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201209/17

Pinterest FAIL!!!!

The boys were gone all day Sunday so Little J and I made plans to do lots of fun “girl stuff” that we like.
We shopped a bit, visited my mom, went out to eat then came home to get to some crafting.

We planned to make some salt dough and “better than salt dough” ornaments, tags, etc. Little J loves to both cook and paint so I figured “two birds” right?!?

As you can see we had a bit of an issue with the “better than salt dough” recipe.

I saw the recipe on Pinterest under the most beautifully white and perfect ornaments. Yeah…what the recipe gave me was a goopy mess. I tried to salvage it by using metal cookie cutters as forms while they dried at 175°F in the oven.

Lesson learned… people aren’t always careful about what they post.

We did go on to make some salt dough ornaments that actually did turn out.
As you can see they aren’t the pristine white I was going for but then again I use unbleached flour so what can I expect!

Blog | Kitchen

Christmas, fail, kitchen, Pinterest

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201209/06

Craft expo

I’m gearing up to participate in my first Craft Expo. I’m very excited!! I’m about 6 weeks out from it but I know how fast time goes.

Over the weekend I made a bunch of wine charms. Then all I needed was a label. I wanted something wine themed so I went in search of images. Inspiration struck when I walked through our family room.

Why not use my painting?!?

A little help from photoshop and my label was complete.

I’m thinking about Christmas as well….

One of my chandelier bulbs recently burned out so now it has a new blinged out life.

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Christmas, Pinterest, recycling, wine charms

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201207/24

Green tea??

This is what I’m drinking this morning instead of tea. It’s a recipe I discovered on Pinterest.

I tried it yesterday since I had everything on hand and was so surprised at how good it tasted. You can’t taste the spinach at all!!

Here’s a link to the recipe.

I’ll be swinging by Kimmie’s blog later to see what my friends are up today…you should too!

Blog | Kitchen

kitchen, Pinterest, Tea Tuesday

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201207/14

Bottle cap wind chime

I’ve been working on this project for longer than I care to admit. I found that I couldn’t work on it in the morning because I was too shaky from numerous cups of coffee to bead and bend jumprings. By afternoon, I just wasn’t interested in working on it.

As you can see I put my own spin on it. I used an old CD for the top of the wind chime. I also included beads with the bottle caps for interest. I’m so happy to have actually used a bunch of the caps I’ve collected over the years as well as all the ones friends save for me.

Now I just need to find the perfect spot for it. Mr. G and I were talking this morning about making a tiki bar on the deck or the patio. I think it would fit in quite nicely!

Here’s the original “pin” that
inspired my above creation:

Source: flickr.com via Halle on Pinterest

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beading, bottle caps, ephemera, glass beads, Pinterest, recycling, upcycling

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201207/06

A week in review

Since Independence Day fell smack in the middle of the week this year, Mr. G took a week’s vacation. We’ve been busy…mostly with 4th of July festivities and trying desperately to stay cool during them.
To that end, my neighbor brought over some fabric and we started making neck coolers. I was reminded of them while browsing Pinterest.
I think I stitched up about 20 of these…at least 4 being “little kid size”. We kept them in a cooler of ice water during the parade so that everyone at our gathering could pull one out whenever they needed it.

I even sold the one off my neck to a carnival worker when the kids were playing games. I could have made a fortune …and then promptly get a big fat fine from the city, I’d suppose.

By the way…your eyes aren’t deceiving you in the above picture….it does look a little foggy.
It’s so humid today that my lens fogged.
See…

Ah…that’s better.

The garden is producing…snow peas, green beans and kohlrabi so far.

Ah crud… my ADD is showing again….
I got off track…
I was talking about the 4th of July.

While Mr. G was helping set up a canopy and such, I walked the kids to the carnival. I had them sit for a caricature. You can see one of those cooling neck wraps around Big J’s neck.

The parade is always a great time….

Friends, food and fun right along the parade route closely followed by a water fight and more food.

This little cork covered car had to be my favorite of the day.
That’s a lot of wine!!

We’re still trying to stay cool…current temp is …..

Yuck!!

The cool down is coming “they” say…I hope “they” are right.

See you next week…working on a project with bottle caps.

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gardening, Holidays, Pinterest, sewing

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201206/24

Landscape project

We finally tackled a project that we’ve been thinking of doing for quite some time. This multi-trunk tree is a beautiful accent to our yard but is a pain in the @$$ to mow around. In fact, the last time I mowed around it I bent the throttle linkage on the mower from bashing into in the wrong way. Whoops!

Mr. G and I have no landscaping experience. We didn’t have a clue what we were doing. During the process there was lots of sweat, a couple trips to Home Depot and a few cuss words muttered.

Today I planted the annuals, I picked up at 75% off, in pots. I decided to wait to plant perennials until next year. I have lots of hostas in need of division for starters.

I used a trick I learned on Pinterest for the pots. Place a coffee filter in the bottom of the pots instead of a terracotta shard or rock to block the drainage hole. Genius!

The kids have been having a blast with all the trimmings around the yard as well. They’ve created some sort of “survivor-hunger games” type scenario. We’ve had up to 5 kiddos playing peacefully together with a 10 yr age span in total. Amazing!!

I love the imagination they can muster…check out the “campfire” with cooking spit.

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