Sunday all to myself.............

So, i get a Sunday all to myself just me and the doggie what to do...................what to do............ well this is what i did. :)

I made some homemade mac and cheese and it is the go to food for me. When i make it, it brings right back to Conshohocken in my mom's kitchen. yummy! More on that at a later date. :) I also started my crafting of my Pinterest projects that i pin obsessively. What is Pinterest without actually doing the stuff we pin on there right. So project one for me was wine corks and ruler project. I made them and now they hang in my kitchen so i can hang anything i want on them. LOVE THEM!!

 

 

So how did i make these little nuggets you ask. WELL, a ruler or yard stick which ever size you want it to be or have in your house. Corks duh! :), hot glue gun, material around you house and i used a pop top from a soup can for the back to hang. Now onto the fun part. :) I cut my material so it would wrap around my ruler to fit. This material does two things protects my wall from the ruler potentially scratching it and it make it look pretty. if you don't want to use the material feel free not to



I used the hot glue to do this with. So easy. :) The next thing is the corks i laid out all the corks i had. WOW, i drink to much wine is what i am thinking right now! haha oh well i am reusing right. :) i picked the ones that i liked the best and had some wine names and pictures on them to keep them interesting looking when there is nothing hanging on them.

I used 15 corks for the size of the ruler. i played with the pattern of the corks till i liked what it looked like. i did take a picture of the corks in case something (dog) or someone (roommate) knocked them out of the order i wanted them in. :) Then i began to hot glue them down. This process was not hard just had to hold each cork in place for a few till it started to dry and there was no movement of the corks.

As you can see i put hot glue on the back of the ruler where the material has a seam and a little bit on the side of the first cork. This will hold it to the ruler and also it connects the corks to each other and makes it stronger.

Then away we go and i just worked my way through the corks that i picked out.

They are now all hot glued to the ruler and each other as you can see.

Then i took a pop top from a soup can, just because it is bigger then a soda can one and hot glued it to the back at the top of the ruler.

Ok we are ready to hang and then hang all the stuff we lose in our kitchens to it. :)

Simple and easy to do!!! i did find some really cute push pins at Michael's on one of the many trips there (need the flyer card Kristen) :) Now there is a reason to drink more wine if these projects are this easy with the wine corks. Alright back to Mac and cheese!!!

 

Enjoy......................because it is what it is!

Day Late and a Dollar short.......

Yes if you read the title you can see i wanted to start this on September 1st but a very special little boys birthday party was way more important :)....................................



This blog is me, me in the raw sorry it is not to offend anyone at all it is me being me.....It is what it is. (Michelle that's for you) I wanted a spot to share the many things that make up me. I love to cook and make fun craft things for myself and to give as gifts. This is a way that i can share these special things to me and hopefully to others at some point. I can share my thoughts and have conversations with you to explore new ideas and questions that i come across my journey.



So, it's September 2nd, and why am i sitting here freezing!!! The sun is out but not in my house that is for sure. This calls for maybe the oven on for something nice to eat and it will warm up my house also. September marks also the start of my birthday month. Yes birthday month, I find different ways to celebrate me in the month. Others can join or not or think I am silly for doing a birthday month at all. Let me explain, I don't have a significant other nor do I have children (well i have my little dog :) so i don't get all the other special days that others get to celebrate with loved ones. Yes i get your birthday and his birthday and your anniversary and all the special times that YOU have in your life but I don't. Now don't get me wrong it is not a pitty party for me. I choose to make the ONE day that I do get special and i turn it into a month of me. I am planning different things that i enjoy. Whether it be cooking or crafting or going places and being with certain peeps that's what it will be. So to start off the birthday month i started this blog to share with all of you! Day late and a dollar short they say but i am sure that is the story of some of our lives already. hahaha I will make up for it in the end. Through this month i want to try some different foods that i have never made before...............i want to go to some fun special places, some i have been to before so might be new...............I might make a craft or two and someone near and dear to me might benefit from my creative viewpoint. What ever the month might bring i am willing and waiting for it to be great. Lots of stuff happening in the World of Dana and I am here to share with all of you.

Enjoy.............because it is what it is. :)