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| This pretty much sums it up |
Personal Account: http://pinterest.com/krafty713/
Seabrook LA Account: https://pinterest.com/seabrookla/
While I love, love, love Pinterest to come up with ideas for what to cook for dinner, garden ideas or clever decorating advice I will say there is a dark side to Pinterest. Despite the beautiful photos and the fact that a pin has been shared or liked by 1000's of people sometimes the advice or recipe is no good. There are some very entertaining blogs about Pinterest failures Pinterest Fail or Pinstrosity. Yep, this is the truth and the truth is hilarious. Perhaps it is poor technique or maybe the instructions aren't as clear as they should be, but sometimes that which looks so awesome turns out just awful.
My Pinterest Failures
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| See, even the OP doesn't look happy |
I've had a few Pinterest fails myself. I saw this pin for do-it-yourself biore pore strips that consisted of smearing your face with a mixture of gelatin and warm milk. The original poster said that since it makes so much you might as well just smear it all over your face. I figured, why not! You know those baby fine hairs we women have all over our face? Well, after pulling my homemade biore mask off my face I now have way fewer of those hairs. And this stuff does not come off easily. Never again!
There are a lot of recipes that I have tried on Pinterest and while many have been very good (see below) some have been inedible. When they tell you that you can make a muffin in your microwave using oatmeal, eggs and blueberries, don't believe it. You can certainly put these ingredients together and cook them in the microwave, but you don't get a muffin, you get a blueberry brick.
My Pinterest Successes!
For starters I have found a ton of recipes that I love which have led me to a bunch of great blogs. This lasagna recipe is so great, fresh and easy. Even my husband who feels a meal is not a meal without meat loves this lasagna: Here is the link: Little Lasagnas
Here are a few other recipes I really like:
Easiest Salmon Ever: Broiled Salmon with Marmalade-Dijon Glaze
Make your own Ricotta cheese. I swear it is so easy: How to make fresh ricotta
Easiest Chicken and Dumplings ever: Chicken and Dumplings
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| Young House Love |
I've even attempted a pretty challenging craft project of making a lamp shade out of clothes pins for my laundry room. This is originally from Young House Love and if you have never read their blog before they have a ton of great home improvement ideas and ways to save as you do it. We call all use that sort of inspiration! Here is their version>>>>>>>
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| My version |
<<<<<<And here is mine. Ok, so some of the clothespins are a little crooked, but considering it lives in the laundry room, I am quite happy with the result.
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| Snacks! |
Because I am a lazy mom I liked this idea from Real Simple that I found on Pinterest. It says you should group healthy snacks together in your fridge at kid level so that your kids can grab a healthy snack whenever they want. My snack container isn't as organized as this, but I do keep it stocked and my 2.5 year old really loves being able to pick something out whenever she wants something. I just wish I could find a pin that tells me how to actually get her to eat the food once she has pulled it out of the fridge. If I find one more string cheese stick with only one bite taken out of it I'm going to scream.
There is a lot to love about Pinterest. It is amazing to see just how creative people can be. I love that I am finding new recipes, ideas on how to entertain my toddler, great organizing ideas, and endless inspiration for my home and garden. And the best part, for me, is that I am doing all of this electronically as opposed to tearing out pages from magazines and then having to store those somewhere (which I still do as well). If you are not already on Pinterest, I encourage you to get started. Happy pinning!
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