Pinterest Inspiration Week ~ Day Five

My family has to be Pinterest crazy. We always checking the site for ideas, recipes and just for fun. So this week I am doing my Pinterest Inspired posts. These will be from various pins through out our Pinterest File.

It was definately time to get my roots done againa nd with spring on it's way I thought it was time to start going lighter again. When I saw this pin or this pin I knew it was what I wanted.

Which is really just a shade lighter then I currently am. And the dark top keeps me from needing a touch up so often. Now if those pesky white hairs would quit growing I would be much better.
Then my friend and hair stylist comes over and does her magic. And I end up with this...

I love it! She does such a good job. The picture just doesn't do all the shades justice.

And there ends my week of Pinterest Inspiration, hope you've enjoyed it.

~ Cassi

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Pinterest Inspiration Week ~ Day Four

My family has to be Pinterest crazy. We always checking the site for ideas, recipes and just for fun. So this week I am doing my Pinterest Inspired posts. These will be from various pins through out our Pinterest File.

Another area I use Pinterest is for Scrapbooking inspiration. I am always looking for new styles and products. In this Pin, I loved all the different patterns and lengths.  

When using Pinterest or any inspiration piece you don't have to follow it exactly. You want to have your own spin to the project. As in this case I had to make a few adjustments to mine layout, my pictures were to big to do a vertical design. So I switched it up a bit and did the multi-strips off to the side.  

I also do mostly two page layouts, which really seem to be a thing of the past but I take to many pictures to only do one page.

Hope this inspires you to check out Pinterest next time you are scrapbooking.
~ Cassi

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Pinterest Inspiration Week ~ Day Two

My family has to be Pinterest crazy. We always checking the site for ideas, recipes and just for fun. So this week I am doing my Pinterest Inspired posts. These will be from various pins through out our Pinterest File.

Day Two brings us to what I use Pinterest the most for RECIPES! I am constantly looking through for new tried and true recipes.
I am always looking for German recipes since Steve is a huge fan of German food. Which means I was ecstatic when I saw this slow cooker Sauerbraten meal.

The meal was easy to put together following the recipe exactly. The only issue I had was that the meat dried out a lot. But I will blame that on we got held up run errands and let the meat cook for two hours longer than it should have. The sauce was perfect though, even with the crazy addition of ground ginger snaps.

I have to give Steve credit if it wasn't for him I don't think I would have realized how good German food is, especially Spetzel.

~ Cassi
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Pinterest Week ~ Day One

My family has to be Pinterest crazy. We always checking the site for ideas, recipes and just for fun. So this week I am doing my Pinterest Inspired posts. These will be from various pins through out our Pinterest File.

Let's get this week started! Here is my inspiration post.

I started with some DIY bracelets. I have loved the look of the multi layers for a while now but haven't found the right style at the store. But when Mouse and her friend decided they wanted to make friendship bracelets the idea hit me to make my own.
I started with a tennis bracelet that I haven't worn in years and added some embroidery floss around the edges.

Next I added a silver charm to a standard friendship bracelet style. Wow, it's been awhile since I made one of these I remember it being way easier then it was.

My final one was just a quick ribbon addition to an old chain bracelet.

Add those to a few that already had the look and the fashion Pinterest inspiration was achieved.

~ Cassi

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Fabric Flower Pin Tutorial

I made this three fabric flower broach the other day. I used burlap (left over from these place mats), some white fabric that has been left over from numerous projects, and some white thin cotton that I can't even remember where I used it. I also used a vintage button from my massive button collection.
I love my button collection. I have received buttons from tons of different people. When my new work space gets finished in our basement, I am going to organize them by color, it will look so pretty!
Ok, I will get back to working on the pin.

For the burlap one, there has been tutorials all over the blogging world for this one so you can skip this one if you like, just scroll down. Otherwise, start by cutting out circles in your fabric for the size flower you want. I cut out 11 circles, One of them I used for the base.

Then you fold the circles into quarters (half then half again). Then you hot glue them on to the base in a circle pattern.

See like this picture. I did two layers of this, for the second layer I laid them over the separation marks of the first layer. Then I took the last two and folded them in quarters again and glued them upright in the center.
As for the next flower well that one was really easy.

This picture is suppose to be of a bunch of white fabric circles but it was on a white tray and bad lighting so really it just looks like a crappy photo. I think I cut our about 8 or 9 circles. I also cut out one more circle in the burlap for a base. These ones I cut our smaller then the burlap because I wanted varying sizes on the pin.

I then scrunched up the thin fabric and hot glued it to the burlap. I did this with all the layers until it got to the desired fullness. Yep, that was it. I know, hard right! As for the third flower you will have to check out this tutorial since I forgot to take pictures of it getting made. Once all three were made I glued them all to a piece of felt. Then trimmed the felt so you couldn't see it. After that I glued it to a pin.

For the pin, I actually use an old round pin. I have a HUGE collection of pins. You know those kind they give out at parades. I used to do pageants and collected pins from all of the royalty and festivals we would go to. I have no desire for them now. So I have been peeling the top part off of them and using the metal circle and the pin part to make these pretties. The metal circle helps stabilize these larger broaches. And here is the finished product.

I know this whole post is terrible pictures, I have to remember to move to a room with better lighting, when I am working at night.