1. Day to day nonsense that happens in our life. Funny stories, milestones, and rants that go along with being a mom.
2. Daily photo. Just to capture a moment from our day.
3. Parenting commentary. Tips and observations that I've learned on my journey.
4. Progress reports as I struggle to get back my girlish figure.
And last but not least -
5. "Pin-spirations" - projects, recipes and more that I found and tried on my favorite time suck website, Pinterest.
Obviously, if you have been following this blog you know that I haven't done #5 yet, but I'm working on a project (a felt rug made out of fabric scraps) and will be posting about it when I'm done.
In the mean time, I thought I'd post about a project I did this morning. It wasn't inspired by Pinterest (actually I got the idea from my kids' pediatrician's office), but it seems like something I would find pinned on my "Party Ideas" board.
I am Co-Hosting a baby shower tomorrow and (like most showers have) we will be playing some games during the shower. At most showers I go to there aren't enough working pens to go around when those "Unscramble These Words About Baby" quizzes start circling the room.
At the last shower I threw I made sure to bring a cup full of pens with me, but this time I wanted to jazz it up a bit. At my kids' pediatrician's office their pens are taped to flowers so no one will steal them. Brilliant!
I headed to the $1 Store and picked up fake flowers, three glass vases and pens (I already had duct tape at home, or that also would have been on my list).
All I had to do was cut the stems of the flowers off of the bundles of flowers, and tape them to the end of each pen:
Finished product
Once I was finished I had three centerpieces (I used 40 pens). I didn't take a photo when I was completely finished, but I also added a ribbon around the next of each vase and glass marbles at the bottom to make them look a little more festive.
Pretty and useful all in one - love that!
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