an actual-factual recipe for the tasty treat.

See? We can be friends with differences.

Don’t send me bacon. Don’t send me chocolate. And please, please don’t be sending a combination of the two.

BlaAaaaRggH.

~smile~

If you have any questions at all, please ask them.

If you want to see some fun, creative mugs, go visit Sarah’s cute little Etsy shop. I’m sure she would love the company. The prices combined with the designs just might entice you to make a purchase.

She doesn’t know I’m sending you there.
No, I don’t get a free, delightful mug.
It’s just a cute shop and I felt like sharing it. ~grin~

Don’t forget there’s a giveaway on my Sweet Creek Moon Facebook page. Find the picture of the scarf and leave a comment. It’s easy to enter. The winner will be announced Thursday night.

I would love to see you there.

6 COMMENTS

Jamie Younker
11 years ago

I was TOTALLY going to make these mugs for Carson for Valentine’s Day! Now I know just how to do it, and how to avoid accidentally buying the wrong markers! YAY! Thanks! Also, is it weird that I want to give the man these mugs even though neither of us really eats bacon?

Teresa Jones
11 years ago

I’m betting you would have figured this out all by your creative self. ~grin~ I can’t look at the mugs without singing the song.

Erin
10 years ago

I did this with water-based regular sharpies. Can I use a sealant without messing up the sharpie?

- Teresa @ Sweet Creek Moon
  10 years ago AUTHOR
  
  Erin–I didn’t use a sealant on mine so I don’t know how that will turn out. Is it possible to use a practice plate/mug/saucer using the same sharpies and then seal a portion of it and see how that turns out? It would be worth the effort. What kind of sealant are you going to use?
  
Sarah Birchler
9 years ago

Hello! This is my mug! Im just seeing this blog, and the comments and wanted to add a note. There is a clear sealant, i believe the brand is “folkart”? Happy painting!

- Teresa @ Sweet Creek Moon
  9 years ago AUTHOR
  
  Hi! The mug set is adorable. So adorable. Thank you for the additional tip. ~smile~

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