Confession

I have a compulsion. A craft paint hoarding disorder. You should see my box of craft paints. I'm ashamed. I would take a picture, but I'm afraid someone out there would see it and plan an intervention. Why? Why do I need 8 shades of beige? BEIGE! Do you know how many shades of pale aqua I have? And yet none of them is exactly right, and I will inevitably mix my own (I have a secret formula). The craft paint aisle at the craft store is like the candy store to me. I think it's because they are so relatively inexpensive, so pretty, and so useful. I never feel guilty throwing one or three into the cart. Until I get home and realize that I have shades so similar that Pantone wouldn't be able to see the difference.

Anyway, my point is that I just bought this little black one to see how it compares to Pebeo. I used Pebeo to paint a coffee cup for Jon last year, and it holds up more amazingly fantastically than I thought possible. That cup has been dishwashered a thousand times, and you can't even tell. But I saw these Americana enamels and was intrigued. Are they new? They are certainly cheaper than the Pebeos. So far I love how it brushed on. Really smooth and glossy and completely opaque. Now I have to let it air dry 48 hrs, then bake it in the oven. Then dishwasher testing. Then I will go back and buy every shade of beige they make!