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Friday, May 4, 2012

These Are a Few of My Favorite Pins




I love this. I want to make some for my craft room.




I have been looking at a lot of crochet flower patterns because that is what we are learning in my crochet class next week.




I love this neon polka dot gift wrapping. It's so on trend.




We could all use another idea on how to fasten a belt, right?

Have a great weekend!

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Friday, April 27, 2012

These Are a Few of My Favorite Pins

Hi friends! Did you find anything inspiring on the Internet this week? Here are some of my best finds!



This is a great tutorial to make a maxi skirt. Maybe one day I will make another skirt.

Source: etsy.com via Aubree on Pinterest

This is such a good message, and a cute printable. It would look great in my retro room.


I made this for dinner recently and it was de-lish!

I love this color inspiration board, probably because it is close to the colors of my wedding (my orange was a little brighter) and now the colors of my living room.


This is the best book craft I have ever seen.


This is my dream outfit. I have been scouring the world for yellow pants that fit, and haven't had any luck yet. The yellow, the stripes, the bag.... sigh.

Have a great weekend!

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Friday, April 20, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins

It's been quite a week. I haven't blogged at all. Lots of orders to fill (yay!) and a bunch of other stuff you probably don't want to hear about. I promise I have some really fun ideas and I am working on an awesome jewelry tutorial. For today, I will share my favorite pins from the week as usual, and hopefully get some good stuff posted soon.



I am sure a lot of you have already seen this bracelet from What I Wore, but I had to share in case you didn't. I have collected coins all my life and have never known what to do with them. This is a fantastic solution.



I love nautical. I actually found this this morning while I was eating breakfast and it inspired today's outfit.



Book pages and birds. Can life get any better? I submit that it cannot! (Did you get that Bryan Regan reference?)




Beautiful gift wrapping!



I don't really have any neon items in my closet, but this is a great color guide.

Have a great weekend!

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Friday, April 13, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins

I spent this week in Disneyland (more on that later... yay!) so I didn't exactly pin a lot... I think I only pinned 2 things total. Here they are!

I love the colors and stripes in this outfit.


Source: gopin.me via Aubree on Pinterest


This is just too cute for words. I asked husband Spencer to get right to work on building one for me! But he said no, he can't do it. I think he can do anything so I don't believe him.

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Friday, April 6, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins

Happy Friday, friends! I didn't pin a lot this week, but here are some of my favorite finds.



This is a tutorial to make these gorgeous flowers.




Alisa Burke showed many ideas for layering necklaces.



As I said the other day, my pinning focus this week was on trench vests. Here are two more images that I found on Pinterest for vests. Aren't these outfits both divine? Such creative uses of clothing items. I hope someday to look so effortless... :)




The pictures from the spring pinwheel party I helped give are coming up on Monday... guaranteed! Hopefully we'll also continue the Defining My Style series. Come back to tomorrow for What I Wore, for sure!

Don't forget to enter the Anthro Bracelet DIY Kit giveaway!

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Friday, March 30, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins



I love these pretty paper tulips. I hope they are easy to make!



This is so cute! I love the idea! Most of my nieces are too young, but I will be mentally filing this away for future birthday gifts.



Since I just a pencil skirt (debuting in What I Wore tomorrow!), I pinned this for some outfit inspiration.



This pinwheel bouquet is stunning! It's inspired a big project I am working on right now, but I can't say more than that so I don't spoil any surprises!

I hope you have a creative weekend! I am throwing a party for my mom's birthday on Friday night that I have put a lot of creative energy into. Saturday is LDS general conference which means I will have some time for a small project while listening to the speakers. I have it all planned out... and should result in an awesome tutorial for you all!

See you tomorrow for What I Wore.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins

Hi friends. Sorry I haven't been around much (at all) this week. I have been too busy remodeling a bedroom into an exercise room, planning my mom's big birthday party next week, and, well, shopping. But more about that later. For now, here are some of the most interesting and inspiring Pinterest/Internet finds of the week.



It all starts with this. Just go create something. Right now.

Source: etsy.com via Aubree on Pinterest



I've decided that I hate wearing flip flops so I like this upcycle idea.




Beautiful paper medallion background.



I love the colors and stripes in this outfit. But undoubtedly, every time you wear red and blue to a jr high you are repeatedly told that you look like the 4th of July. Come on kiddos, red and blue are more than just patriotic!

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Friday, March 9, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins



Pretty sure you could wear that shirt seven days in a row and not many people would notice.



Made this for dinner recently. Yum yum!



