pinterest tries.

so i put off joining pinterest for good reason.

it is a total time sucker.

a good one. :)

but a time sucker. none the less.

here are a few things i have tried this summer, when i should have been playing with my kids, or

cleaning my bathrooms. :)

1.homemade french vanilla coffee creamer.

(it's good, not the same, BUT much cheaper and not all the crap in it to make it last long, i am sure).

2. baked zucchini sticks with marinara sauce.

( i love.love.loved them...my family did not. :(  )

3. do-it-yourself cakestands.

(loved the one i did, can't wait to do another. i got the base at target for $2.50, and my

tart pan at re-uzit for $1.00).

4. knotted jersey headband.

(very easy and very cute.)

5. fabric garland.

(did at karolina's first birthday party. very cute. very easy).

6. braided t-shirt bracelets.

(very fun, cheap to make, and adorable). my sister and mom stole mine!!  :)

7. adorable hoop wall art.

(so easy peesy, and adorable. hoops at reuzit for $0.25 to $1.00 and

cute scrap fabric. yippeee.)

8. jello cookies.

(super cute. the kids helped to make. very easy. kids thought they were o.K. adults thought

they were sub-par. :)  )

9. white chocolate filled snickerdoodles.

(these were delicious!!)

9. lemon ice in muffin tin.

(love this, and have a supply for my new drinking water habit...ha.ha.)

10. smores station.

(did this several times at the pond. big hit. very easy and actually less mess.)

11. matching letter ice cream cones.

(this is FABULOUS. campbell loves it, and calli wants to play. :)  )

12. sight words.

(this is awesome too. campbell will pick a word, and then read that word in an easy read story...

wish i would have done some of this creative stuff with kaden, who really struggled with reading...)

13. things to do for a funner summer list.

(so mine doesn't look quite so cute, but sure does help you be intentional over the summer.)

14. shower cleaner.

(so this was the cheapest grand shower cleaner i have used...not the BEST, but the cheapest. :)

was amazing for soap scum...but for the rest of the shower, on dirt and grime...it was just fine. :)  )

15. put a penny in balloons before you blow them up, and they hang nicely. :)

(worked awesome-ly). :)

so...i think that's enough. my mom tells my hubs that this is my cheap therapy.

he doesn't really buy it, but oh well. :)

it's fun for me, and i think he makes out too.

i try to have a happy well managed home, most of the time...:)

if you want to try any of these, click on my red "p" button at the top of the blog,

and you will find all of these tutorials/ideas somewhere on one of "my boards"...

(and these are NOT my finished products...these are the products i "copied"...
didn't want you to be confused about that. :)

happy monday.