Share your pinterest inspired crafts/recipes/activities

chuicafina · January 2012

I posted about this last week and asked if people were still interested in doing a regular check-in to share what you've been trying from all those pins on pinterest. The consensus was to do a bimonthly post (every other Tuesday).

So share with us what you've been up to. I don't want to leave anyone out, so go ahead and share even if something is not from pinterest and even if it's not a craft (maybe a recipe?). But if it is from pinterest, please share the link to the pin if you can.

Looking forward to seeing what you ladies have been making!

chuicafina · January 2012

These are some of those crinkle squares for babies out of wipes containers (we talked about them on there a while ago, but I don't think I'd made them yet). The tutorial is here.

These aren't actually pinterest inspired. I had extra fabric from making DH and BIL a Giant's blanket for Christmas, so I made DS some fleece longies.

Also, I said a while back that I tried making the DIY dishwashing soap recipe. (From here). Now I can report back that it works pretty well. Not well enough that we can use it exclusively. After a few cycles of using the homemade soap, it's better if we use our regular stuff (the dishes, glasses in particular) start to get a bit cloudy looking after 3-4 cycles of using the homemade stuff.

Aand done!

DowagerCountessofNJ · January 2012

I made this soup from a recipe I saw on Pinterest. The link to the pin is in my blog post found here: https://akathewife.com/2012/01/tortellini-and-sausage-soup/

egpitt22 · January 2012

I made this for my brother & his new wife (they got married in October) for a christmas gift. The idea and letters/numbers were found on pinterest, I put a tutorial in my blog here.

I made Taco Pizza from a recipe found on Pinterest, we all enjoyed it, it will be added into the regular rotation! I also made the crockpot Hawaiian chicken BBQ, but we didn't care for it at all

kattyleigh · January 2012

Okay. I'm going to be a total AW here, but I'm a bit addicted to Pinterest. Here are three of my latest projects. No linky because they are all just inspired from Pinterest, not exact copies. 1. A quilt/comforter I made for DD. I used a few layers of batting to make it extra warm and snuggly. The green backing is soft minky. 2. My SIL found old buttons in her Grandmother's storage and made this wooden letter for us. Love it! 3. I sprayed my salt dough handprints with nickel spray paint and hung with ribbon. 4. My Elmo cupcakes from DD's 2nd bday. Eyes are vanilla candy melts with black gel icing, noses are sour peaches, mouths are halved Oreos. I colored the vanilla icing with gel color.

IdigDirt · January 2012

egpitt22:
I made this for my brother & his new wife (they got married in October) for a christmas gift. The idea and letters/numbers were found on pinterest, I put a tutorial in my blog here.

I made Taco Pizza from a recipe found on Pinterest, we all enjoyed it, it will be added into the regular rotation! I also made the crockpot Hawaiian chicken BBQ, but we didn't care for it at all

I love that picture idea!

kattyleigh · January 2012

chuicafina:

These are some of those crinkle squares for babies out of wipes containers (we talked about them on there a while ago, but I don't think I'd made them yet). The tutorial is here.

These aren't actually pinterest inspired. I had extra fabric from making DH and BIL a Giant's blanket for Christmas, so I made DS some fleece longies.

Also, I said a while back that I tried making the DIY dishwashing soap recipe. (From here). Now I can report back that it works pretty well. Not well enough that we can use it exclusively. After a few cycles of using the homemade soap, it's better if we use our regular stuff (the dishes, glasses in particular) start to get a bit cloudy looking after 3-4 cycles of using the homemade stuff.

Aand done!

Awesome! I am so going to make the crinkle squares next. Think I'll use a bunch of leftover fabric and have some to give away in baby shower gifts. Great idea, thanks!

cmread · January 2012

Here are Super Mario Bros. cupcakes we made for a friend's engagement party:

Inspired by the way cooler version in this blog entry: https://vintagerosa.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html

chuicafina · January 2012

kattyleigh:
Okay. I'm going to be a total AW here, but I'm a bit addicted to Pinterest. Here are three of my latest projects. No linky because they are all just inspired from Pinterest, not exact copies. 1. A quilt/comforter I made for DD. I used a few layers of batting to make it extra warm and snuggly. The green backing is soft minky. 2. My SIL found old buttons in her Grandmother's storage and made this wooden letter for us. Love it! 3. I sprayed my salt dough handprints with nickel spray paint and hung with ribbon. 4. My Elmo cupcakes from DD's 2nd bday. Eyes are vanilla candy melts with black gel icing, noses are sour peaches, mouths are halved Oreos. I colored the vanilla icing with gel color.

