Pinterest Win #3

Another win from the Pinterest boards.  Doggy ice cream, or pupsicles.  Yes, I even have pins for my dog.  For this one, Madison and I combined two dog-related pins we found, and made some doggy popsicles for our dog, Lacey.  You can see the two below:

  

Madison actually did most of the work.  She chopped up and mashed the bananas, and measured the yogurt and peanut butter.  We let the mixer do the hard part, scooped the mixture into cupcake tins, and stuck milkbones into each one (btw - I would recommend letting these set for a short time in the freezer BEFORE you put the bones in, otherwise the bones keep falling over).  This recipe made 15 cupcake-tin pupsicles.  Into the freezer they went.  An hour or so later, they were ready. 

I scooped one out and let Lacey go at it- the milkbone worked as a perfect handle (I didn't want to get the ice cream on the floor).  Lacey made quick work of the pupsicle, and was immediately looking for more - which I took as the doggy version of a huge "yes" vote! 

Pinterest Win #2

Riding on the wave of excitement over that first t-shirt conversion that went so well, I decided to give another one a try.  I was inspired by another Pin I found from Wobi Sobi (you can find it here).  I decided, before I even started, that I wanted to tweak it a bit so as to show off the new (as of last year LOL) tattoo across my back/shoulders.  In the tutorial, they cut and braided the bottom half of a shirt.  I cut and braided the top half of my Betty Boop tee.

I really like how it turned out.  It's kinda confusing to put on, because the strings get tangled and there's only half a shirt holding the sleeves in place. But once it's on, I love it.  It had the same major downfall as the halter shirt though.  Hmmm, where's my duct tape?

Pinterest Win #1

Hello everyone.  My name is Rachel.....

     (hi Rachel)

.....and I am a Pinterest-oholic.  

Yep. I am.  I love Pinterest.  LOOOOVE it (I sang that, you should too).  I have boards for clothing, food, fairy gardens, things I find for the kids, decorating ideas for the house, projects for my hubby's to-do list, even one for all things "Harry Potter".  I know I'm not the only one.  You're a Pinterest addict too aren't you?  How can you not be?  You can find anything on Pinterest.  Want a recipe for yummy cinnamon rolls?  Look on Pinterest.  Want a new hairdo for your daughter's hair?  Look on Pinterest.  Looking for a funny meme about whatever it was that you experienced today?  Check Pinterest (being a long-time retail employee, my favorite meme is "Retail Robin".  Look it up.  If you have ever worked in retail, you will appreciate it, and hopefully get a few laughs).  As you scroll through pin after pin after pin, adding things to your collection, you think "ooh I should make that craft" and "ooh, that looks yummy."  But really, how many of your Pinterest pins have you ever really gone back to and done?  For quite a while, my answer was "none" or "a few".  So I am here today to tell you, folks, that I have DONE some of the things on my Pinterest board!!

And I'd like to share some with you.  I already have a post about a Pinterest fail (find it here).  but now, I have a couple wins!  The first one I'd like to share is a halter top I made out of a regular old t-shirt.  Ok, it wasn't an OLD t-shirt.  I actually went to JoAnn's and bought a plain gray t-shirt.  Yes, I know.  I have tons of shirts in my closet I could have done this with.  But most of them have logos, or stains, or they don't fit...... The aim of this project was to have another shirt I could go out in (by going out, I mean date night with the hubby at the local dance club - there isn't a dress code, but people tend to dress up a bit).  I have a couple nice "going out" shirts but 1) I like to have a variety and 2) they are included in the stained or don't necessarily fit right category. So i decided to start fresh.  

I followed the directions I found, via Pinterest, on Wobi Sobi here.  No sewing required by the way.  A few snips later, I had a modest-in-front-but-show-off-my-whole-back halter top.  Then I modified it a bit.  I wasn't looking for modesty (ok, I wanted to, ahem, show off a little cleavage).  I cut it lower in front.  Snipped the straps shorter (the long straps tickled my back, which I found annoying after the first 3 hours I wore it).  Here it is:

Then, because I wasn't really comfortable with my WHOLE back being totally exposed, I took in the back a bit (oops, there WAS some sewing, but only because I ventured away from the original plans).  My verdict?  Absolute WIN!  It's cute, a little sexy, and best of all....it's made out of a t-shirt so it's super comfy.  

My only problem with it (Caution: guys, you may want to stop reading here.) How do you wear a bra with it?  I'm sorry.  My girls have nursed 2 babies, and they're 36 years old.  I have faced the fact that they just won't stand at attention on their own anymore - they NEED support!!!  BUT, I have not joined up with the whole "seeing your bra is ok" movement that seems to have taken over everywhere.  I don't want to see YOUR bra or its straps, and I don't want you to see MINE.  It's an underthing.  Which means it should be UNDER your clothing, not PART OF the outfit.  Ok, that little rant is over, sorry about that.  So, what to do?  It was a conundrum for me.  BACK TO PINTEREST!  I'm not going to go into detail on this.  You can google it yourself.  I'll just tell you that duct tape is now a permanent part of my getting-ready kit LOL.