SPSD: Clipboard Display

I am excited to bring you another installment of my Stop Pinning // Start Doing project.

This idea has been pinned on my Home Board for well over a year and I knew it was something I wanted to incorporate into my studio/office space.

The clipboards were cheap and easy to find. I got mine at Walmart for about $1.25 each, so I got 4. I played around a bit with where I wanted them and how I wanted to arrange them, but decided to go with a square grid right above my desk workspace. They will be great to hang inspiration, quotes, pictures I love and things as I collect them. I just finished hanging them last week and have added a few things so far. I think they will be constantly changing and growing, and I like that they’re not permanent like a framed piece of art would be.

So far I’ve added a printed copy of the portrait I commissioned of Dani for her blog. Love seeing it while I work. I also added a couple printed quotes, one of our anniversary pictures, some instagram images, a couple great pieces of scrapbook paper and a mini collage I made for my locker sophomore year. It will be fun to collect and add more as the days go by.

I’m so glad that I finished another pinned project for my studio. Its been the main place that I’ve used the ideas I’ve found on Pinterest, but I’m looking forward to completing a few more in other areas of our place. We’ve got a chalkboard wall on the list and some more little customizations to make our house a home.

Have you completed a Pinterest project recently?
What is one thing you’ve pinned that you just can’t wait to try?

The Best Macaroni Salad

While searching for new recipes to try for our Summer Manifesto list, I’ve been pinning so many that look delicious. I thought I’d give one a try that I could do all by myself and share it as another “Stop Pinning, Start Doing” post. And it turned out so good! Chris loved it. The Pioneer Woman takes better pictures of the process than me, but I had fun giving it a try. Her recipes are easy to follow. I’ll look for more to try in the future too!

Introducing The Pioneer Woman’s Best Macaroni Salad Ever!

Ingredients:

• 4 cups Elbow Macaroni Pasta
• Roasted Red Peppers
• 1/2 can Black Olives
• Pickles (I used dill pickles)
• 3 whole Green Onions
• Marinated Artichoke Hearts (I added these as more filler)
• 1/2 cup Mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
• 3 teaspoon Sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• Black Pepper
• Pickle Juice to taste

We enjoyed ours with some grilled chicken (off our new barbeque grill!) and it tasted so good together. It is a crisp and fresh tasting salad. And we had most of the ingredients in our fridge and pantry. I’ll definitely make this again…maybe even for people other than my husband!

Have you done any Pinterest project recently?

Do you like the Pioneer Woman’s recipes?

Pinterest Recipes

One day this week I stumbled across this interesting recipe on Pinterest and showed it to Chris.  We had all the ingredients at home already and it looked good to us, so we decided to make it for breakfast this morning.  Well, he made it...and I took pictures of course! ;) 

So here is my first food edition of "Stop Pinning // Start Doing."  This is one you're gonna want to try!! 

Its called a Hootenanny and it seriously is the easiest breakfast ever.  It kind of reminds me of french toast with a more eggy texture.  Delish!  

I think is going to be a new favorite breakfast in our house!!  You should come visit! ;)  Or make it yourself, I guess.  Yeah...you could do that too.  :D 

Let me know if you give it a try and what you thought!  Any other recipes you think I (ok, Chris) should try?  Link me up in the comments. 

Yellow Shelf Project

I am very excited to share another "Stop Pinning // Start Doing" project with you today.  Its another one from my office, which is so coming together!! 

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I saw these white shelves with the pop of yellow on the back of them and not only thought they would be perfect for bringing more of the yellow into my office, but totally saw how I could use the idea with what I already had.  I have had two of these tall white shelves from Walmart for years... they have made many moves with me and have transitioned with my style as I grow.  And so I was so excited to use them once again in this space.  

Chris and I took the shelves into the garage and ripped pages out of a magazine and taped the sides to protect them from the paint.  Then it took two full coats of the yellow spray paint to completely cover the backs.  

The next day I pulled all the pages off and moved the shelves into my office.  I absolutely LOVE how they look next to the grey stripes and my purple walls.  The pop of yellow is exactly what I needed and I think it all turned out awesome!  I pulled a couple books, one of my elephants and a plant to create a little vignette for these after pictures.  I'll put the rest of the shelves up soon and unpack some boxes finally!  I can't wait to make this a workable space that I can continue to be inspired in. 

Have you done any project lately??  I'll love to see.  Link me up in the comments!! :D 

Stop Pinning // Start Doing

Today I want to introduce a fun new feature I am starting here on my blog called "Stop Pinning // Start Doing." The idea behind it is this:  many of us are addicted to Pinterest and find so much inspiration there and awesome ideas, but many times those awesome ideas sit on our boards and nothing gets done with them.  I want to take Pinterest to the next step:  DOING!!  

And so begins: 

One of the first boards I created when I first joined Pinterest was called: "Home" and I have since then filled it with pictures of things I would love to see or use or have in our new home.  Things like furniture, and kitchen cupboard organization guides, and how I wanted my home office to function.  And as expected a pattern started to form...colors schemes emerged and project ideas repeated themselves.  

One project in particular was this:  horizontal stripes painted on the walls.  I found myself pinning pictures of walls with stripes over and over again.  

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 I've had a plan for a color scheme for my office (based off of this shower curtain) for awhile now, and knew grey would be a prominent color within the space.  So I matched that idea with the stripe project from Pinterest and a plan emerged:  grey horizontal stripes on two walls in my office!!!  

One of the stripe images I pinned was from the ever talented Elise Blaha.  She had done horizontal stripes on her textured walls and gave some terrific hints and tips on her blog post all about it HERE.  Luckily the builders had left a big 5 gallon bucket of the white paint used throughout our house, so we used that.  The measuring was the hardest part...and getting the lines level.  But Chris was a trouper and we worked well together measuring, taping off, and painting the stripes in.  After we pulled the tape on the first stripe I was soooo excited!!  It turned out just how I imagined.  

 After a bit of touch-up the next day I took pictures of the finished walls.  As you can see we took Elise's tip to make sure the top and bottom stripe were white so we didn't have too much cutting in work to do.  You can see a little of my dark purple wall in the first picture too.  :) The colors are really great together! 

So that is my first completed and shared SPSD project and I am so excited to do more!!  

Have you created something based off an idea you got from Pinterest?  Or are you planning one??  Feel free to play along and add this badge I've created to your blog and blog post!  Let's start a movement!! ;) 

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And please leave a comment if you create something too and link me up!  I am so excited to take Pinterest to the next level and start using and creating and doing the things I pin.  

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