A Pinterest Success

While browsing a little website called Pinterest, I found the following pin:

Source: macheesmo.com via Meredith on Pinterest

I have had some Pinterest successes and many Pinterest fails, so I was not confident that our eggs would magically turn into McMuffin eggs.

Baking our eggs in a muffin tin worked perfectly. I may never buy another Egg McMuffin again (even though my last Egg McMuffin came with a perfect heart yolk). Nutritional information and cost savings can be found on the above pin.

(I followed the easy instructions on 71 Toes to add my new watermark.)

Inspired by Pinterest: End of the Year Gifts

We feel very blessed that Caden had the teacher he did this year.  She loves her students and they love her.  This is the end of the year gift I made her inspired by Pinterest.  It was easy and affordable to make, just more time consuming than I initially thought.

Caden also gave his friends Reese's graduation caps I designed for my students (my amazing aides assembled them for me).  I actually came up with the idea by myself.  When one of my aides told me that there were already Reese's graduation caps on Pinterest, I was crushed : ). After looking at the ideas I saw on Pinterest, I went with my original idea because it was more practical and affordable (I had over 60 seniors this year). A few of my students told me that they were "Pinterest worthy" : ).

Easter Egg Mail

On Pinterest, I learned that you can mail almost anything if it is under 13 ounces.  For Easter, we sent my niece a giant Easter egg filled with goodies.  Since she is only one, it was difficult to find age-appropriate toys to fill it with.  We sent her a piece of sidewalk chalk, bubbles, a light up ball, and some stylish pink zebra print sunglasses.

Have I told you how much I love Pinterest?!

Inspired by Pinterest: Hair Bow Holder

I saw several different hair bow holders on Pinterest and decided to make this one for a friend who is going to have a baby girl.  My mother-in-law gave me several frames to choose from and I chose this frame because I loved the details in the corners.

I sanded the edges and corners to give it a shabby chic look.

I am so glad I met Pinterest, but she has been keeping me rather busy : ). More to come. . .

Inspired by Pinterest: Lovebird Painting

Before Pinterest and I met, I had bought a canvas to create a painting to hang above our bed.  I am embarrassed to admit that the canvas sat in our bedroom for over a year.  I think the main reason it sat for so long is because I could not decide what to do with it.  One of the first things I pinned on Pinterest was this painting:  http://pinterest.com/pin/179651472605085316/.  It inspired me to paint the painting below for our bedroom.  I would still like to add the different colors in the corners of the painting, but I am afraid I will ruin the painting. I have never painted anything before and am surprisingly pleased with it.

One of the main reasons I wanted to create something for our bedroom is because all of the pieces of "artwork" that I had been looking at were around $100.00.  I created this piece for approximately $45.00:


Canvas ($15.00 on sale at Michael's)
Paint ($5.00 at Michael's)
Gesso (two bottles) ($15.00 at Michael's)
Gesso spatula ($10.00 at Michael's) (I'm sure a cheaper kitchen spatula would work just as well, but I found a spatula that I think I will use for many other projects.)


I first painted the canvas without using Gesso for texturing and was unhappy with it.  Gesso is a little expensive, but I love the texture it added to the painting.  I had never used Gesso before but learned how to do so by watching a You Tube video.  The video I watched said it really does not matter what brand you use, but I found the Gesso brand to be a lot easier to work with than the cheaper brand.


Since being introduced to Pinterest, I have not only pinned almost 2,000 projects, but I have tried many new recipes, painted a few paintings, and have created several other crafty projects.  I would like to begin posting a Pinterest project once a week just for fun.  


What has Pinterest inspired you to create lately?