Quick. Guess what this was supposed to be!?!?
Stencils are not always easy, people. Sometimes they revolt against you, and your “art” ends up looking like a big blobby mess.
Oh, little crate. I had so much hope for you.
Now we have to wait for the sun to shine before I can spray-paint away this sad ink blot.
(And why did I share this? Because sometimes I get discouraged when I see pictures only of beautiful masterpieces in carefully chosen lighting. Sometimes… I just want to see the fail. So I’ll happily share mine.)
Aside from this train wreck, we’re having a lovely weekend. S’mores in the backyard and sunshine on our toes (until the heavens opened up today). May you all be having a lovely Sunday as well!
19 comments
lindaitallstartedwithpaint
Again. A fail. If you click on my name it doesn’t lead you to my blog. In fact, when I click on Amy’s name it doesn’t lead me to her blog either …
Tara @ Suburble
Okay… wow… that’s so surprising. Whenever I reply to a Disqus thread, it is immediately emailed to my inbox.
I am going to re-examine this commenting thing (thank you, Ms. Mentor!) and I will consider using the original blogger format.
I do love the WordPress comment box… but again… not ready to make the jump to WP. Thank you for helping me!
lindaitallstartedwithpaint
Ok. Now I’ve registered with Disqus. Only cuz I like you and Amy sent me your way and I love Amy. Let’s see if it works. Oh, and as your self-appointed mentor, forcing people to take the extra step to register for the comment service is a comment deterrent. You want to make it as easy as possible. I fear you may be chasing people away …
Linda Braden
Not true. Your reply did not come to my email box …
Tara @ Suburble
Oh no! I think that you have to sign out of Disqus and then sign in as your blog. Does your blog have a Disqus account?
One of the reasons I like Disqus is because every comment is directly emailed to that person (yet still remains on the thread). But if it’s giving people grief with their accounts…. that’s irritating.
Mel Lea-Wood
Oh Tara I had a similar thing happen at Vhristmas I could not believe what had seemed o simple turned out o bad. Meh win some lose some to me that’s what the craft world is about.
SiloHillFarm
I am the worst stenciler in the world! I have so many fails at it, I’ve kind of given up!
amy of while wearing heels
Oh no. At least I can tell that it was supposed to be a rooster. Thanks for sharing your craft fail. I love seeing fails along with successes, it makes me know you are keeping it real 🙂
Tara @ Suburble
I am all about “keeping it real”. Hello…. giant horror-show of a linen closet… I will put that online for everyone to see?!?! Talk about airing my dirty laundry – literally.
Thanks for guessing that he was a rooster. I was also told that he was a factory-farmed rooster who was debeaked.
That was reassuring.
Krista
I think it has some interesting character to it! I am too chicken to even try painting… I just print stuff off and Mod Podge it… so good for you for even trying it. And thanks for sharing a fail… my craft projects usually take a swift turn mid-way. Glad to know I am not the only one who has to stop and rethink/redo at times.
Krista @thehappyhousie
Tara @ Suburble
Oh, Krista, you’re so kind! I considered doing Mod Podge, but I really didn’t want to cut out all of that detail (impossible, I think) and I also wanted this crate to be able to go outside.
Pfffttt… it can go outside now… in the wood pile.
Kidding. I’ll try and fix it. Or I’ll give up and chuck in into the playroom and let the girls figure out whatever destiny its supposed to have.
Ali Montoya
The majority of my crafts are fails! LOL! So nice to see someone keeping it real and showing off that not everything is perfect. 🙂
Tara @ Suburble
I’m glad I’m not alone, Ali! I was thoroughly bummed when I pulled off the stencil. I had such high hopes… and I ended up with more work. Grumble…
Tara @ Suburble
Are you going to try to paint them again? That’s the trouble with spray paint – you really have to put a lot of faith in the color of the paint cap… It’s a shame that they can’t be mixed like traditional paint.
I will try again with stencils… but I think I will try to be aware of their limitations. Rough wooden crates? Not so much.
Jenna
Yea, I will spray them again, but I’m going to wait a while before I do it. I want to re-evaluate the color and these chairs have a ton of nooks and crannies so it was a real pain to paint them even with spray paint.
Jenna
I totally had a fail last week! I was spray painting some chairs green and going for a seafoam green, but they ended up way too lime-y! Crap happens! And I am not a huge stencil fan! I have never been able to make them turn out great! Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof
Tara @ Suburble
I will look for that craft-fail on your blog!
I think that it’s great when people share their trials and errors. I don’t always want to see the polished perfection… it gets me down when I’m looking at my mauled chicken stencil horror show. 😉
Linda Zurheide Braden
I truly despise Disqus. I didn’t want to leave a comment as my FB profile? I mean, how weird is that? I wanted to leave as my blog (www.itallstartedwithpaint.com). I can’t seem to figure this service out …
Linda Zurheide Braden
Let’s band together … I, too, had a project fail this weekend. My attempts to salvage are, well, juvenile at best. But I will post. Hey, it’s a public service!
🙂 Linda