This caught my eye not as much for the outfit, but for the what to wear inspiration for my upcoming trip to the happiest place on earth. Yipeeeeee!



This tutorial for these paper bows is so cute!


This women shows how to pack for ten days in carry on. Also caught my eye for said trip. I don't want to pay to check a bag just for a few days.



Great article on how to store produce for maximum freshness.

Happy weekend!

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Friday, March 2, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins

Happy Friday! I don't know about where you live but around here, March sure is coming in like a lion! It's finally winter in Utah, now that we're getting close to spring. Sigh....

Here's a few fun things I have pinned this week. Hopefully something will inspire you!



Isn't this a fun idea for shoes! I have a pair or two that could use a little pick-me-up!




This is a tutorial for cutting fabric with a Silhouette machine. You don't have to make a dinosaur of course...



This is the cutest Mickey Mouse birthday I have ever seen!



I recently bought a similar floral top so I when I saw this older outfit from Kendi again on Pinterest I repinned for some inspiration for my new shirt.



Last but not least, here are 33 suggestions to help you stay creative. While I don't believe in #9, the rest could be helpful.

Do you Pinterest? Earlier this week I asked if Pinterest was killing creativity. I would love to hear your opinion!

Have a great weekend! I will see you tomorrow for What I Wore!

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Is Pinterest Killing Creativity?

This was the topic in a segment on my favorite local lifestyle show today. Here is the video if you want to watch it:



(Here is a link to the video in case the the embedded version doesn't work.)

The TV show also took comments on their Facebook page. I didn't read all of the comments but it seemed that the majority of people commented that "no" they didn't think Pinterest killed creativity. A common thread in these comments was that these women felt that they weren't creative and needed Pinterest to give them help and ideas. I just don't agree that there is anyone out there who isn't creative. We may all be creative in different ways, but creative nonetheless:

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.

"Everyone can create. You don’t need money, position, or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty." (Read more here.)

I wonder if Pinterest is becoming an excuse for people not to create. They don't need to think of their own ideas because it's so easy just to jump on Pinterest and find a good one. I know I have done that.



But at the same time, Pinterest can teach skills that are necessary for creating. And using an idea as a jumping off point and making it your own IS creative.

Pinterest has helped me be much more creative with my closet. I love looking for outfits with similar colors or pieces that I have in my closet and using them as a jumping off point. Sometimes I will have a pinned outfit in the back of my head when I get dressed. It comes out looking nothing like the photo, but was inspiration nonetheless.

For crafts and other DIY projects, I have found both skills and inspiration, but I am a little more likely to straight up copy the project here. But not always. I found the instructions for the hex nut bracelet on Pinterest and followed them pretty much exactly, but was creative in the way that I made the clasp.




The main problem I find with Pinterest (for me) is the amount of wasted time. I don't spend hours and hours and I follow very few people, but if I used all the time I spent looking at Pinterest (and blogs for that matter) in my craft room/kitchen/closet I would have created so much more and probably felt much more accomplished. As the above artwork suggests, it gives me a false sense of creativity.



Is Pinterest like a magazine in that it makes us feel bad about ourselves, our clothes, our homes, our talents?

CONCLUSION: I certainly won't be stopping my use of Pinterest anytime soon! I just make sure that I limit my time on the site and don't let it limit my creativity! (See my boards here!)

What do you think? I would love to hear your opinion! Leave a comment below!

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Friday, February 24, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins

Happy Friday friends! Here are some of the fun and pretty things I have found lately. Enjoy! I hope you are inspired!




I love all of the fresh and pretty colors. Just looking at these images is inspiring. And mouthwatering.



On the topic of color... I love orange!! This is a great image! I started a new pin board this week solely dedicated to color.



I made this for dinner this week and it was AMAZING and DELICIOUS! Oh baby if you like balsamic vinegar give it a try. Very easy and very tasty!



What a creative and "green" way to wrap a gift!

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Friday, February 17, 2012

These are a Few of My Favorite Pins



I haven't done a lot of card making lately, but this one inspires me to get cracking!



I love the fun colors and shapes of this garland.




Closet door painted as a phone booth in a super hero room. Too cute!

Source: jcrew.com via Aubree on Pinterest



Pretty sure I posted similar pants in the last edition of this post. It's a sign that I must have some for this spring. I think this J Crew pair is a bit out of my price range but I will keep an eye out!



Four ideas on how to turn a closet into an office. I don't really have need of this now but pinned it just for future reference just in case.

Have a great weekend everyone! It's a long one for me! I hope you get to do something creative!

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