Bottles N Brushes at home

In our town, there is an adorable little shop called Bottles N Brushes, where they serve drinks and teach you how to paint a certain scene.  I had been DYING to go, but when we looked up the cost, thinking we would do a double date there with our friends, we were shocked. $35 each! I don't know about you, but on our music minister and medical student budget, that was just not going to happen. So we got creative!

We decided to do Bottles N Brushes at home! I had some canvases in my closet because I enjoy painting for fun every so often, and we got some more brushes and paint to use.  Our friends brought the wine, while we provided dessert.  And everyone had a great time!!!

Here was the process:

The girls decided to attempt some crafts we saw on pinterest that required some prep, so the night before we painted backgrounds, etc.

Then on our official painting night, we all got to work! The nice part was, since we weren't in the official class that the shop offers, we could each do what we want!

Eryc painted a fish.

Jennifer did an adorable teal and gold design.

Jen's sister, Mary Elise, made a couple of paintings for her classroom.

Mikey painted our dobie.

And I did a couple plain paintings over puffy painted words.

Jen's final product...it will go great in her hallway!

I used my artwork to decorate our guest room.

It is hard to see in the pic, so I added a few close-ups below.

We had such a great time, and the total cost was only about $10 all together!

I'd call that success :)