M and L

Pinterest: Hits and Misses

Here is the deal. I LOVE Pinterest.  There are a lot of amazing clothes, DIY's, recipes, crafts, you name it.  People have some serious talent.  Where do they think of these things? It is nice that people are willing to share their ideas so that others can experience the same joy. But I am going to be honest with you, I have tried several things on Pinterest that have been a total FLOP.  Most of them are recipes.  So I am going to share with you my successes and flat out failures. 

Here goes...

I pinned these stockings the other day and HAD to make them. Cute/non cheesy stockings are hard to come by and these were right up my alley.

 

 cottageinstincts.blogspot.com

Here are mine...

 

They are "semi homemade," as I like to call it. I bought the stockings for $6.97 and glitter monograms for .97 cents at good old WalMart. Then I found some red ribbon I already had and stitched them onto the stockings. I made sure to buy a few extra stockings and M and K monograms for our future babies. (We already have names picked out.)
And by the way, I love burlap but it doesn't go with my red, white and silver Christmas decor.

I pinned this darling ruffle tree skirt.  Isn't it adorable?!?

 

mycrazylife-lauren.blogspot.com

Here is the one I did....

 

The cool thing about this tree skirt is you use hot glue instead of sewing the fabric.  I added the ribbon to cover up my crappy cutting job. Oh and I burned myself so many times that my index finger literally has been numb for a week.  Definitely said some choice words, but in the end it was worth it.

And why is it not a craft without at least 3 trips to the store. Am I the only one out there that does this?!? Ugh.

 

Don't these cookies look sooooo delicious and and moist?

chocolateandcarrots.com

Well mine turned out looking like flattened poop. They pretty much tasted like it too.

 

In the recipe it says to add between 2-4 egg whites.  Okay, there is a BIG difference between 2 and 4 whites. Just give it to me straight!  I added 4 and they were waaaaaaay too runny.  Note to self: add egg whites and then assess the batter consistency. 

Flop #2....


Delectable Yogurt Covered Pretzels.

Mmmmmm...

   foodgawker.com

The recipe calls for three ingredients.  Yogurt, powdered sugar and pretzels. Well, when you mix together the yogurt and powdered sugar it is way too runny to stick to the pretzels.  I think whoever posted this is forgetting the fourth ingredient: ALMOND BARK.  Whoever posted this recipe needs to get punched in the face.  I will accept fault for the chocolate cookies, but these....not my fault.

I dipped one pretzel into that watery mess and decided to call it quits. Hence, no picture.

Next time I and saving myself the headache and going to Sprouts.

Well, I hope you enjoyed reading Pinterest dairy.  I sure feel better now that I shared it with you.  All I can do is laugh.