Miss Safe-T DIY 2011
This weekend I’m competing in the Ms. Safe-T DIY Pageant for 2011. What? You never heard of it? Well, let me tell you the competition is fierce. I’m up against 7 other beautifully safe women for the title.
The final 8 contestants are (click on their photos to view their Safe-T profiles):
Sandra from Sawdust and Paper Scraps
Michelle from Dream Home DIY
Katy from Mom and Her Drill
Erin from Erin’s Creative Energy
Tanja from Postmodern Hostess
Jaime from That’s My Letter
Pink Toes and Power Tools
And of course, there is me! Don’t you think I nailed the runway walk? I’m a muddy shoe-in to win! (Snort, snort, I crack myself up.)
Brittany from Pretty Handy Girl
In all seriousness, Sandra is hosting the Strut Your Safety Gear Link Party to get the word out about wearing the appropriate safety gear when working on your DIY project. And if you hop to it and comment by Sunday night (tonight) you can enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card. Whoo-weee.
Today, I geared up to scrape and sand my garden bench. Sadly the paint didn’t weather the year in the rain, sleet and snow. The bench is still structurally sound, so I’m going to repaint it (the right way) and and share with you the details at a later date.
I needed to use my power sander, so I pulled my hair back and put in my ear plugs.
99% of the time, when I’m working on a DIY project, I put on my paint spattered shirt and ripped blue jeans. The 1% of the time that I don’t do that I end up ruining those clothes. Safety goggles are a must when working with any power tool. (I just ordered some new molded goggles that seal on your face to help keep the dust out next time. Sandra turned me on to them HERE!)
Sanding is a messy job. It is a good idea to tarp anything you don’t want covered in sawdust. The particles go EVERYWHERE. That is why it is important to wear a dust mask and gloves.
The gloves also keep my hands from getting rough.
And finally, I wear closed toe shoes to protect my piggy wigglies from a dropped power sander. OUCH!
Be sure to wear appropriate safety gear next time you take on your own DIY project. Check out Sandra’s post for more information on safety gear HERE! She even gives you the links to purchase your own. Now that is my kind of shopping!
OMG! I peed myself!
Love it! You’ve got that sassy-safety-girl thing goin’ on! 🙂
You had my vote at the safety strut… Good Luck!
Very cute! You definitely have the safety strut down! 🙂
You’ve got my vote! DIY PHG!
Very cute – love the runway strut! Vote!
Love it! You got my vote! 🙂
You go, girl! 🙂 Great idea to highlight the safety gear- I don’t hear much about it in blogland.
You look maaaavelous! The bird poo cracked me up.
I was laughing through your entire post!! Love the pink boa. But no fair–your hair looks entirely too cute in the close up. Mine is lucky to see a brush on DIY days and you have an up-do and great barrette 🙂
What a great way to share your panache for “fix-it fashion”…This competition suits you to a “T”…Your catwalk walk skills came in pretty handy…Skills and safety – you really are very awesome (I can safely say!). 🙂
I vote for you!!!! Go PHG Go!
Girl you are Heelarious! You totally rocked the runway walk. Thanks for playing along!
🙂 Sandra
Hahahaha! I love the new strut and look!
Oh I totally vote for you 😉 LOL I’m loving these posts because they are just so cute & fun 🙂 I told Sandra I can’t link up because I don’t use safety gear so I don’t have any…when in all truth-I usually just make the Hubs do things so all the safety gear is man sized 🙂 hehehe
Love the safety gear runway walk 😉