O How Pinteresting! 10/5/11

Pinteresting Wednesdays actually stems from The Vintage Apple blog. The image above links to that blog. Check it out!

Here are some of my favorite pins from this week.

This first one is not something that I found this week. But I did find it on Pinterest and I did make it this week!! It is a very yummy Cream of Potato soup. It has shredded hash browns, chicken stock, Cream of Chicken soup, onion and cream cheese; which you put in the crock pot and let it cook all day. It does have a very thin consistency so I added 3Tbs of flour to 1cup of water to help thicken it up. Also, the recipe says to add the cream cheese an hour before serving, mine didn't completely melt in an hour. So next time I'll either let my cream cheese sit out and soften so it isn't so cold or put it in earlier. But melted cream cheese or not, it was still VERY yummy!! Perfect for Fall ....once it gets here. LOL

Click HERE for the Recipe

I did find a recipe this week. It was for Pumpkin Spice Coffee Syrup so you can make Latte's at home!! Plus I found a really cute "Keep Calm" Poster to match. I'm really lovin' the "Keep Calm" posters, they make me laugh. :)

Click HERE for a Pumpkin Spice Coffee Syrup Recipe

While Pinning this week I kept finding cute ideas for things to put on your fridge. I would've never thought to put magnets on the back of things like Spice tins, Buttons and Christmas Blubs. But I Love it!!! I can see some new Button magnets making their debut sometime in the near future. LOL

The more I pin, the more I wish I could do certain crafty things like knitting. Well this week, I really wished that I could Sew!! I kept coming across really cute stuff that I could make if I just knew how to sew and had a sewing machine. lol Probably the cutest thing I saw were these Adipose plushies. Yes, I am a Doctor Who Geek but, but... I LOVE the little Adipose plushies!! I want one...lol

For the Whovian's that can sew, HERE'S the pattern for the Adipose plushies!

Okay, so we all know that I love nail polish!! Something that most people do not know about me is the fact that I would love to have a mood ring. (Thanks to the Song Mood Rings by Relient K) Soooo, when I saw the MOOD nail polish, I fell in love!! I Must find this nail polish...and a Mood Ring for that !! lol

I want to finish my Pinteresting Wednesday with a little bit of Wednesday Wisdom. "Life is like a Roller Coaster; it has it's ups and downs. But it's your choice to scream or enjoy the ride." <3

I hope you enjoyed my Pinterest finds for the week! If you have a Pinterest account and would like to follow me you can click HERE to see my profile. If you have a Pinterest account and a blog I encourage you to start your own Pinteresting Wednesday. Just visit The Vintage Apple to get your "Pinteresting" image, and start your own weekly post! I'd love to see your finds too! :)




Disclaimer: Pinterest is very addicting please join at your own risk. ;)

Oh, For the love of Nail Polish!

Those of my followers who are also my friends on Facebook, just May have noticed that I am really having a lot of fun with painting my nails lately. One of my friends, Jill, recently said that she didn't know I was so into painting my nails. The honest truth is that it is a fairly new found love. I mean I've always liked painting my nails, what girl doesn't, but the love of decorating my nails is a completely new concept and a slight addiction of mine.

About a year ago I broke myself of the habit of biting my nails which was wonderful, I had really hated that habit. And on the plus side, I ended up with pretty and long nails. Anyway, the only way I was able to break the habit was to keep my nails painted at all times, because who likes to eat nail polish?! Not me, ick :P So painting my nails on a regular basis was the "norm" for me. But if I remember right, this new nail decoration love is tied closely with Pinterest. Because earlier this year, when I first really got into Pinterest, I kept seeing all of these pretty new nail colors and designs that people would pin and I thought "I could do that!". At almost the same time, my friend Julie, was seeing all of the same ideas on Pinterest and our addictions were born. Now, whenever we get together for a girl's night, painting our nails is on the "to do" list. :)

I have done several designs over the past few months and they have all been a lot of fun! Here are some designs that I've done.

American Flags for the 4th of July

Gryffindor Dress Robes for Harry Potter Part 2

Watermelons for Summer

Doctor Who concept Art just for fun - yes I am THAT geek ;)

Splatter nails just for the experience (and for the high...just kidding ;) LOL)

and...Candy Corn in honor of the first few days of October

All of these were a blast to do and I am so excited for the rest of this month! I have such cute ideas for October, rolling around in my head. Everything from Jack O Lanterns and Frankenstein to cute ideas for my 50's Halloween costume!! I can't wait! Now that I have all of my ideas for October, it's time to start thinking about November designs. I think I will need to invest in a brown, because you can't have November without Turkeys. ;)

O How Pinteresting! 9/28/11

Today is my first Official Pinterersting Wednesday!! My friend Julie has been doing Pinteresting Wednesday's on her blog and I loved it so much I wanted to do it too!! So, these are some of my favorite Pins from this week. I hope you enjoy them! :)












Pinteresting Wednesdays actually stems from The Vintage Apple blog. The image above links to that blog. Check it out!


First I think we must start off with the most appropriate quote of the week.

I love these Carmel Apple cupcakes! I think they are perfect for Fall.

