Pinterest Favorites and Foibles (Posted by Lorri)

Like many people (mainly women kind of people), I do like to cruise around on Pinterest.  My daughter Kristy posted her favorites and duds on her blog, and challenged others to do the same.
So, here goes.

This is one of my favorites.  I bought the extra long golf tees, to keep my spools of thread and bobbins together.

This one is handy also.  It is a dish drainer from the dollar store, with all my tupperware lids organized together.

This is "Boatmeal".  Baked oatmeal.  This has pumpkin in it, and I like pumpkin so I thought I'd try it.  It was okay.  Just okay.  And boring.  I added walnuts and a bunch of generic splenda.  It smelled really good, but not worth the effort.

 

 Made this baby quilt after seeing a photo on Pinterest.  I thought this turned out pretty cute.  Pretty simple to make.  I'd do this one again.

I made this to hang in my laundry closet.  I like sunflowers, so I used sunflower scrapbook paper and mod podge.  The clothes pins have brown polka dotted scrapbook paper on them.

I hang my microfiber cleaning cloths on them to dry.  Since you are not supposed to dry them with fabric softener, I air dry them on the rack.

This is just the side view.

This is the same scrapbook paper I used on the above laundry rack.  This is an outlet cover in my laundry closet.  I was experimenting on this after seeing it on pinterest.  This was easy.  One lesson I learned - cut the X  for the switch with your exacto knife before you apply the mod podge.  I didn't and the paper tore.  Yep, I'll do this one again.

There are some nice tutorials on Pinterest about using mod podge.  I couldn't find what I wanted for my fall fireplace decorations, so I made the give thanks plaque.  The wood plaque came from the hobby store, scrapbook paper for the background and letters (I already owned the letter stencils), and, of course, mod podge.

A closer look.  Easy and fun. And cheaper than buying it ready made.  Also satisfied my inner 4-Her.

I read on one post that you should spray your scrapbook paper with sealer before your use the mod podge.  Well, I couldn't find my sealer so I forged ahead.  If you look closely, you can see a wrinkle in the middle of the paper.  Lesson learned.  I still like how it turned out.

This is GENIUS!  I wish I had known this years ago; sure would have save me some grief. 

 This is Fruit Salad with honey lime dressing.  We eat a lot of fruit at our house.  I recently tried this when  I was taking this to crap night at a friends house.  It was pretty subtle flavoring - I'd add more lime juice next time.  It kept the apples from turning brown.   I may try this again.

Zucchini boats.  Yummy!  I'd do this one again.

I thought this one was interesting.  I couldn't gauge how much dressing to put in the bottom of the jar, so I put it in a separate container.  I plan on doing this one again.  I think this would be good for me when I have some leftover salad ingredients, to go ahead and put it in the jar to be ready to take to work.  Then maybe I wouldn't be throwing out slimy leftover lettuce.

I made this baby quilt for Charlotte after Kelli found the photo on a blog. I enjoyed doing the machine applique and machine quilting.

I have a few more to post, but need to take pictures of them.  If you need more details, you'll have to go to my boards on Pinterest.

Happy pinning!

Cousins September 14, 2012 (posted by Lorri)

Hopefully, you are all blessed with having some fun cousins.

I found some cousin photos that I thought I'd share.

My cousin Kelly shared some old family photos with me several years ago, when we were working on a birthday project for my dad's 80th birthday.  I just love this photo, these little guys just look like they are ready to have some fun.  I am guessing this photo is from about the mid 1930s.  Check out the vehicle behind them. 

Front:  Arnold Von Soosten  Left middle:  Virgil Von Soosten  Right middle:  Cletus Von Soosten (our uncle)  Back left: Edgar Von Soosten (our daddy) Back right: last name Lassman from Independence

Looks like the cousins are ready for an Easter Egg Hunt.  I'm guessing late 1950s.

Front left: Doug Von Soosten, Kathy Von Soosten, Sherry Von Soosten, Janice Knopp and Richard Von Soosten.  Back row:  Johnny Knopp, Delbert Knopp

We all look pretty miserable here.  I'm guessing it was a hot summer day.  Probably 1960.

Left: Lorri Von Soosten, Kay Von Soosten, Sherry Von Soosten with Kelly Knopp in front, and Janice Knopp

2012 Memorial Day, Gavin Crager on the left, Caedmon Crisler on the right.  Ed the cat in the front.  (Sherry's grandson, Lorri's grandson)

September 2012 - Charlotte Huser kissing Vada Huser
(Lorri's granddaughters)

Our families grow over the years, don't they?