above my fantel.

It’s all so easy, but when you put it all together….This would make a great pre-Christmas activity that the whole family could do together, minus the step where the bags are filled with goodies, of course!

It would also be so fun as a craft for a friends’ get-together one evening.It’s quick, cute, and really inexpensive to make!.I guess the Christmas decorating/crafting season has officially been started!

Have you started on your Christmas stuff yet this year?Earlier this year, I wrote a post all about my.lazy way of cleaning paintbrushes.

While I still use that technique, I have new information that I’d just feel really bad about keeping from you because, let’s face it, cleaning paintbrushes is terrible and we need to stick together and help each other out with things like this.

And other things too, that are actually important, not just in my own little world.So I thought I’d share!.

First of all, there are two ways that you can do your caulking: before painting and finishing, and afterwards.Since I’d already done my painting and was just trying to cover up the yucky bits, I chose this silicone because I liked how it said “permanently WATERPROOF”.

That’s gotta be a good thing, right?The only thing with this type is that it’s super slick and shiny when it dries and doesn’t do very well if you try to paint over it.