Those Shoes Cost How Much??

Pinterest is a wonderful website to use for shopping ideas. There are so many different wardrobe suggestions, methods to use for accessorizing, and yes.. shoe choices galore.

I love the idea of having many different shoes pinned. I have a couple different boards I've created just dedicated to the idea of shoes. One of my boards is entitled Fun Shoes. The board is full of shoes that I think are the cutest, or fun shoes. They may not be practical, but they don't have to be.

I'm going to tell a short story related to shoes, but you may find this story relevant to other products you find on Pinterest.

One day I found someone pinned a pair of shoes that I absolutely loved. I knew right at the moment I saw them, that I had to have them. I knew it was the perfect pair that I was looking for, and I was ready to buy. I clicked on the shoe pin so that I could navigate to the source of the original pin. The website pulled up for the shoes, and blam.. something hit me right in the face. The price tag!!

These innocent shoes that I HAD to have were $375! Now that may not seem like a lot to some people, but this mother of 3 knows that this price is way out of her budget. I was so disappointed. I fell in love with the shoes, but they were not even a possibility for me.

Although I showed this example with a pair of shoes, this happens to me a lot. I find a purse that ends up being almost $2,000. I love to dream as much as the next girl, but there may be some items not worth pinning unless you want to use them as an idea for a lesser expensive pair you can afford in your budget.

Pinterest for Ombre Rage - Painted Utensils

Ombre color schemes are all the rage lately. Between thinking about ombre colors with chevron patterns my mind has been racing on ways to make these two things work in my every day life. Last week Wednesday during my normal Pinterest browsing I found a pin that stopped me dead in my track. The pin was a tutorial on how to paint your own cooking tools in an ombre scheme.

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My prayers had been answered. I fell in love with these utensils. I knew that it was perfect timing to give these tools a try. I started by visiting my local WalMart store to pickup a standard bamboo kitchen tool set. The set ran me right around $5.00 for 5 pieces. I later found a 3 piece set at Target for around $4.00 that also did the trick. It was fun picking out my own acrylic paints for the tools, along with white to create the ombre look. That just left the sealant. I purchase some polyethane in a spray can, which worked perfectly for coating the painted ends.

Here are the results of my efforts. Although the initial cost was probably around $20 for the first set, each supply could be used multiple times for other sets.

I'm excited to use these sets as home warming gifts, wedding gifts, or even just a standard party gift. Another successful crafting project thanks to Pinterest.

How Do I View My Pinterest Boards?

So you spend time pinning all types of glorious pictures to your pinboards, when it suddenly hits you. You want to view what you've pinned, or you may even wonder if you've already pinned something. There's nothing worse than having a duplicate pin.

It is time for you to discover one of my favorite things. It is time for you to view your Pinterest boards.

To view your boards:

1. Login to your Pinterest account.
2. In the upper right-hand corner of your Pinterest homepage, click Boards from the drop-down list.

Your view will suddenly change, and voila! all of your Pinterest boards will display by name. To view the contents of any one of your pinboards, simply click the pinboard description or board image, and then sit back and enjoy your board! That's all there is to it.

How the Neighborhood is a Changing

I can say that I've been pinning on Pinterest for nearly a year. Although it wasn't the beginning of Pinterest, I know that I jumped on the bandwagon long before the rest of the crowd decided to check it out. When I searched through my Facebook friends, I only found a handful had Pinterest accounts.

Times are changing. I've noticed that I've started to get a lot more pins on my home board from some pinners I do not recognize. I've noticed that some of my friends I thought I followed, I'm not following. I've also noticed that I suprisingly have pins on my boards that revolve around businesses or advertising. I'm suddenly wondering what happened to my safe and friendly neighborhood pinboard.

I've spent a good amount of time lately fixing who I'm following, deleting pins, and un-following some people I never really thought I was following. I'm very confused and hope that this temporary glitch was just that... a glitch.

The neighborhood is getting a lot more crowded on Pinterest and now I have many more friends than I realized on Facebook now on Pinterest. Times are changing. I just hope Pinterest doesn't change so much that the value is lost.

100 Running Song Playlist Ideas Thanks to Pinterest

Another piece of trivia about me. I love to run.

Although I've tried to be a hardcore runner that can run without music, I've found that I just run better with motivation. To me, music is my motivation.

I love a good playlist. With the right songs I feel like I can run over mountain tops, and through a forrest. With the wrong music, I feel as though I have no motivation to run and get distracted trying to find the right song to get me moving.

