Well, Christmas has come and gone. In the midst of all of the wrapping:
…unwrapping
…merriment…
and reflection:
I had time for two last Christmas tasks. I found two adorable ideas on Pinterest (totally sucked back into that this week), and they happened to round out the last couple of days on our Advent Calendar.
First, the Snowman pancake:
so, that was obviously harder than it looks.
Next up, sleds full of treats for my favorite peeps:
okay, so what did I learn?
1. Copying ideas from Pinterest is harder than they make it look…
2. Both of these activities were still fun, and the recipients enjoyed them anyway!
So pin on and craft on, my brothers and sisters.
Plus, we’ve got a whole year to practice!
How was your holiday weekend? Have you tried DIY projects from Pinterest or other web or print tutorials? How did they work out?
Meri
Hahaha, I love this. Trying things off the internet is always a tricky process.
It always looks so perfect… and then the let down 🙂
I loved receiving a little present sled from you, I thought it was perfect! Eric and I decided that if crafting projects are too perfect they aren’t for us! There is always a bit of slap dashery ( my new word) to every thing I do! The snowmen I made this weekend couldn’t even stand up for instance! I love trying new crafts and I am totally sucked in to pinterest as well!
I loved your snowmen! Especially the part where the chocolate met the marshmallow… mmmm.
oh, and I don’t think I’m following you on pinterest? Am I?
I don’t have an account yet. I didn’t know it was so prestigious to get in ;0
What do you mean? Is it taking time now like google plus or something? I demand to follow your boards! NOW! give me the details haha!
Oh I am soooo not crafty! I try, but it’s just not my thing! I love your snowman? He’s really cute!
And we are twins, we opened our posts with the same couple of words, and then went our own way soon there after!
haha- I thought it looked a bit like a murderer snowman in the end…
I LOVE that snowman pancake idea! So cute! I need to try that next year (:
I might start making other shaped pancakes too. Often I’m lazy and just make pancakes in a bowl in the microwave hahaha
I tried to leave you a comment in the post before this one when you posted it but somehow I couldn’t … Anyway, I wanted to say Merry Christmas :o)
And … I also tried to do the snowman pancake. Mine was also not as wonderful as the one from pinterest, but I guess it came out ok. Will post the photo soon, when I empty my memory card. So cute present sled, that one turned out good 😉
I enjoyed your post on this! Yours was so cute! And I turned off comments on my x-mas post because I knew I wouldn’t have time to read them. Sorry if it was confusing! Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you!
Ps. Your snowman looks as if it’s smiling. Can’t stop looking at it … so funny!
haha- I was pretty sure it had a murderous smile on its face 🙂
Aw, I like that your little snowman pancake is smiling!!
x Jasmine
haha- even if its sort of an evil smile!
the weekend was so great! am kind of relieved it is over tho…had a bit too much on my plate this year! the sleighs are a cute idea…must keep it in mind for next year!
[oomph.]
I know- the sleds were harder than the picture looked, but I was determined to at least do a half-ass version 🙂
I had a lovely weekend. Yours looks beautiful 🙂 And Happy Holidays!
I’ve never tried a Pinterest tutorial, but I love Pinterest…for finding gorgeous things.
And the snowman pancakes…so cute.
Pinterest is certainly addicting by itself, but when I added the holidays into the equation- I couldn’t turn it off haha
Oh, those sleds are so cute! I absolutely love that idea. I’m going to make those for my students next year.
Honestly, everything I see online looks easy and cute and easy. And then it leads to a disaster in my house. I need to start following crafty blogs written by messy, uncrafty people. Ha!
ahaha- well its a good thing you read mine then, you have at least one you can outdo 🙂
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Hi- thanks for stopping by!
I’ve tried a few things from pinterest. I’m so addicted to that site! But now I want pancakes thanks to your picture! Mmmm…
The pinterest version looks a bit tastier than mine, I’ll admit haha
It sounds like you had a great holiday weekend!
I hope you did too!
I haven’t tried anything on Pinterest yet, but I know I’ll get sucked in and my crafts will be awful.
haha- it has great food, exercise, and home decor ideas too. I will start trying some of the hairstyle tutorials if I ever grow my hair back out!
love those creative ideas! I struggle to make a pancake the shape of a circle 🙂
haha- I think I was overly ambitious. I realized later that the pinterest version had a bacon scarf which could be “attaching” the snowman, which would have been easier to flip! Oh well, live and learn 🙂
These are so adorable and looks like you did a great job! Hope you have a wonderfully blessed New Year!!
Thank you- you too!
I absolutely LOVE pinterest. I really love the pancake. It looks like its up to no good. AND I LOVE THE CHARLIE BROWN WRAPPING PAPER!!!!
that wrapping paper was so Target dollar section- and there was a LOT of it!
OMG, the pancake has me doubled over in laughter… hilarious!!!! 🙂
It was a combination of laughing at it and being sort of afraid of it… thus I tried to eat its scary cackling face first.
At least you tried and they enjoyed it, thats the most important thing to consider
haha- yes I did get a good laugh out of the scary snowman too!
I love the Christmas goblets!
And there is nothing wrong with being a copy cat!
Shame about the snowman!
They are my mama’s goblets, I love to drink out of them during the holidays!