Day 322 – Glittery Mason Jar Candle Holder
This is one of those days where I can’t wait for these 365 days to be over. The last thing I felt like doing tonight was a project, but in the interest of seeing this through, I have done one. I had an...
View ArticleDay 323 – Pipe Cleaner Chameleon and Flower Headband
Today was a hang out with the niece day. She was feeling a little under the weather, but she was bored of watching TV so we scanned through Pinterest to see what we could get into. She landed on this...
View ArticleDay 324 – Hanging Hangers
My closet is a pretty organized place, if I do say so myself. My pants are all in a row. My skirts are all in a row. Sweatshirts have their own spot. You get the idea. I really like everything to be...
View ArticleDay 325 – Cleaning a Leather Couch
In case you didn’t notice, I have been through a lot of Pinterest trials over these past few months. Some things work out really successfully…and some things just don’t. Usually when they don’t work...
View ArticleDay 326 – Boredom Buster Game for Kids
No one likes rainy days, especially in the summer and especially when you are a kid. Sadly, in this geographical location, it seems to rain EVERY DAY! Most years all we hear about are the droughts and...
View ArticleDay 327 – Pencil Crossbow
Yet another east coast rainy day! So to beat our boredom, we created a crossbow out of pencils and rubberbands. The link did not have a tutorial, but it looked easy enough to create by copying the...
View ArticleDay 328 – No Slip Hangers
For a while now, I have gone to hang up my clothes and struggled to find hangers. Sometimes I can raid the husband’s closet, but he hasn’t seemed to have many extras either. Tonight, I decided to put...
View ArticleDay 329 – Brilliant Teacher Website
I know, I know! It is summer! So why am I pinning teacher things and counting them as my project for the day? Because I tutor 4 times a week, that is why. I feel bad for these kids. They finally make...
View ArticleDay 330 – Foam Printing
Let me take a moment to share with you my outrage for the day. It is completely unrelated to this Pinterest project, but maybe it will make you just a little outraged with me. I have been using the...
View ArticleDay 331 – Decorated Cell Phone Case
Always one to make boring things cuter, I was excited to find this idea to brighten up my phone case. For a while, my phone has been covered by a nice trusty clearish purple case. I really like it. It...
View ArticleDay 332 – Running in the Heat
Last night I got this brilliant idea to go running in the mountains of Virginia when I woke up. The plan was to get up early, before the heat set in, and take a quick jog around the neighborhood where...
View ArticleDay 333 – How To Make A Bow
There have been many times in my life that I have needed to make an easy quick bow. I thought this little tutorial would be helpful, so I gave it a try. I like to link you to the blog where my pins...
View ArticleDay 334 – Campfire Cookies
The title of this post in no way means that I had a campfire in this horrendous heatwave. Instead, I made these tasty cookies from the comfort of my nice cool kitchen. These cookies have all of the...
View ArticleDay 335 – Convenient Life Hacks
There are lots and lots of ideas out there that we don’t even know exist that help our lives run a little more smoothly. For example, have you ever left an embarrassing voice mail for someone and you...
View ArticleDay 336 – Cleaning Art Paintbrushes
I spent nearly the entire day today working on a Pinterest project, just to realize about an hour ago that the paintbrush I had was just too large to paint the details that I needed. I really thought...
View ArticleDay 337 – Tree Branch Wall Art
This project took quite a bit longer than I had planned, but I am so happy with how it turned out. I was at Michael’s this weekend and found a super bargain on canvases. I scanned my Pinterest ideas...
View ArticleDay 338 – How to Draw a Penguin
We are winding down folks…only a few days left to go and I could not be happier! I was really not interested in a major project today. Did you see yesterday’s? It was amazing! I knew I could not...
View ArticleDay 339 – Honey Lime Shrimp
Sometimes the husband feels a little slighted with this Pinterest thing…he seems to feel like there have been a LOT of crafts that he doesn’t really care about and not enough dinners. I would have to...
View ArticleDay 340 – Frozen Dog Treats and Fort
Today is another twofer. Mostly because I have this adorable niece who said “What Pinterest project are we going to do today?” right after we made dog treats for a half hour. I tried to explain to her...
View ArticleDay 341 – Connect the Dots Monsters
Today I had the pleasure of hanging out with the niece (7) and the nephew (almost 4) for a few hours. Naturally, the fort from yesterday was the highlight of the morning. Alyssa was so proud of it....
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