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Over the past several weeks, I've actually followed through on some of the ideas I've gleaned from Pinterest.  I really love to scrapbook, but finding the time is nearly impossible these days, so it's been fun to do a few quick projects, just to release those creative juices a little bit:

For example, when you need a special dessert, like these cute birds' nests I made for Easter:



This next one, a year-long calendar journal, is still a project in the works.  The original is super cute, in an upcycled fruit basket with vintage postcards as dividers.  I'll upgrade from my recipe-card plastic box when we start visiting the farmers' markets again!  Even in this simple fashion, I've enjoyed jotting down little things from most days, and look forward to being able to see "what we did last year on this date" as I continue it into the future.
 (I didn't make this until mid-February, so January is sadly blank!)

Ah yes . . . on March 16, Isaac and I dropped the kids off at my parents' and stayed at a bed and breakfast in nearby historic Wooster.  Nice little weekend getaway (and an absolutely glorious breakfast)!

This weekly calendar has gotten quite a few admiring comments by guests in my home.  It would have been much simpler to actually buy a multi-frame grouping, as the original creator did, but I found cheap blue frames at IKEA and put my husband to work super-gluing them together in my desired fashion.  I put coordinating scrapbook paper in each frame, and use a dry-erase marker to write our week's events.  It hangs near Levi's high chair, and he has really enjoyed looking at the days of the week and asking what happens on each day!

Weird . . . on Friday, you can see the reflection of our dining room light switch.  :)

You find the other projects I've done thanks to Pinterest here, on my "Time to Claim Pinterest Success" board, including (but not limited to):
  • homemade ice cream (Very tasty, but not quite right in consistency . . . almost like eating chocolate frosting.)
  • Snickers Salad (Also very tasty, but best eaten the day of, as it waters down in the fridge overnight.)
  • counter-top organizational system (Just a hanging-file box from Target, but it has reformed my counter delightfully!  I skipped the calendar pictured in the original, as we use Google calendars for everything.)
  • crockpot salsa chicken (Quick, filling, and totally in line with my cravings for Mexican food this pregnancy.)

On a personal note: Pinterest can be totally overwhelming (and/or time-consuming) if you let it be.  I've decided to follow only the boards of people I know.  Unless I'm looking for something extremely specific -- like, for instance, when I wanted to make a variety of Oreo-related desserts for Oreo's 100th birthday -- I don't go searching the entire site.  It works for me. :)  Happy pinning!
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