My Pinterest Creation #7 - Christmas PJ's part 1

Well, today I busted out my dusty sewing machine. I got it last year for my birthday and I have YET to take it out and use it. I'm sort of slow and I procrastinate on a lot of things, but I knew I needed to get this thing working before it got rusty... in the box.

So, my first project was these jammies, and I will say they were easier to make than getting my machine set up! I used to sew a LOT when I was younger. I've made a couple of quilts (I'm not completely sure where they are now) and I used to actually be part of a quilting club. Kind of a weird thing for a young girl to be in, but I did so well.

Today was a little hectic, but I thought, what better than adding to my already crazy schedule and bust out some clothes. I found this VERY easy "pattern" on Pinterest a few weeks ago and knew I would do them. I only made one pair for now, and will make the others over the weekend (or early next week) when I get another chance.

I should also say that I tried to get a picture of Max actually wearing them, and he refused. I did finally get him to take a picture with them on and he cried... and the picture was blurry. I wasn't interested in fighting with him. When I do actually get him to pose with them on, I'll post it on here. They fit him PERFECTLY!

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My Pinterest Creation #6 - Rachel Ray Parmesean Crusted Tilapia

I actually enjoyed this recipe quite a bit. It was a recipe I found on Pinterest that was from Rachel Ray. It made my fear of cooking fish go out the window. I do not like to cook fish because I'm afraid it will either be over done, or not cooked enough. Plus, I don't like the smell of it in my house... Ok, ok.. I'm making excuses. Everyone in my family loves fish, and I was a little afraid.. But, I bit the bullet and this turned out way better than I could have asked. It was easy prep and it only took minutes to cook. I did have to Google the internal cooked temp for fish, just to ease my worry (in case you want to know its 145*) but we're all good and I took a mental note that fish is done at 145*!

Source: rachaelraymag.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

My Pinterest Creations - #5 and #6 - Baked Zucchini sticks and sweet onion dip and No Bake Chewy Bars

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I'm going to embed the recipes to these form pinterest since I didn't take any pictures of my own (what was I thinking???). The zucchini sticks were pretty good. I don't know that I will make them again, as they weren't a huge hit in my house. Maybe in the summer for a party? But, the sweet onion dip that goes with them was decadent! I think it would be really good with a bloomin' onion or onion rings. It was a perfect mix between sweet and onion, and pretty easy to make.

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The No Bake Chewy Bars were pretty simple, too. They had a little too much honey in them (I may have to cut down the recipe and change things up next time), but my family really enjoyed them and I will probably make these again. Next time, I might make them with raisins instead. This time, I used chocolate chips.

My Pinterest Creation #4 - "Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie n’ Oreo Fudge Brownie Bar "

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"Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie n’ Oreo Fudge Brownie"

This was DE-LI-CIOUS! SOOOOO sweet and SOOO easy. I kind of altered the original recipe from what the Pinterest post was, but I suppose you could do it either way. In the original blog post that I found on Pinterest, the poster makes her own chocolate chip cookie dough. Well, I didn't have time to do that, so I bought some break and bake cookie dough and placed those on the bottom instead. It was time saving and a little less mess than if I had baked my own cookies. You can do it either way.

Basically, all you do is layer chocolate chip cookie dough, Oreo cookies, and fudge brownie mix (from a box or you can make your own from scratch) and bake for about 45 minutes at 350*. Its so simple and so tasty!

This was a HUGE hit in my house. I made it for my husband birthday and he told EVERYONE about it.

I do recommend serving this with icecream (as if you need more calories), but it is so sweet you need a little bit of cream to cut the sweetness!

My Pinterest Creation #3 - DIY Tshirt scarf

This Pinterest creation was a little harder and took a little more time than the first two, but I knew I could do it. This was I kind of threw together myself with a few ideas from Pinterest. There were some very easy and basic steps on Pinterest, so I followed those and kind of did my own thing, and came up with this very cute, trendy little scarf. All you need is an old cotton Tshirt (jersey cotton works better since it has a little more stretch to it), some sharp fabric scissors, and something to weight down the ends of the cut fabric (example: a book).

I cut the top of the shirt right below the sleeves and right above the hem on the bottom of the shirt. Then, I cut the shirt into strips about 1-1 1/2" thick. I got about 10 strips or so. Next, I cut the tshirt through one side of the shirt and cut the sewed part of the shirt off, this way I didn't see any of the sewn parts on the scarf. After that I stretched the tshirt until the fabric was long and pulled. Then, I gathered all of the strips and used my book to weight down one end of the strips. I then divided the strips into 3 and began braiding. I braided about 3/4 of the strips and then at the end I tied the top part of the strips and the bottom part together to make some of the strips dangle.

(My inspiration is listed below)

Source: thediydish.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

My Pinterest Creation #2 - Halloween Snack

This was the easiest thing I've EVER done. Since, this is one of our regular snacks anyway, I just arranged them on the plate and the kids loved them. The Halloween Snack was served on Halloween, before we went Trick-or-Treating, so it was festive and put is in the mood for some Halloween fun.

The Pumpkin Face Snack was: Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, raisins, and a cheese stick (cut to look like a jack-o-lantern smiling)

Pinterest Creation #1 - Mini Volcanoes

My first Pinterest creation was VERY easy and basic. It was mini-volcanoes and Max LOVED it! All you do is put a little bit of baking soda on a cookie sheet, put vinegar in some small cups and put a few drops of food coloring in too, a small eye dropper for dropping and voila, volcanoes. This kept him entertained for a good 1/2 hour to forty five minutes.

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