Too Excited To Wait

Think back. Way back. Remember this commercial?

So precious. I love the "We're too excited to sleep!" part.

I will use this excuse. I was too excited to wait. I jumped the gun. Ironically, on Christmas Eve.

So, I am on Pinterest, big suprise. And I see this. Sure does beat the scribbled Christmas cards that I had planned on giving. Not that our families wouldn't be super humbled by them...but these homemade "hand"made ornaments kick the card's booty.

They were easy peasy to make; with the hardest part being my wrists, forearms, and shoulders kneading for FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MINUTES! I should have Angela Bassett arms in the morning. Fo sho.

Kerrigan's "hand"made ornament, age 2.

I mixed 4 cups of flour (I used all purpose), 1 cup of salt, and 1 1/2 cups of water. That's it. It took less than an hour to make the ten that we did. Most of the time being spent on rolling the dough out over and over again since someone kept pressing both hands into the dough...

F for about 30-45 minutes. My dough was slightly thicker; I wanted to make perfectly sure that they were not going to crack and crumble. They do harden as they cool, but I was super paranoid with no time for remakes. I baked them long enough to assure myself of not breakages. Hopefully.

I attached some "Kerrigan" appropriately themed ribbon, complete with a bow for hanging. I chose red houndstooth wrapping paper (Roll Tide!) and remembered I had bought bubbly wrap for a sporadic reason such as this. Of course, Kerrigan appreciated bubble wrap much more than Mommy's patience would allow, so Mommy took over from here.

Kerrigan "helping" Mommy wrap her ornaments.

I didn't write on the back of the ornaments. I had Christmas brain. Our families loved them regardless. A certain few didn't even notice; I love them the most. Kerrigan got hugs, kisses, and thank yous...and Mommy's Pinterest project had began.

My Pinterest Project

Pinterest.com...ever heard of it?

Ever tried it?

Ever loved it?

Ever become completely addicted to it and spent several endless hours on it?

Guilty!

If I could describe Pinterest in one word, it would be AMAZING. Simply amazing.

Pinterest lets you organize and share anything and everything that you find on the web. Anything from recipes and remodels to parties and projects. Activites. Gifts. Ideas. Crafts. Tips. Everything. Name it and someone has tried it.

Once you find these loves, you "pin" them. You pin them on a virtual pinboard, as if you are bookmarking them...but better. You can label your pinboards: categories, subcategories, sub-subcategories. The fun never stops!

My favorite part is that you can browse "pinboards" created by other people; no friend invite necessary! Browsing pinboards is a fun (and exciting, for me at least) to discover new things and get plenty of inspiration from people whom you have never met, who share your interests. You see what they want to try and it ultimately makes you want to try it first!

I read this quote recently and it made me think. "Pinterest makes you feel empowered, yet incompetent; inspired, yet overwhelmed; and just plain hungry at the same time." I don't know about you, but I don't want to be incompetent and overwhelmed anymore. I want to stay empowered and inspired!

I have seen a handful of my friends try an idea or project already; me however, I have not. I am more of a dreamer than a doer these days. I might pin ten or twenty "pins" a day, while finding myself feeling incompetent and overwhelmed, as always.

Enter "Pinterest Project". A project of projects. One a week. For a year. Choosing the order of the projects will be the hard part. Staying empowered and inspired will be easy. I want to start slow, hanging my Christmas wrapping paper across my closet's ceiling with a piece of string...and by Spring, I will have a chalkboard magnetic message board made from a cookie sheet hanging on my wall!

Intrigued? I know just where you can find these projects...