Friday, January 25, 2013

Addicted to Pinterest

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know about the best/worst thing to happen to creativity: Pinterest!
It is a website where you can search for different crafts, recipes, etc and 'Pin' ones that you like to a virtual board for safe keeping. If Google was smart they would have done this a long time ago... how many times have you searched for a product, recipe or craft and then once you found it you weren't able to remember where it was you found it or how to do it?? Well, I do it all the damn time and that is why I love Pinterest... you can virtually hoard all of those DIY crafts and recipes that you find.
Another great aspect of Pinterest is 'following' people, so if you have a friend that has excellent taste, you can follow what she/he pins and then steal them from her/him. It has also convinced me that perfectly good strangers and I would be the best of friends, based off of their 'pins'.
I have used quite a few of the recipes I've found on there to great success; Philly Cheese Steak Stuffed Green Peppers are so far one of my favorites. The treat plates that I made for Christmas this year were solely based off of Pinterest recipes; Red velvet cupcakes with chocolate decorations, Peanut butter balls squashed in between pretzels and dipped in chocolate, sugar/cinnamon roasted almonds, 'Lumps of Coal' rice crispie treat balls with black food coloring, and brownie cookies with Wilton buttercream frosting and dipped in crushed peppermint. All were very delicious and I had to make a plate for us to keep at the house so I would stop eating everyone else's.
Tons of craft things are on there as well and I have had such a fun time twirking them to fit my own tastes.
With my best friend expecting (a boy!) I have started getting lots of ideas for her baby shower. Decorations, game ideas and favors... I'm so excited!
Needless to say, I spend entirely too much time looking at this on my phone. Way too many of my conversations start with "I saw this thing on Pinterest..." but I have benefited from it too much to criticize it... too much.

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