Pinterest Pin-along

By on February 8, 2014 in Pinterest Pin-along, Uncategorized

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Pinterest.  A place of inspiration, ideas and beauty.  Also that place where we pin those ideas we love and don’t want to forget.  You are invited to Pin-along with us every Saturday.  It’s a party so bring something to share.  Don’t just pin it, make it, bake it, do it and then share it.

This week, I have been working on quilts for the girls new room.  We have painted away the chocolate brown wall and are getting the room together but the room needed some quilts.  I have been saving these vintage bed sheets for a very long time, some I have had longer than I have had most of my children.  I was saving them for dresses or something else like shopping bags but it seems they were meant for this.  I have the tops of the 3 quilts done and now I just need to add the batting and back and then square it all up and add the binding (my least favorite part).  The girls are so excited and I really am too.  I love quilting with vintage fabrics, they are so soft to touch.

Once I had cut all the squares and sewn them into strips, the hardest and also most fun part of the job was lining up the strips to make three tops without having any of the same fabric squares touching.  We laid them out in our family room and even the little ones helped us find the strips that were repeating and needed to be moved.  It took about an hour and honestly, after a little while all the squares started looking alike but we got it done.  I love projects when even the little ones can jump in to help.

I hope to have it all done in another day which would be day number 3 of working on these quilts.  The last step right now before putting on the back is signing the quilt.  I always embroider a message into a corner of every quilt I make.  These quilts aren’t perfect.  They are full of mistakes but they are also full of love too and that will keep my girls warm 🙂

To see my Pinterest inspiration board for todays project, click here.  Oh and if we aren’t friends on Pinterest you can follow me by clicking on the “P” bunting flag at the top right corner of this blog.

So what did you make this week?

Here’s what to do.

1.  Pick a pin you have pinned from your Pinterest boards and do it.

2. Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.

3. Then come back here on Saturdays and post a link to your blog post (please make sure the link you post is to your Pin-along post and not your main blog)

4. Don’t forget to link back to the Pin-along  so others can find us and get encouraged too.

5.  We all love comments and encouragement so please leave a comment here and visit at least 1 other pinner and leave them a comment  too 🙂
Fair enough?

Below is the link up tool.  Let me know if you need help!

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Real Food on a Real Budget :: Episode 2, Youtube Edition

By on February 7, 2014 in Real Food on a Real Budget, real food/real budget, Uncategorized

Hello all,

This week I want to address some emails and texts I have gotten from a few friends all asking questions about shopping in the bulk food aisle.  The kids thought it would be an awful lot of fun to make a youtube and so we did 🙂

It has taken all of two hours and a half this morning (thanks to our super slow internet) and for some reason only the audio was up but Alexandra saw it and said it is working fine.  So,  here it is.  My first youtube video.  Poppa saw it and told me that I say “um” too much.  My children have all rallied around their momma this morning as I share this video knowing that I’m really stepping outside of my box right now.  If it totally sucks, give me some pointers okay?  So, today’s blog post is a video blog.

To answer those questions finally since I didn’t get to do it on the video (nerves don’tcha know)

Christina F:  Are there any other stores other than Whole Foods that have a bulk section?  Yes, there are lots of smaller stores depending on where you live.  For me at this moment Whole Foods is it though I have heard of two other smaller stores around here but have not gotten around to visiting yet.

Bree:  Is it cheaper to buy say sugar in bulk than buying it in a bag?  Yes, to me it is usually cheaper though on occasion the bag may be on sale and so you should check but I just buy it that way.  I buy the quantity I really need and no packaging to throw away.

and my dear friend Reggie:  What things do you buy at the bulk aisle?  Reggie, I buy almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, chia, rices, beans, wheat berries and other grains such as quinoa and millet, sugar, salt, granola, dried fruits and even candy… on occasion.

I would love to hear your comments on the video.  Though I must say I am a bit apprehensive about sharing it, I would still love to hear what you think.  We are all our worst critics true but sometimes other people can be a bit more realistic and constructive than we can.

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A little reminder:  Tomorrow is the last day to enter to win the Embroidered Valentine Hoop Art.  Please enter here.  I’ll be back tomorrow with the first Pinterest Pin-along post.  I hope to see you here.

 

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