Dinner TONIGHT v.1

 

 

DINNER TONIGHT:

mini breakfast pizza's! =) eek!

I'm so excited to try these. Once or twice a month I try to do breakfast for dinner, as a nice change.

 

http://pinterest.com/pin/281475045432148458/

 

 

Thanks to InspiredByCharm for the recipe! I'll let you know if it's a hit or miss!

Pins I'm lovin

 

 

Hi, my name is Stephanie,

and I'm a pin-aholic. ^_^

 

 

Pinterest is the website I've waited for my whole life. My husband loves it b/c now I'm not spending as much money on magazines, and I don't have clippings scattered all over the place for my "ideas." Don't get me wrong, I still have my "dream book", a binder with all my house sketches, ideas, pictures, and crafts... but this website is just phenomenal. I've been trying to give more control for my pins, and actually DOING the pins I've saved rather than just pinning everything and letting them sit. Here are a few pins I'm super excited about this month, either for my October "to do" list or just an exciting find!

 

 

Cute Fall Things:

 

12 Toddler Fall Crafts from Toddler Approved.

 

 

How to keep your pumpkins longer! =) from myscienceproject

 

 

 

Make a paper bag pumpkin (how country-esque, love it) from Someday Crafts

 

 

Good To Know Tips:

 

 



Homemade Hair Detangler from LifeLoveLarson's Blog

 

 

Love Actually has some adorable Date Night Ideas. It's harder for me to think about dates when it's getting colder, and I get tired easy of the default dinner&movie thing ;)

 

 

Food & Drinks To Try:

 

 



Betty Crocker's Mini Chicken Pot Pies... HELLO! so cute and perfect for a fall get-together too!

 

 

Nutmeg Nanny's (how cute is that blog name?) delicious Honey crisp Apple Sangria...
fall, in a nice toxicated glass!!!! ;)

 

 

 

What are some of your favorite pins this month? Anything you've already done for the fall season that was pin-inspired? Let me know in a comment! I'd love to see what everyone is working on!

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 







 



Galaxy Nails

^click to make bigger!

I've seen these floating around pinterest and have wanted to try them for awhile now. The only problem is, when it comes to something this intricate---I need NO distractions. So I got up at a decent time, made a huge breakfast, and while the kiddo was distracted with that food I snuck off to my nail guinea pig-my mother's roomate Dee. =)

The technique used was taking makeup facial sponges (found at the dollar tree for a nice big pack - they're shaped like triangles), putting different blots of 'space' paint (dark blue, purple, teal, and a nice dark silvery grey), "stamping" the sponge into that and then rolling the sponge onto nails that already have a black base-coat on. This stamping effect is nice because it blends it so nicely and dries faster than the usual paint-by-brush way. For more detailed instructions on using sponges for nails, check out this pin *here*  from Laynie's Fingers Blog =) 

So after I rolled on the lovely colors, I went thru and blotted the blue, purple, and teal into certain areas that I wanted to have a more bold color. Let that dry, and then taking a nice chunky gold top coat, do little random areas in the gold. No need to be perfect, the galaxy isn't cookie-cutter shape! Take a toothpick and a super glittery silvery and make little "stars." To add contrast, I added little "star" dots mainly in the gold areas to let them show thru. It would be fun to do mini-constellations as well!

Let me know if you've done "galaxy" nails before, or were inspired by this post! Link back to me, let me know! =)