Food - its what's for dinner!

Pinterest is known for the many recipes and food ideas.  Here are a few I have tried….Million Dollar Spaghetti, Homemade Pecan Turtles, Brownie Cheesecake Bites, Easy Banana Bread, Pancake Bites, Paula Dean’s Monkey Bread, and Pumpkin Muffins.

Million Dollar Spaghetti

I forgot to take a picture of the finished product before we anihilated it.

Easy Banana Bread - though mine is without the chocolate chips because I forgot to add them.  This was so good, my Mum asked for the recipe!

Pancake Bites - I made this in 2 batches from the original post without adding bacon or banana.  I neglected to factor in that the original poster used a 24 mini cupcake tin and I only have a 12 mini cupcake tin. 

I made the 2nd batch while the first was cooking and figured I would just make "smaller" versions in my regular sized cupcake tin.  Apparently that was the way to go!!!

Homemade Pecan Turtles - this was more effort than satisfaction.  In the future I will simply buy pecan turtles. 

I also did not drizzle my caramel, but rather poured....bad idea

Brownie Cheesecake Bites - delicious and so worth the effort.  They really are reminiscent of the Mini Brownie bites by Hostess

Baby Photo Shoot

Pinterest truly is amazing.  I find myself sucked into its goodness for hours.  It is a wonderful site to look through while feeding my son or pumping.  Once I got the app for my kindle fire, it dramatically increased my Pinterest browsing.  I love how so many people can share their creativity as well as their likes to the world.  Pinterest has had some valuable advice for the new mom as well as advice that I plan to use down the road. 

My favorite part of Pinterest has been anything and everything related to babies.  I got many ideas about the photos I wanted of my son from Pinterest.  I shared those ideas with our photographer and here are the results:

 

Original - Couple Kissing over Baby

 

 

 

 

Our Version - Falynn DialPhotography version

 

 

 

Original - Creative Birth Announcement

 

Our Version - Falynn DialPhotography version

 

 

 

Original - Chalk Names

 

 

Our Version courtesy of our friend Casey

 

 

 

Original - Three Hearts

 

 

Our Version courtesy of Falynn Dial Photography

 

 

 

Original - Couple looking at baby

 

Our Version courtesy of Falynn Dial Photography

 

 

 

Original - Wedding Ring Toes

 

 

Our Version courtesy of Falynn Dial Photography

 

Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes

This was the first food project I undertook after discovering Pinterest.....Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes. It was fairly easy and delicious.  I made these treats for "Treat Thursday" at school.  I was inspired by a friend who took treats in for her Resident Assistants (RAs) at the local college.  I told our librarian about it and she began making treats for her independent study students.  Occasionally the students would take over the treat making.

Here was the original post/inspiration:

Here is my version:

As mentioned above, it was easy to accomplish and delicious.  I think I would prefer this method over making a proper cake.

Family Birthday "tree"

What did I do before Pinterest!?! I found this post and knew I needed to make it for my Mum.

Unfortunately when I made it, there weren't many tips on making the board, so I had to wing it and make do with the supplies I could find.

It was my Mum's Christmas gift and my way of telling her we were expecting.

Now, there are many more tips on how to make the birthday board and it makes me want to go back and remake my Mum's!

Welcome

Since becoming a mother, I have rediscovered my creative streak and have become quite the DIY-er.  I have always been what one would consider a DIY-er because I like to do things with my hands and I am not always satisfied with the work of others.  In my post-college years, I learned that DIY was cheaper and more rewarding that buying the work of others.  I am blessed to live in a small town with crafty, creative individuals and often find myself saying "I could make that." 

DIY-ing hit is peak while planning my wedding.  You can see the steps I took and the things I made at my previous blog.

With the discovery of Pinterest, my life has changed dramatically.  I know find facebook and Mom blogs boring because of all that Pinterest has to offer.  I wish I had known about it when planning my wedding.  I want to recreate my wedding (or plan someone else's) with all the cool things I find on Pinterest.  Pinterest is the reason for this blog.  It will be where I publish my exploits in recreating Pinterest finds.  I hope you enjoy following this as much as I enjoying the projects.

Happy crafty,