A product recommendation & Pinned It, Made It

After years of reading about this type of paper on craft and scrapbooking blog and sites, I finally bought a pack at the end of last year. I feel it is my duty to tell you that this paper is absolutely WORTH the price! In the past, any of my wonderful digital items would print out BLAH. So blah on regular paper or cardstock and it was always a disappointment.

Now feast your eyes on the cute freebies I printed as a test:

They are perfect! The color and saturation are spot on. Visit Miss Tiina for the link for these cards...along with many more adorable items available in her shop. These cards are sized for Project Life and this is just one more reason for me to feel a tad of regret about not participating.

I also printed some personalized Thank You cards (grey chevron, my name in navy) from the Wedding Chicks. This takes some manipulating but I eventually got mine right by right clicking and saving the image from their site. Then I resized and laid out the two cards side by side on an 8.5x11 document in PhotoShop. This photo is the sample from their site:

And just to keep things real and my Pinterest hobby justified, both of these items were found there : )

Wonder if I should start a linky party for Pinned It, Made It? Yes?

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Meal Plan Monday

Last week went well.
Moving on...

Monday: Burgers, Chips and Fruit
Tuesday: Tortellini Bake {one of my favs!}  ( I will use Spaghetti instead of tortellini), Salad, Garlic Bread
Wednesday: Crockpot Tortellini Soup (from Pinterest)

 (photo from WW)

Thursday: Beef Stir Fry (from Pinterest)
Friday: ???

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Pinned It, Made It - delicious dinner!

Sweet & Spicy Bacon Chicken. Wow! I made this on the grill tonight {it was worth standing in the rain and cold}. I absolutely recommend it. And I am proud to add this to the Pinned it, Made it list :)

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Insta Friday

Joining Life Rearranged with another week of Insta Friday photos.This is a recap of my week using nothing but my phone's camera.

 I uploaded this week using the Blogger App instead of the BlogPress App. Well, it is not nearly as user friendly so I cannot get captions between my photos. Argh. But here goes: Shelby's basketball game shot with my FishEye lens. Next, crazy hair day at dance class. Yes, those are birds in Olivia's nest of hair. It was also bring a friend day so the next photo includes sweet Emily. The next one is Shelby and her friend Audrey having a sleepover on Sunday {no school on Monday}. And last, my parents sent me a Cookie Bouquet yesterday. So bright, cute and tasty too.

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Pinned It; Made It

I saw this idea on another blog so I thought I'd make an attempt to share what I have actually made a reality from my 1000+ pins. {oh my!}

Here goes an easy one, a recipe. Black Bean and Corn Salad from All Recipes. 

 Super tasty. I added about 2 tbsp. of honey to the dressing. This was even more delicious after about 4 hours in the refrigerator. Enjoy!

Pinned it; Made it banner created using Erica Zane's Amused kit from CatScrap Designs.


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