Mommy's pie plate

Remember back during Christmas time when I told the story of Eric and Amara getting me the pie plate and the suncatcher craft--that was representational of a pie plate he wanted to make with me? Well, we finally got around to doing it.

After our indoor play adventure, we headed over to Color Me Mine, a paint your own pottery place in Dublin. I knew I wanted to 'capture' Beanie's precious hand prints--what we hadn't bargained for was the prep-work that would get us to that one tiny step.

As Eric got started on the base coats for the plate--Amara picked out a tiny dog to paint. Another little girl in the store was painting a larger puppy, so she REALLY wanted that one, but the nice store lady helped us find a small one :) We first gave the puppy a sponge bath, to take all the dust off and help the paint saturate into the project. We then got our brushes and picked out her browns and blacks and got to work. That puppy had a lot of curves and crooks, and to get a nice color, you needed 3 coats of paint!

Each time Eric would paint a coat, he'd stick the pie plate under the fan and we'd walk around the store--trying to entertain Amara. It was getting late and near dinner/ bedtime, so she really just wanted to go home at that point. We even walked outside to the Blockbuster next door to get a bottle of water and a sucker on one of the paint-drying-breaks.

Finally it was time for the hand prints. Our green plate was dry and the store lady helped get some dark blue paint on Amara's hands with a small sponge--she liked this part. 2 quick presses in the plate and we were DONE! Off to the sink for a quick wash and out the door!

(I have to come back to finish the plate later--I wanted to add her name and the date, but the prints were good for now. I'll post the finished projects later :)) The Color Me Mine staff was sweet and it's a pretty painless process if you have a little patience...I can't wait to see the finished project and what a sweet way to commemorate this moment and such a sweet gift. Thanks honey!