Love those Elmo cupcakes!! I'm going to have to keep that idea in my back pocket. And sour peaches are my favorites, so even better!

chuicafina · January 2012

cmread:
Here are Super Mario Bros. cupcakes we made for a friend's engagement party:

Inspired by the way cooler version in this blog entry: https://vintagerosa.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html

Ok now I need to make these too. I love Mario!! They turned out great!

MrsEmilyS · January 2012

I blogged about this today. Put the white part of the green onion in water in a sunny place and it will continually grow. I use a ton of green onion so this is genius for me.

This is only 1 week worth of growth!

I have made several recipes from www.skinnytaste.com. I have made all the ones I have pinned under my food board. Blog and Pinterest in siggy!

cvl105 · January 2012

We did the bear butts photo in our photo shoot this weekend!

LaRue86 · January 2012

We installed a stack-stone/glass tile back splash this weekend

Close up

And I made hooded towels for Avery. I used 2 wash clothes instead of a hand towel and purchased them on clearance at target. Less than $4 a towel.

https://pinterest.com/pin/72620612711135006/

I am in the process of re-purposing a credenza from a desk to an entertainment center/toy storage for the living room. Will finish and post pictures by the next check-in

Definitely need to make those taggie blankets!

MrsEmilyS · January 2012

cvl105:
We did the bear butts photo in our photo shoot this weekend!

Ahhh! Too cute!

kattyleigh · January 2012

MrsEmilyS:

I blogged about this today. Put the white part of the green onion in water in a sunny place and it will continually grow. I use a ton of green onion so this is genius for me.

This is only 1 week worth of growth!

Wow! So you just put the bottom part in water and it will automatically grow upwards? Totally doing this too.

kattyleigh · January 2012

cvl105:

We did the bear butts photo in our photo shoot this weekend!

So damn cute.

kattyleigh · January 2012

LaRue86:

We installed a stack-stone/glass tile back splash this weekend

Close up

Awesome. We are going to renovate our kitchen soon and I love the look of your backsplash.

bestmaid6 · January 2012

I made these cookies a while ago and they were pretty much the best things ever:

https://pinterest.com/pin/111112315776037098/

Also, I'm at the point that I need to make a S'mores board because so many of my food pins are s'more-based. It's ridiculous.

LaRue86 · January 2012

kattyleigh:
LaRue86:

We installed a stack-stone/glass tile back splash this weekend

Close up

Awesome. We are going to renovate our kitchen soon and I love the look of your backsplash.

Thanks! We did it on the cheap too! FIL has a wet saw so we were able to borrow rather than rent. We got the stack-stone at Costco for $10/box and only used 4 boxes. We used 5 sheets of glass tile, which were $10/sheet, the thin-set was about $50 and the grout was $25. So less than $200. It is a really big space too!

JayElleJayCee · January 2012

Oh boy.. total AW here... Sorry..

Learned how to make these flower clips/headbands/necklace from Pinterest.

These were keychains that I saw on Pinterest. However, when I bought the tags, I didn't realize how thin they were and they were bigger than the ones on Pinterest. Everyone wound up using them as tree ornaments instead of keychains.

These are random things I made. The book took me hours but well worth it. I also made the bracelet that I put inside the book as a gift.

I may have posted the wine glasses and tutu bag before. I couldn't remember so I just put them in here.

kattyleigh · January 2012

LaRue86:
kattyleigh:
LaRue86:

We installed a stack-stone/glass tile back splash this weekend

Close up

Awesome. We are going to renovate our kitchen soon and I love the look of your backsplash.

Thanks! We did it on the cheap too! FIL has a wet saw so we were able to borrow rather than rent. We got the stack-stone at Costco for $10/box and only used 4 boxes. We used 5 sheets of glass tile, which were $10/sheet, the thin-set was about $50 and the grout was $25. So less than $200. It is a really big space too!

Nice! I didn't even know Costco sold the tiles. My FIL has a tile saw too and knows how to do it so when the time comes, we are totally asking him for help.

chuicafina · January 2012

MrsEmilyS:
I blogged about this today. Put the white part of the green onion in water in a sunny place and it will continually grow. I use a ton of green onion so this is genius for me.
This is only 1 week worth of growth!
I have made several recipes from www.skinnytaste.com. I have made all the ones I have pinned under my food board. Blog and Pinterest in siggy!

