Pinterest & Look what I made....

Back in August a friend of mine sent me an invitation to Pinterest. I took a look around the site a little bit before creating an account and I had no interest. It seemed too complicated and just too much. I couldn't see myself using or needing virtual pin boards to post my ideas because I could just bookmark stuff in my favorites and be done with it. Except that sometimes I would forget why I even bookmarked the site in the first place but....

This year we decided to have a somewhat "homemade/low budget Christmas." We aren't the type of parents that go crazy and buy our kids 20 presents each; plus with 6 kids who could afford that? Sometimes I feel like there is so much clutter and so much "stuff" that will find it's way to the bottom of the toy box in 2 weeks. We aren't ruling out store bought completely but just adding a couple of gifts that maybe have a little more usability or sentimental value. So for the last week I've been collecting some ideas for homemade items that I love that don't look like my kindergartner could've made them. Let's face it there is some REALLY ugly homemade stuff and just because I'm going for low budget and homemade doesn't mean I'm going for piper cleaners and toilet paper rolls...you know.

So here is where PINTEREST.COM came in. I was having trouble keeping all my ideas together and remembering why I was saving certain websites. I decided to check out Pinterest again and OH MY! It's perfect....and now I'm a little addicted. I love how I can bookmark not only the site, but a photo of the item I loved and a little comment about what I was thinking when I pinned the item. PLUS, by exploring other peoples pin boards I've come up with so many more ideas that I hadn't even thought about! I'm so excited. You should join Pinterest.com and add me as a friend. Seriously. (And I'm not getting paid to write any of this...just in love with the site and it's only been one day!)

So while I was searching for ideas on Pinterest I found this scarf made from a tshirt which was posted on TidyMom. Cool Huh?


In that post she also had a link to a video tutorial which had a couple of other different ways to make scarfs from a t shirt. I didn't have any t shirts lying around but I had some old jeresey pjs that didn't fit Ashlynne any more and I figured I could test it out on a little scarf for Julianna. I just cut the top in strips and stretched them out a little, tied them together with a little piece of fabric, and added some embellishment and VOILA! So cute. These would make cute Christmas gifts.




Homemade and I didn't even use any pipe cleaners OR toilet paper rolls.