By now I am sure that most of you guys are pretty familiar with
Pinterest. If you are not than stop reading and head immediately over
HERE and get acquainted with the phenomenon that is pinning favorite images, crafts, recipes really anything you would put on an inspiration board that you find around the web virtually knowing that you will be able to find it again...and you can see what your friends are pinning too! It is the best kind of addiction and I am sure many of you are just as hooked as I am!
My sister in law
Jenny is also pretty in love with Pinterest and when she called me a few weeks ago with the brilliant idea to throw a Pinterest Party I was super excited to see what she would come up with. It was so much fun and really the perfect little party to host yourself this holiday season so Jenny was excited to let me share all about it here in hopes that you might want to throw one too!
First things first she sent out an evite to all of her friends (in real life) who are users of Pinterest. After we accepted she created a shared pin board that all of us would be able to use to pin the projects we were thinking of bringing. Jenny asked that each of us would choose a favorite project found via Pinterest or a favorite recipe - this is a tiny sampling of what everyone brought. Check out the full board
HERE!
When we arrived there were stations ready for each of us to set up our projects. We were instructed to bring enough to make four of the craft we chose one for yourself and then for three others. Then we all got to draw two projects from a hat (three if you brought a food item) that way it was a lottery choosing who got to do what. We could trade if there was something we really had our eye on and a lot of us brought enough supplies to do some extra so it seemed like everyone there was really excited and happy with what they got to make!
Jenny also provided the supplies for everyone to make and take home one of
these t-shirt scarves it was sort of like Christmas to be honest :).
Our pin board on the big screen for all of us to access if need be.
I brought fabric wrapped bangles - a fun and easy diy!
Amazing feather earring demonstration.
A personal favorite project, the yarn wrapped jars and bottles. So festive and easy!!
And all the while we got to snack on yummy treats like the chubby hubby bars, mini pizzas, chicken tortilla soup, bread pudding...everything was wonderful!
It was such a blessing to be with so many wonderful, creative, generous women yesterday. Such a nice little break from the craziness that is my day to day reality with three wild kids. I left with special treasures I had created with friends, a full heart and tons more inspiration to get me into the holiday mood. Thanks Jenny!
So what about you have you been to a Pinterest Party yet? Do you think you would consider throwing one yourself? Leave any questions for Jenny or myself in the comment section!
Have a wonderful Monday friends...and I WILL be back with my
Ten on Ten favorites too I promise. Just so much good stuff to see but I am almost done!
xoxo
