Since I’m originally from Southern Arizona and now reside along the Gulf Coast of Florida I never really learned how to do winter. I have no idea how people handle the short, overcast days and long, chilly nights. Though, I can hazard a guess based on the preponderance of late summer/early fall birthdays.

Flinter* as Florida winter is called down here, kept me indoors all last weekend and I was about to go stir crazy. Thankfully, I usually have some indoor projects that need my attention.

One of them was to add a bit of color to my bedroom by dying my curtains. The only drawback to this was that I didn’t actually have any dye. Yes, I could’ve gone out to the store and purchased some, but did I mention that it was COLD?!

As luck would have it, I happened to have a Sharpie marker in my desired shade. Did I have any idea what I was doing? Nope. Did I think it would actually work? Only one way to find out!

So, I disassembled the marker, squished the ink into a sink full of hot water, shoved in my synthetic sheers, and hoped for the best. I stirred them a few times before rinsing and to my utter delight, the color didn’t wash away. After a short tumble in the dryer, my new curtains were ready to hang.

Not a bad outcome for a lousy weather day!

*Keep in mind that I am basically a lizard so anything under 70º is cold to me. Our overnights were in the low 40s with highs barely reaching 60. Plus there was a wind chill advisory. Brrr! 🥶