Pinterest

About a month ago, I heard about Pinterest, an online "bulletin board" and got my invite from a friend. I love saving pictures (one of the causes of clutter in our house: unfilled magazine tear-outs) and my computer is choking on all the data stored on its hardware. Enter Pinterest.

No, it won't scan all those magazine pages for you, but it does save and organize pictures from the web or already on your computer. You can also easily grab pictures that other people have posted. You can create as many boards as you need, and pin as many pictures as you want without worrying about taking over your computer's space. I have a board for clothing ideas, a board for home ideas, boards for pretty pictures...

Currently I am working on a baby shower for a co-worker, so I have a board just to save all the ideas for her shower. The theme is rainy days (shower) with lots of clouds and rainbows.

http://pinterest.com/gretas/adrienne-s-baby-shower/

All photos are the property of their respective creators.
Most of the photos are from Bump Smitten http://www.bumpsmitten.com/
The rest are from various sources cataloged through Pinterst. All photo sources can be found by going to http://pinterest.com/gretas/adrienne-s-baby-shower/

1 Year

Daniel and I have been married one year! We have experienced a lot of firsts this year: first holidays, first home, first pregnancy test (negative!), first garden.

In the past year:

• Daniel passed all four sections of the CPA exam the first time (very rare) with high marks (even rarer!)
• Greta graduated college
• We both learned clutter has a mind of its own
• Lots of dinners ruined
• Even more good recipes created and discovered
  
• Many dinner parties; even spur-of-the-moment, people-dropping-by parties
• New church
• New friends
• First grown-up Bible study for each of us

Craft Ideas

I just requested a $50 dollar check from Opinion Outpost, a survey company! How it works: I get emailed a link to a survey almost every day. Sometimes several a day. If I qualify for the survey; don't answer to quickly, right demographic; then I get a certain number of points. This company is great because each point corresponds to 10 cents. (More then most places do! The next best one the points are a few cents each.) So to get $50, I just had to earn 500 points. And the average survey pays 20 points.

Want to sign up? Copy this link: http://OpinionOutpost.com/join/8498775

I have a long list of things to get with those fifty dollars!

Fabric to make this:

From Pottery Barn, $100

And this:

Inspired by a Anthropology duvet cover
From kojodesigns.blogspot.com

And wood to make this:

From Pottery Barn, $300

And this:From Pottery Barn, $250

And a chandelier from the thrift store to make something similar to this:

How Does Your Garden Grow?

New China Cabinet

Daniel and I found this secretary/china cabinet at an antique store one Sunday afternoon. We added French script paper to the back to cover up the gaudy gold paint.

Its a secretary because it has a drop down desk. But I store dishes and china in that part to!

April Fools!

Daniel and I continued my families tradition for April Fool's Day: strange and unusual place settings! We don't mess with the food, just what one eats the food with. I created a bag of each person's place setting so that it would be a surprise when they sat down. Sometimes I have a theme in mind as I'm picking out things: teeny-tiny (doll saucer for a plate; toothpick for a fork); giant (cutting board for a plate; meat cleaver, knife); or tea party themed. This time, though, I didn't theme each bag.

For dinner that night, we had a baked potato bar. It accommodates varying food preferences as well as allergies.

Pretty Blog

http://dreamywhites.blogspot.com/2011/03/white-flower-farmhouse-interview-and.html

I love the design of this blog, but mostly I want to win the giveaway so I can buy these Japanese fishing floats.