Monday, October 10, 2011

Do you Pin?

A couple of months ago, I finally gave in and joined Pinterest!  Pinterest is basically a site full of ideas and inspiration from home decor and party planning, to recipes and clothing.  You create boards for different categories.  For example:  I have a "photography tips" board, a "my wish list" board, an "I like to eat" board, and so on.  In essence, it's a place for you to keep all of your online ideas and websites all in one place.  It really is genius!

I don't have much spare time to spend on there, but when I do log on...there are "pins" galore!  I have tried out a couple of ideas and so far, so good!

First off: chicken bacon pasta.  So bad, but so good!  I even lightened it up with turkey bacon, neufchatel cheese, and milk instead of the alternatives.  It was a hit with everyone in our house!

Board: I like to eat.  www.plainchicken.com

Next up...2 ingredient muffins!
Board:  I like to eat.  www.bigredkitchen.com

These have gotten rave reviews!  I just finished baking my own batch and cannot wait to try them. I "spiced" mine up a little bit with some mini chocolate chips and pumpkin pie spice.  Yummo!
This recipe is SO easy, and I had all of the ingredients in my pantry!  That's my kind of baking:)  All you do is mix the cake mix with the can of pumpkin until combined.  I then added my chocolate chips and a few sprinkles of pumpkin pie spice.  Spoon into your muffin tin and bake!  It's that easy.

Lastly, I went with this easy hurricane candle idea.  I just took my Southern Living at Home hurricane, filled it with candy corn, and inserted a scented white candle in the center.  Voila!


         
                                                   Board:  Holiday.  www.womansday.com

I have big plans for wreath making, teacher gifts, holiday baking, and Ellie's 2nd birthday all in one place.  What have you pinned?
Posted by Emily at Monday, October 10, 2011

4 comments:

  1. CarolineOctober 10, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Pinterest is one of my life lines. Ha! I feel like that's the only place I get recipes or ideas.

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  2. ginnyrecipesOctober 10, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    I have 24 boards on pinterest. :) That's a lot but I like so many different things. I want to learn how to sew in the next year so I have sewing ideas. I LOVE to cook so I have 4 different boards for that. I have photography ideas, organization ideas, Halloween costume ideas, stuff for my girls, a board for playroom ideas that I'm totally in love with and planner/calendar ideas; and I've already started implementing some of the calendar ideas I've seen. I'm trying to get organized before Naomi comes in 3 weeks. :) I'm in love with pinterest. I love that all my ideas are in one place and not everywhere in my house like they were before. It's so much more organized!!!

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  3. Wilkes Family BlogOctober 10, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    I made the pumpkins muffins too without the extra touches!! A friend told me to use the spice cake mix with the pumpkin!!! Where do we find the time to do all this stuff???

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  4. AnonymousOctober 10, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    pinterest is so addicting! Ive found so many wonderful ideas. Ive pinned over 3600 items on pinterest so clearly Im a bit addicted..haha!

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