New Year's Resolution Blog Hop

Every year I try to come up with One Little Word inspired from Ali Edwards Design as my Word for the new year.  This year I almost came up with one......

Welcome to the New Year's Resolutions Blog Hop!!  You should have arrived from HERE.  If you found me first, please go to the BEGINNING.

For 2012 I wanted to come up with ONE WORD to describe my resolutions, but I couldn't do it!  I thought about Simplify but that did not apply to everything.  I thought about Five because I have five members in my family and I really like the idea of doing 5 things to organize or spend 5 minutes each day but that did not really seem like a good resolution.  I also have given up on ever being organized because every time I organize, I loose things!!

  So instead I came up with 3 words:  Live, Laugh and Love.  I want to Live life more fully, Love more openly and Laugh every day!  I spent last year losing 80 lbs and getting healthier so it is much easier for me to LIVE life versus WATCH life pass me by.  I also want to keep those pounds off so I can continue to LIVE!!!  I plan on LAUGHING a lot this year because when I laugh, my mood gets so much happier (plus it burns calories)!!  I also don't always show LOVE.  I am not a touchy~feely person and don't always say what I feel so I am going to work on that in 2012!  

I saw on Pinterest a set of 3 painted wine bottles decorated for Christmas that said Peace, Love and Joy.  I loved this idea (even though I hate wine) but I wanted to keep my bottles out all year long though so I changed the words to Live, Laugh and Love.  I spray painted a primer on three wine bottles (thanks to my wine-drinking friends).  When that dried, I spray painted black Krylon paint on the wine bottles.

I found the words on Home Accent and cut them out  at 3.12 inches.  I wanted to conserve my red vinyl, so I copied the Live Laugh and hid Laugh on one and hid live on the other.  I lined them up at the top of my mat and trimmed 2 inches of red vinyl.

I set my Expression to Pressure 3, Speed 3 and Blade Depth 3 to cut through the vinyl only.  I also use a new blade when cutting vinyl.

I use clear contact paper to transfer the words from the paper backing to the wine bottle.

For interest, I put laugh a little lower than live and love.

My kitchen has red walls and black appliances.  I placed the bottles in this spot so you can see the red and black, but moved them to a different spot so I could put the toaster back :)

I am also cleaning out my craft room and will put a fun package together to give as blog candy!  Just leave me a comment on ONE to THREE words that describe how you want your 2012 to be!

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