A Costly Mistake

I made a costly mistake this evening.  In preparation for an art exhibit tomorrow morning, I decided I wanted to enter my new project, the broken wine glass/ clay vase.  I touched up some spots in the clay and then got right to painting.  I wanted to paint the swirling vines and leaves a shade of green and the rest or it a light tan color.  I thought it would be tranquil.  Once the outside was dry my intention was to paint the inside red.  The colors corresponded with a painting I did earlier and also planned on entering to the exhibit.  All was going well until I went to clean a little spot of paint off the glass portion of the vase.  This is where I realized my fatal mistake- the paint I used was not adhering to the clay- I could peel it off!  And of course, to make matters worse, it had bled in between the clay and the glass.  The only remedy- an exacto knife, my nails, and super glue.  I had to break pieces off to strip it of the paint and then glue them together.  After it was all done and after 2 hours of scraping and glueing, I was able to re-patch spots on the clay and return it to its former glory. 

The moral of the story- do NOT attempt to paint on Crayola's Air Dry clay- it does not work.  Save yourself a few hours and don't attempt it at home.  Hopefully it will be a better "Martha" day tomorrow...