Like most of the world, I have become addicted to Pinterest! I started out just looking for pictures that would help me get ideas for photo shoots, but it has since blossomed into multiple boards including hair ideas, recipes, things I'd like to have, and home ideas. I've probably wasted a good portion of my life on this site already, haha! However, it hasn't all been for naught!
While browsing through all of the wonderful photos I came across this photo:
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| Date Night in a Jar http://www.lifeinthegreenhouse.com/2012/02/date-night-in-jar.html |
I already had a "Things I'd Like To Have" board that was filled with things like shoes and t shirts so I added this picture to it. Over time the board has become a lot of craft things that I'd like to try as well. Anyway, back on topic, I pinned the picture and thought "someday I'll become crafty and this will be one of the things that I make" and kept browsing.
Over the next however long I kept seeing the picture on my board and thinking about how much I'd like to have my own "date night in a jar." Jake and I always do the exact same thing for date night (Denny's and movie) and I was getting really bored with it, so much that I didn't even really like going out any more. So while I was at the dollar store one day I bought a packet of Popsicle sticks and decided to make one!
I used an old mason jar that I already had (Vicky always gives us a couple jars of the elk that Ronnie gets during hunting season, yummy!) and some paints that Mom had in the store room and went to town. I used some of the original designers date ideas and Jake and I came up with some of our own. Since we're pretty broke most of the time we have more "cheap/free" sticks to choose from.
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| Red= $$ & planning, Blue= $ & little planning, Yellow= little to no $ and no planning, Green= filler |
Our first date that we used this for turned out to be four-wheeling. We borrowed Vicky's quad and left Aaralyn to play with her Grandma and Grandpa and went out one Friday afternoon and had a blast! Overall, I'd say that it was a great success, I think everyone should have one of these, haha!
I've also been salivating over pictures of food that have been posted on Pinterest and I finally made a board for my own little cook book. So far I've made five of the dishes that I have pinned, but I only have pictures of four of them. (The homemade oreo's always taste really good but I'm still experimenting on how thick to make the cookie part.)
The casserole Belinda and I made together for girl's night, as well as the Reese's bars. We also watched the clean flicks version of Shakespeare In Love, it was great fun! My busy schedule is the only reason that we haven't done it again.
I believe I made the spotify icon at the top of the page a link to my Pinterest if you want to check it out!
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| Oatmeal Butterscotch Bars (Minus the frosting on top) http://www.sweettreatsmore.com/2012/03/oatmeal-butterscotch-bars-with-brown.html |
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| Ham and Cheese Sliders on homemade rolls http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/04/ham-and-cheese-sliders.html |
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| Reese's Peanut Butter Bars http://michellestastycreations.blogspot.com/2012/03/reeses-peanut-butter-bars.html |
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| Twice Baked Potato Casserole http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Twice-Baked-Potato-Casserole |
