Paint Yourself Silly

On July 23, 2012 (One year since MaryAlice and I (Alex) have been dating) we went to Paint Yourself Silly in the Haymarket region of Lincoln.  There were all sorts of ceramics that you can choose from to paint.  You also could choose from hundreds of colors to paint with.  I chose to paint a tall vase in all sorts of colors, I also wrote the date on it to remember the day by.  MaryAlice chose a heart shaped bowl.  It had many wonderful colors.  We are waiting to get them back from the shop, I am so excited to see the finished product!

Alex and I (Mak) with our completed items ready for firing

Like Alex mentioned, we went to Paint Yourself Silly on our one year anniversary. Don't let him fool you though, it was hardly a "romantic" event since both our moms and little brothers joined in on the festivities and painted their own ceramics of choice. It was fun to choose from their large selection of ceramic items. Then you had to test your art skills when deciding colors and how to paint your selected item. Some people go basic (like Alex) and just paint it one color on each side. Most of us broke it up into stripes and painted them all different. Then there is my two time art graduate mother who just exploded art onto hers. Both Alex and I chose items to paint and then later exchange for each other. So I even chose colors he would like.

It didn't take long for me to realize my lack of skill and how difficult it is to divide a heart shaped bowl into even stripes. As my time goal was running out I realized I needed to speed up quite a bit. However, it still took me quite a bit longer then all the others to finish. Hopefully it will be worth it though!

It was a super fun experience that I would recommend to anyone. Fridays are when you can paint two for the price of one and they also offer a flat fee for those of you painting maniacs that would like to paint all day. Their regular prices are the price of your ceramic item and then an hourly rate for painting which includes all of the supplies and up to 6 colors of paint. They kiln it for you and you pick it up after a few days.


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Afterward we broke free of our families and went out to Olive Garden for our romantic one year anniversary dinner. We were even adventurous then! Both of us ordered new dishes that we had never gotten before. Most adventurous of all was that we got calamari! And if you know Alex that really is impressive! 

Once we had finished our meal Alex surprised me with a one year anniversary gift! A ring to go with my matching necklace that he had gotten me for Christmas.  I love the ring so much! Not to mention that it came with the promise that some day there will be another ring to come ;)

Overall, it was a wonderful day and I'm glad to have been able to spend a year with such a wonderful guy!

I (Alex) greatly enjoyed our evening at Olive Garden.  It was very nice to break away from my family and have some alone time over supper.  Like MaryAlice said, we both got something new to eat.  The calamari was very interesting.  It took a little bit of coaxing myself to finally eat it and it turned out to be not that bad.

With MaryAlice's ring I got her, I was welling up with excitement to give it to her!  She had loved the necklace I got her for Christmas, but rings are her favorite type of jewelry so I was very excited about it!  She has been waiting anxiously to get it back from the jewelry store from getting resized.

Our day was super fun, and I was very happy to spend it with my girl.  I can't wait to have many more fun days to come!

-Alex and MaryAlice