Click here for the recipe

Light Switch Time Capsule. One day, when I have a house I am going to do this, and leave a note for a future tenant to find. :)

 

Click here for link to template

I found yet another nail blog The Nailasaurus through Pinterest. She is very talented and most of her designs are either stamps or free handed.

Click here for this blog post 

I love free Printouts!! This one was cute! I may have to print one out for my office!

 Click here to print your own Positive Thoughts flyer

Last but not least, I thought this was an adorable gift idea that you could make for just a few dollars but still have a lasting meaning. <3

Click here to see the steps to making one of these

I hope you enjoyed my Pinterest finds for the week! If you have a Pinterest account and would like to follow me you can click HERE to see my profile. If you have a Pinterest account and a blog I encourage you to start your own Pinteresting Wednesday. Just visit The Vintage Apple to get your "Pinteresting" image, and start your own weekly post! I'd love to see your finds too! :)

Pinterest!!!

I can't believe I haven't blogged about Pinterest!! Pinterest is a website where you can go and view all of these wonderful pictures that are links to different things: recipes, ideas for the home/office/kids, recipes, craft ideas, DIY for just about everything, O and did I mention recipes?! LOL

You have to get an invite from a friend to join the site but after that all you do is add the "Pin It" link to your Bookmark bar and you are set. Whenever you find something online that you like and want to remember where it is, just click the "Pin It" link and link a picture or video to one of your boards. When you first start your account, Pinterest will give you some boards that are already set up but you can add or delete as many boards as you want. The boards are there as a way to organize all of your pins.

Every time you pin something, your pin is posted to a wall that anyone with a Pinterest account can see. The funnest part about Pinterest is following other people and seeing what they Pin. I find Most of my pins from looking through other people's pins and repinning it to one of my boards.

I usually end up on Pinterest the most on weekends. I really try not to log into Pinterest during the week, because when I go there I am there the rest of the day. One Pin, leads to another Pin, which leads to a website/blog, which leads to another website/blog...before I know it I've got 9 internet tabs open, most of which are Pinterest tabs. LOL

Here comes the confession, I currently have 42 Boards and over 1000 pins. I have boards related to all different things like food, I actually have several of those so that everything is organized, DYI clothing and accessories, craft ideas for both adults and kids, nail/hair/makeup art, quotes to live by and I even have some funny boards, a board that's full of things that remind me of my childhood and 1 board devoted completely to Harry Potter.

Since this is the first time I am telling you guys about Pinterest, I am going to post quite a few of my favorite pins here. I promise not to do one for each board, but there will be a few. I will post links underneath the pictures to the websites where most of these originated from.

2 Liter Drip Catcher - this one is for sale but it would be easy to make!

Chocolate Cola Cake

Feather Hair Accessory

Mouse Trap!! A memory from my childhood

YAY! I'm just addicted to the internet!

Slow-Baked Mac N Cheese

Newsprint Nails! I love this and it totally works!
 btw I am linking to a different detailed tutorial

I loved this idea that I found on Pinterest.
Get "Oh the Places You'll Go" Dr. Seuss book and have each teacher sign it through out your child's education then give it to your child at their high school graduation!

I found my Sock Bun curl idea on Pinterest! <3
I love, love, LOVE Sock Bun curls!

Loved this idea - I saved it for later ;)

Pinterest made me realize that my cats really need a Tardis!

I also found a recipe for homemade baby wipes

Those are just some of my favorite finds. Remember I do have over 1000 pins. lol I will be starting to share more of Pinteresting finds with you in the future. I will be starting Pinteresting Wednesdays. So be looking for those coming up starting this week! 

If anyone is interested in following me on Pinterest you can find my profile HERE. To join Pinterest you do have to get an invite from a friend. So be sure to let me know if you need one. I'd be more than happy to send an invite your way. :)

~ Jessy 

Can anyone fortell the future?!

First of all, it feels like it's been forever since I blogged last, so sorry I've been gone. Maybe my thoughts have been on a hiatus or something, who knows. Anyway, this week has taken an interesting turn of events. My hubby lost his job, the beginning of this week and I think that has left us all in a fog. It feels like Monday was about 3 weeks ago. LOL

Now my hubby has been without work before, the last time the company moved his department to Reno and we didn't want to move. But this job loss feels a little different and little more looming, I guess that is the right way to put it. Maybe that's because the economy is so different than it was just a few years ago, who knows. All I know is that we made it through the last time and turned out just fine.

I also have decided that everyone, whether you're single or not, has to go through the loss of a job at least once in your life. I won't lie, the unknown is scary. I have questions, like How long will it take for my hubby to find work? If he can't find anything right away, How will we pay bills and survive? How will this affect each of our demeanor's? The answer is I don't know, but God does.

I have Faith that God will take care of us. Growing up I didn't have a lot so I'm used to bargain shopping and not always getting what I want. But in the end, no matter what happened, I always had a roof over my head, food on the table and probably most importantly, I always had my epilepsy medication. I am sure that over the years the only reason that I've made it through was because God does take care of me.

So I will continue to hold on to my little bit of Faith and a little bit of Dr. Seuss wisdom never hurt anybody either. ;)

"It's a troublesome world. All the people who're in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you're lucky you're not!" - Dr. Seuss