Sisters Share It All: Pinterest Challenge Wrap Up (Part 4)

And here we are with our last check in on the Pinterest Challenge!  I was a little more prepared this time, and got my last 3 projects whipped out! It has been so fun seeing many of your project reports in the last few weeks!  

1.  Hand painted Sewing accessories jars.  The painting was a little spotty... I used the Martha Stewart glass paint, but had a really hard time getting it to go on smoothly with a brush.  I should have sprayed it on, but in the end, I gave up and painted it with craft paint and finished it with the Martha Stewart satin finish.  I ended up being very please with this project, mostly because it eliminated the pile of scissors, thread and pins sitting on my windowsill!  Now it looks lovely and organized!  I might add a skinny glass pencil holder when I get around to it... 

2.  My sailor inspired look:

shirt: gap; pants: h&m; necklace: francesca's; shoes: gift from mom

 3.  Snail-print peplum shirt:  This was, by far, my most intimidating and time consuming project.  I loosely patterned it based off of a shirt that I own, but made up all the peplum/pleat patterns, as well as the sleeve.  Overall, it was very fun to make, although a little frustrating in some parts!  I love how bright and summery it turned out!  I can't wait to wear it!

shirt: made by me; jeans: kohl's; shoes: gift from mom; purse: kate spade; earrings: kendra scott

If you missed them take a look at my Pinterest Challenge posts part 1, part 2 and part 3!

Check out Janssen and Merrick's Pinterest Challenge Wrap Up posts!  

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Pinterest Challenge (Part 3)

And we are back with part 3 of the Pinterest Challenge!  We each picked 6 pins that we want  to create, wear, cook, etc., and over 6 weeks, we are going to do them and report our progress.  I did two here, and these last two weeks, I didn't finish my other project... so you get 1 pin update (hooray for under-achieving!)!  I made this fabulous galette, with this tasty crust.  I loved it, because it was a fancy-looking dessert, but it was not super sweet, nor did it feel as unhealthy as say, my favorite brownie recipe.  It also lasted 2 days, which surprised me, but it was quite good day 2.  Just for the record. 

Check out Janssen and Merrick's Pinterest Challenge updates!

          

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