Pinterest Craft and Food Party

If you are like me, you have a long list of  Pinterest "Pins" and a very short "done" list.  I am absolutely in love with all the ideas I get from the website but I was seriously lacking motivation and time to complete any of the 100 crafts I want to complete.  Thanks to my friend Cheryl's idea I recently hosted a Pinterest party, it was a totally success and lots of fun!

We each brought an appetizer that was from or inspired by a Pinterest idea and the supplies to make a craft. Everyone ended up making wreaths but it was not planned that way.

From the right: Casey made her own inspired yarn-wrapped wreath, she wasn't quite done when we snapped this pic.  Cheryl added flowers to hers and plans to add a monogram letter in the middle.  Michelle, Becky and LuLu were inspired by this pin, I love that LuLu added her own flair.

I actually ended up making two different wreaths:

The one on the left I actually made with Dollar Store flowers!  The ribbon came from Joann Fabrics.  The other wreath was inspired by this pin but I changed it up a little.

I found both my wreath forms at the Dollar Tree.  The yarn, flower pedals, and ribbon are all from Joann Fabrics.  The flowers I actually made out of leaves from a Hydrangea flower and colored pins.  I was not happy with the ribbon used in the original tutorial and couldn't find the right pre-made flower.  The flag says "Bare Feet Welcome", it is perfect to welcome spring.  I just love how it turned out!

Update:  Here is Casey's finished Yarn Wreath

As far as food we had quite a spread, but I forgot to grab a picture of it!

I made this cake, it turned out well but next time I am going to poke a lot more holes it, the actual cake part was a little dry.

Casey made this delicious Thai dish, she actual used low carb noodles so it was even semi-healthy!

Cheryl made this dip, she has made it before & it was so good that I had requested she make it again.  It does have mayo in it though so I may try to make a variation without the mayonnaise.

What have you made lately from Pinterest?  I love seeing completed Pinterest ideas and recipes and hearing how they turned out so please share!

This was not sponsored by Pinterest in any way, we just love the site.

One Year Anniversary Cake Smash

I am a huge fan of traditions, both old and creating our own.  September was our 1 year wedding Anniversary, so it was time to come up with something fun for our 1st Anniversary and something to carry on for years to come. 

I absolutely LOVED our wedding cake, CakeAlicious Design Studio is a dear family friend of Corey's and very talented!  Thanks to our top layer being on the larger side we had more than enough to eat a couple slices on our wedding anniversary and have enough leftover for 5 other people!

Like most brides I had spent a good amount of money and time on getting my makeup done for our wedding so I threatened Corey's life if he smashed cake on my face.  (Thank you Tzeira for the below photo).

 

So why not have fun with it on our anniversary?  Enter my fabulous new idea!  A One Year Anniversary Cake Smash! Babies do it on their 1-year Birthday, so why not?

 

  

Crystal Reins Photography captured it perfectly!   She is amazing and we will definitely be using her for years and life events to come (our wedding photos were taken by a photographer who is now out of business).

 

 

 The Cake Smash was a blast, but obviously not something we can carry on for years to come.  So we also decided to start taking a photo at the same spot as our favorite Engament photo every year, holding the last years photo.  (Thanks to my sister for the gorgeous frame!)  Eventually it will look like a neato-freato (yes, new word) wormhole (as apposed to a creepy one). It was inspired by this Pinterest Pin.

Do you have an Anniversary Tradition or a planned one?

Thanks for reading! Joanna