Very First Pinny Party!

I hosted my very first Pinny Party!

What's a Pinny Party???

It's a party where all of your Pinterest Pals 

get together & create 

If you have been obsessing about Pinterest for as long as I have,

you know you have a board of crap that you want to create!

Well, we actually did it

We had been talking about it for a while

and I finally made it happen

Here's what you can do to make your Pinny Party happen too!!

FIRST:  Pick a project

You know there are things you have that you are just dying to make

You know it maybe something with mason jars or burlap or both

and certainly glue guns are involved

Here's where we started:

http://www.thenshemade.com/2011/01/pink-pink-you-stink.html

We wrote up a list of supplies & sent everyone on their way to gather up all they needed

Many emails went back & forth about what supplies to get etc.

In the end we all came up with unique to us versions of the board we wanted to make.

Second: Pick a date, time & place

So we all came together on a Saturday night at my house to get our "craft on"

Third: Plan a menu

In addition to "amazing stuff I want to create" boards 

I also have "amazing stuff i want to eat & drink" boards too

I chose 2

Cake Batter Truffles

found here

http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/03/cake-batter-truffles.html

Strawberry Mojitos 

found here

http://kokocooks.blogspot.com/2011/03/strawberry-mojitos.html

although I was the only one who indulged in the strawberry mojitos "salad" drink

(I added way toooo many mint leaves)

Fourth:  Get your craft on

 We headed up to my craft space to get the party started

So the honest truth-

this was pretty adventurous project to make in one night

I don't think any of us finished in one sitting

With a room full of this many creative women it was great to

bounce ideas off of each other

We had a lot of laughs

We definitely wanted to pick another project and do it again

The most common phrases of the night were

"I saw it on PINTEREST"

OR

"Well if you were on PINTEREST you would have seen it"

(one of us wasn't on Pinterest at the time)

"OWWWWW"

or

"Mother f@*(!$*@, SH*t, Son of a B*tch" 

when we burned ourselves with the glue guns

More Ttuths:

This is what mine looked like at the end of the night

This is what mine still looks like

Will post pics as soon as I am done

In 6 months, I am sure!

BUT Here is K's

GORGEOUS!

She ended up using elmers glue to finish it!  LOL

Here is A's

It was an amazing night

we all had a blast

We are in the planning stages of party number 2

and I am thinking of starting a 

Pinny Party blog too!

Let me know if I have inspired you to start your own party!

It looks like Christmas around here!

Can't believe it's that time of the year already!

Christmas for me  has always been so exciting and joyous!

I love listening to the music, seeing all the lights up around the neighborhood.

I love any excuse to eat drink and be merry

Unfortunately I sometimes get into the mode of being completely stressed out, wanting things to be perfect; never feeling like there is time to do all the baking  the decor and the entertaining that I want to do.

I do LOVE decorating the tree & I have an obsession 

with ornaments & decor

Almost every piece of decor that goes out has a story

I love telling the girls about the history of the person that gave me a Christmas trinket or the story of how it came to be in our collection of Christmas Favorites!

Here are some of the treasures we have collected 

over the years and the stories that go with them

This is a 2 Tiered Tray 

that I picked up at Suzanna's Antiques Store

I love that it is crazy green & not traditionally Christmas 

The ornaments are a hodge podge of vintage, pinks & silvers with some silver disco balls thrown it

Glitter santa hats

These were such a steal from Walmart last season (2010)

I don't think I paid more than a dollar for the hats ( all 4)

The "WISH" Plaque too

Precious moments Nativity

 since we have been married I have collected pieces to the 

Precious Moments Nativity

The first year we were married we were given Mary, Joseph & Baby Jesus.

over the years Ebay & Craigslist have helped my collection grow

Ballard Designs Stockings

These are from Ballard Designs (i think it was 2009?)

I want my house to be decorated in everything from their catalogue

I drool over each page

I love these stockings

They make me so happy!

My friend Debbie designed this plate & surprised me by sending me one

I love it so much

Contact Debbie at Debbies Doodads

SPCA of Wake County

Riley is our sweet pup

She is the absolute love of my life

We rescued her from the 

SPCA of Wake County 

in September of 2005

It was a few months after we put down our 

regal old man

Randy

I was so not ready to get a new dog 

but Joe dragged me against my will to the 

SPCA & when I saw this face looking back at me, 

I knew I found her!  

The SPCA has made a video

a lip dub

It is the best, check it out below!

If you are thinking about getting a dog or any animal

think about a shelter first

there are so many who need homes!

70's Playlist

I am a child of the 70's

I was born in the 60's

1966 to be exact!

Music has always been & always will be a major influence in my life

It is always playing in my mind

I can think of a song to fit most situations or events in my life

There is always a soundtrack playing for me!

Here are some that remind me of my childhood-

Maxine Nightingale

Jackson 5 

Check out Bill Cosby in this clip, nice du

Love the Jackson 5 outfits, stylin'

Kinda sad to think of how MJ's life changed so dramatically

Elton John & Ki Ki Dee

Bay City Rollers

The Carpenters...my first concert, yeah, that's right!

James Taylor

And of course, the Beatles

Let It Be

(don't just ignore the foreign writing, this is a great version of the song)

this is what is for dinner tonight

This is a recipe I found on

Pinterest

It is Mongolian Beef

It is delicious

Everyone in my family eats it

Winning

I serve it over brown rice & broccoli or asian style veggies

Love

Source: pinkbites.com via Tracey on Pinterest

Pinterest

  Pinterest

This is my latest obsession

It is crazy

It's like a virtual bulletin board for all things you love, want to create, dream about, eat, read, & laugh at!


It is a black hole time sucker
don't tell me I didn't warn you!


Have fun & happy pinning!

Teach Me How To Dougie

So I was having a pity party today

really nothing earth shattering

just really nothing at all

I sent an email to all my girls for moral support

In my list of complaints I listed that I was upset

that I didn't know how to Dougie

(this really isn't something to be upset about,

I was trying to be funny &

make fun of the list of nothingness that I was upset about)

to my surprise all my besties did not know what it meant

to dougie

so if my peeps don't know what it means

to dougie

then it is my obligation to show the

very small list of followers of

BellaSky Readers

what it means

to dougie!

So here is how the whole

Dougie thing happened in my world

This song started playing on the radio

at minute marker 0:44 ish is when bruno mentions

"...turn on MTV so they can teach me how to Dougie..."

Dougie?

I asked

what's that

I want MTV to teach me too

So then I found this

and this

And that's how learning how to Dougie became a life mission for me

And now you are all informed

you're welcome!