This is genius. Totally doing this!

jellybeanjean · January 2012

I've made so many things off of Pinterest!

Here's a teapot (no real tutorial, just a picture) and added teacups for two friends who recently got engaged:

Some cute Valentine's Day hearts:

https://pinterest.com/pin/242279654923410375/

And the simplest idea EVER:

https://pinterest.com/pin/242279654923393656/

Lots of yummy recipes too, and a few other crafts, but these are the most recent...

MrsEmilyS · January 2012

kattyleigh:
MrsEmilyS:

I blogged about this today. Put the white part of the green onion in water in a sunny place and it will continually grow. I use a ton of green onion so this is genius for me.

This is only 1 week worth of growth!

Wow! So you just put the bottom part in water and it will automatically grow upwards? Totally doing this too.

Yep!

Courtney1741 · January 2012

I too have done a TON from Pinterest. Mainly recipes and photo inspiration right now.

Here is our "bear butts" photo from Pinterest as well!!

And most of LO 6 month photo shoot was Pinterest inspired (sorry these have to be inserted this way due to copyright)

https://tarmstrong.zenfolio.com/gthomas6mos/e3e4980ac

Was inspired by this one:

https://pinterest.com/pin/269301252687567290/

And I made a great enchilada pasta I highly reccomend from this post!

https://pinterest.com/pin/269301252687596629/

Courtney1741 · January 2012

cvl105:

We did the bear butts photo in our photo shoot this weekend!

Oh my goodness! That turned out great cvl!! Sooo cute!

LexGator · January 2012

I mostly use Pinterest for recipes, but here's a spring/Easter ribbon wreath I made over the weekend:

kattyleigh · January 2012

jellybeanjean:

I've made so many things off of Pinterest!

Here's a teapot (no real tutorial, just a picture) and added teacups for two friends who recently got engaged:

Lots of yummy recipes too, and a few other crafts, but these are the most recent...

What kind of paint pen did you use for the teacups? Did you seal afterwards? Super cute.

chuicafina · January 2012

kattyleigh:
jellybeanjean:

I've made so many things off of Pinterest!

Here's a teapot (no real tutorial, just a picture) and added teacups for two friends who recently got engaged:

Lots of yummy recipes too, and a few other crafts, but these are the most recent...

What kind of paint pen did you use for the teacups? Did you seal afterwards? Super cute.

Agreed. This is super cute! Please share your secrets. Wink

jellybeanjean · February 2012

chuicafina:
kattyleigh:
jellybeanjean:

I've made so many things off of Pinterest!

Here's a teapot (no real tutorial, just a picture) and added teacups for two friends who recently got engaged:

Lots of yummy recipes too, and a few other crafts, but these are the most recent...

What kind of paint pen did you use for the teacups? Did you seal afterwards? Super cute.
Agreed. This is super cute! Please share your secrets.

The paint pens were the worst part of it. You have to buy the ones that are good for porcelain -- the ones I bought were Pebeo Porcelaine paint markers. I got a dud for the black one the first time, but the second time we were good to go. It is a SUPER easy craft. Just do your artwork, let it sit for 24hrs, and then bake in the oven at 300 x 35mins.

LollyBug18 · February 2012

Courtney1741:
I too have done a TON from Pinterest. Mainly recipes and photo inspiration right now.

Here is our "bear butts" photo from Pinterest as well!!

And most of LO 6 month photo shoot was Pinterest inspired (sorry these have to be inserted this way due to copyright)

https://tarmstrong.zenfolio.com/gthomas6mos/e3e4980ac

Was inspired by this one:

https://pinterest.com/pin/269301252687567290/

And I made a great enchilada pasta I highly reccomend from this post!

https://pinterest.com/pin/269301252687596629/

LOVE the sock monkey addition. The 2nd photo needs a password but based on the inspiration link, I bet it's adorable!

LollyBug18 · February 2012

MrsEmilyS:
I blogged about this today. Put the white part of the green onion in water in a sunny place and it will continually grow. I use a ton of green onion so this is genius for me.
This is only 1 week worth of growth!
I have made several recipes from www.skinnytaste.com. I have made all the ones I have pinned under my food board. Blog and Pinterest in siggy!

I do this with my green onions but find I still have to replace them after a month or so. They stop growing very well, start to lose their color and just aren't as good Sad

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