Stirring Things Up

It seems that I'm only adding to my project to do list these days. The newest one was inspired by this picture that I found on Pinterest via Hostess with the Mostess:

Aren't these owl drink stir sticks adorable? I couldn't resist tracking them down and found this video tutorial at  Hostess with the Mostess by Jesi Haack at Jesi Haack Weddings.

Seemed easy enough right?! That's what I thought. So I gathered my supplies and got to work on recreating these little owl stir sticks to add to drink glasses at the wedding. (I think I might also add them to toothpicks and use them to decorate the cupcakes at the dessert bar.)

I purchased a pack of 100 bamboo skewers at Wal-Mart for $0.99.

The paper punch was by Martha Stewart and I got it on sale for $9.99 at Michael's Craft Store.

The punch made some beautiful little owls on the paper I selected. I needed two for each stir stick.

The skewers were too long, but cut in half they were the perfect length to fit in drinking glasses.

A little dab of hot glue on one owl + the skewer + the second owl.....

...and voila! Adorable little owl stir sticks!

I chose four styles of paper with different prints and colors.  

They all seemed to go together quite nicely, and had a vintage feel without being so matchy matchy.

I'm really pleased with the way that these little guys turned out. Thank you again, Pinterest for inspiring yet another wonderful project!

Pin-spired Project

I have found a bunch of really cool pictures and projects on Pinterest, and I decided that it was time to get started on recreating a few. On Friday, Kim (one of my bridesmaids), came into town and Zac made dinner for the three of us. I thought that it would be a perfect time to test out the recipe I found on Pinterest for a Reisling Strawberry Slushie. (Click here for recipe found at With Style and Grace.)

 

Doesn't that look yummy? The recipe called for riesling but I decided to use a pinot grigio instead. Not knowing how it would turn out, I won't lie, I picked up a 2 Buck Chuck bottle of wine. (Though cheap it was still tasty.)

In addition to the wine the rest of the recipe called for strawberries, sugar, lime juice. You will also need two ice cube trays.

The first thing to do while prepping the drink is to reserve one cup of the wine and put it away in the fridge.

Next, wash and hull fresh strawberries....

...you will need 2 cups for this recipe.

You will also need 2 tablespoons of sugar (I used Splenda.)...

...and 1 tablespoon of lime juice.

Pour the remainder of wine in a blender or food processor (remember to reserve 1 cup and put away), then add the strawberries, sugar, and lime juice.

Blend mix until chunks of strawberries are gone.

Pour the mixture into 2 ice cube trays and place in the freezer until frozen solid.

After a few hours you will have some very pretty pink ice cubes. Now it's time for the remaining 1 cup of wine. Blend the ice cubes with the last of the wine. The mixture should have the texture of a smoothie.

Pour and serve! The mixture made enough to fill three wine glasses.

 

It was a yummy and refreshing treat. Thank you Pinterest!

Anyone tried out a recipe or worked on a project that was inpired by Pinterest? Have you found a project on Pinterest that you're excited to complete yourself? I'd love to hear all about it.

Pin-Head

Is anyone else out there addicted to Pinterest?

Right after graduation I was introduced to Pinterest by one of my favorite blogs Young House Love. I've loved their blogs for years. I started following (Zac refers to it as stalking) their posts in 2007 about a year after Zac and I first moved in together. They have tons of helpful hints regarding house projects and we have similar design tastes (Sherry shares my love for crisp white paint and ceramic animals). But enough blog plugging gushing.

Since being turned on to Pinterest there is has been no going back. You can find me on Pinterest here. Feel free to follow me!

  I have WAY too much fun browsing through many, many pages of pictures and pinning inspiring ideas to different boards for future projects. Pinterest has definitely been a help in planning the wedding, at least when it comes to ideas for centerpieces and other decorations. Now I can stop flooding my computer space with saved pictures and put all of the photos I like in one space on the internet. Plus, with Zac's birthday coming up (he's turning the big 3-0) I'm able to save all of my 'surprise' ideas (more on that later) in one space where Zac won't be looking.

My Pinterest account has also been the home for the ideas that have inspired our work on Project Wonderland. (Update: Zac has finished putting the capstones on the top of the wall. We are still planning on adding stone but for now it looks fantastic! I'll post pictures of the progress later.)

There are some really creative people who have posted on Pinterest. It feels like a little DIY community and I love it!!! If you don't have an account you should definitely head over to the website (http://www.pinterest.com/) and get in on the pinning fun!