Thanks to a Pinterest pin today I came across a pin for 100 Running Songs.

This seems like perfect timing. I just finished a 5k and 10k run last weekend. I'm ready to plan training for a half marathon. I really want to revamp my playlist, and it looks like this list is just the way to get me started.

After reading through all of her suggestions, I want to add a few of my favorites to a smaller list. Here are some of my favorite running songs, not on Kayla's list.

• We Are Young - Fun.
• Rumour Has It - Adele
• Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
• Grenade - Bruno Mars
• Americano - Lady Gaga
• Hold It Against Me - Britney Spears
• On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez
• Glad You Came - The Wanted
• Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
• Lose Yourself - 8 Mile - Eminem
• When Will I Be Loved? - Linda Ronstadt
• Set Fire to the Rain - Adele
• Fighter - Christina Aguilera
• Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5
• Firework - Katy Perry
• Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People

I hope between the two lists you can find your perfect running playlist.

My favorite running quote as of late is: "I believe in redefining my impossible." - Nike

12 Uses for Recycled Baby Wipe Containers

Before I jump into the meat of this blog post, I will give you a little background on myself. I'm a mother of 3 children under the age of 4. I'm constantly surrounded by baby everything, and have been for the last 4 years. Anytime someone can come up with a genius way to reuse something I used for my children I have to take a moment to praise them.

One day on Pinterest I found the above picture that stopped me in my tracks. The pin was described as "12 Uses for Recycled Baby Wipe Containers". All I could think is... finally! Finally someone has come up with a few creative ways to use containers that the rest of us have thrown for years. I have a little creativity and have used baby wipe containers for basic storage for crayons, markers, or Barbie clothing but having even more ideas for this basic container seemed like a dream.

Not only was I able to find out 12 very interesting uses for baby wipe containers from the pin, but I was also able to discover a blogging website that I had never heard of before. Until the baby wipe pin, Tip Junkie meant nothing to me. Now Tip Junkie is a starting place for me to search for new ideas.

This situation is a great example of how Pinterest opened up my eyes to an idea for uses of the baby wipe container, while also pointing me to a resource of the blog. I now have so much more knowledge on both subjects thanks to Pinterest.

PS. Pinterest does not pay me to blog about their site. I'm in no way affiliated with them, but would love to be someday. :)

Reasons Why Pinterest is An Addicting Website

Warning:

Pinterest is an addicting website. I have found myself spending hours upon hours browsing through different boards. The ideas are literally never-ending. I start by thinking I will look up a few recipes, and suddenly I have a whole redecoration plan in place for my living room.

Although these reasons may sound negative, I really find that Pinterest is a creative outlet for me. I find myself creatively coming up with new projects, new ideas, new solutions to common problems, or even just daydreaming of future possibilities.

With all that said, here are some of the reasons why Pinterest can be addicting.

1.      It is never-ending – You can start off looking at a pin related to one subject, and suddenly by clicking a few different pins you are thinking about a completely different subject and looking at a board from someone you have never met.

Knowing my workplace was hosting a potluck, one day I searched my recipe board for good potluck ideas. Just after clicking a few times I ended up on a pair of shoes. Not because I made a mistake in my searching, but because my mind switched gears and got distracted in the process of looking for recipes. I commonly lose track of what it was I was originally looking for on Pinterest, because my motives always change once I open the website.

2.      Idea Sharing at Its Finest – I love good tips and tricks. Who doesn’t want to save time making something that is typically hard, easy? Pinterest is full of very creative and clever people that have created pins for the most interesting things. The other day I pinned a recipe for making my own home foaming soap for a soap dispenser at a fraction of the price of the specialty stores; I learned the secret ingredients of a well-known salad dressing for an Italian restaurant; and I found out how I could make banana bread using a boxed cake mix.

3.      Online Shopping for Everyone! – Don’t even get me started on the amount of clothing or shoes you can find on Pinterest to adore. I thought I could live without a board dedicated just to shoes. I was sooooo wrong! I started a separate board just dedicated to cute shoes. I even considered having multiple shoe boards based on different occasions, but decided to stick to one for the moment. I also have a wardrobe board that contains pins to some of my favorite outfits, accessories, or any other wardrobe item.  If you want to open a whole new wardrobe world on Pinterest, try visiting Polyvore. This website can be used to create your own outfit to pin on Pinterest. Polyvore is a whole other level of wardrobe addiction I will try to explain in its own blog post.