I made these cute jack-o-lantern stuffed peppers from a pin on Halloween night. Stuffed peppers is one of my favorite vegetarian recipes to make, so I enjoyed adding some holiday spirit into our meal.
One of the best things about discovering Pinterest during the Fall, was that I found all kinds of creative game day ideas for entertaining on Saturdays. We are big Alabama football fans in this house and every Saturday in the Fall is devoted to food, friends, and football. I saw this pin so I made these cute treat bags with brown paper lunch sacks and masking tape, then filled them each with popcorn and Twizzlers. I will definitely make these again.
During the Christmas season, I attended a Dirty Santa gift exchange. This is where each person brings a gift and you draw numbers to select either opening a gift from the pile or stealing one that's been opened that you'd rather have! I decided to go simple with the gift and get a Starbucks gift card but I wanted to do something cute for the wrapping. I found this pin and made my own fake frappachino using brown tissue paper and white stuffing with a white bow on top. When I bought the card I just asked the barista for an extra cup and straw and voila, a super cute gift card holder!
Probably my biggest project so far has been re-vamping my baker's rack. My aunt gave it to me when I first got married. 4 houses and almost 6 years later, I've done nothing to update it. I love the rack because it's the perfect storage piece, but inevitably it has become the dumping ground for random items around our house. While browsing Pinterest one night I came across this pin (it's even the same baker's rack!) I left it white but just wiped down and cleaned the whole piece. Then I used the Martha Stewart paints recommended to add some color to the wooden board. I bought some baskets, organized the cookbooks by color, and added a holder on the wall for plastic bags. I love how neat and tidy everything looks and how functional the whole piece is now. Despite my embarrasment, here is a before and after picture as well as one up close of the finished product.
I completed my latest project today. After getting some of my herb seedlings planted this morning, I made these garden markers based on this pin. The blogger is right, this might just be the easiest craft ever. I just got old wine corks and wooden skewers, used a sharpie to write the name of the herb, and stuck them in the pot. Beautiful!
Thank you again Pinterest for all of the fun. I'm sure there will be many more Pinterest project posts on the blog to come!
