Welcome to the Very First Pinned It, Made It! Link Party!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Pinned It, Made It! Party is hosted by Myself here on Finding my way, and my Bloggy BFF's Meig and Brandi, of Crafty Girl Squared! On tuesdays I will be posting my top picks from the link ups! Meig and Brandi will also be … [Read more...]

  I love baking bread! There is something so homey about the smells while its baking and the taste with just a little butter melting on a still warm slice. But anyone who has ever made bread from scratch knows that its no easy task. With all the mixing, kneading, rising, kneading again… its an all … [Read more...]

  I found the pattern for this flower hexagon on Pinterest (by Heidi from Heidi Bears) and I fell in Love! The directions for the hexagon were really easy, but I had trouble with the “join as you go” part of the instructions, so I simply made a whole bunch of hexagons and slip stitched them … [Read more...]

  I love productive days! I really do!! But then again, who wouldn’t? I guess I love them so much because, for me, productive days seem to be few and far between. One of the biggest struggles with having Ulcerative Colitis is the utter exhaustion I battle most days. Part of it is a side effect of … [Read more...]

I’m so excited :)Jumping up and down in my chair Happy!Today I finally get to tell you about the Link Party that has been in the works for the past little bit :)Introducing (drum roll please!)………………………………… This is a link Party specifically for projects inspired by Pinterest!If you've pinned it and … [Read more...]

  No don’t worry… this isn’t turning into a wedding blog, but I am getting married soon (YAY! So excited) and I"’ve been looking to pinterest for some inspiration. I love the look of feathers and burlap. Not sure if Mule would wear one like this… but I’m just might make it and see. I ADORE this … [Read more...]

  I recently purchased a pdf file of a Wicked Awesome personal planner/agenda… There are lots of pages to print, and of course 2/3’s of the way through I run out of ink… so I trim them to fit the binder I have. Then I go to punch holes in them only to discover that the hole punch I have doesn’t … [Read more...]

  I recently pinned some adorable Chevron cards that were the inspiraton for these… It was a little more time consuming that I expected, but I do like the way they turned out. With a little more practice they’ll look even better! The green and blue thank you card is a little more my personal style … [Read more...]

  … To show you some of the Awesome (if I say so myself) things I made for Christmas Presents :) Yayyyyyyy I made a camera strap cover for my sister Emily. She just got a sweet camera this year and has a wicked eye for photography! This will dress up and add a little more comfort to her camera :) I … [Read more...]

  Opps… I forgot a semi-resolution! I’m going to be putting more effort into focusing on One or Two projects at a time. I suffer from Craft ADD… like really! I’ve usually got 53 projects going on at one time! Kind of drives my brain insane lol. For example… Right now I am working on making my … [Read more...]

  It’s a new Day! It’s a new Dawn! It’s a new life, for me! And I’m feeling good! :) I didn’t get the midnight count down I had in mind, but never the less, 2012 has arrived. I am determined to not let the slightly “off” start to this year set the tone for the rest of it! With that in mind here are … [Read more...]

  Life was quite topsy turvey for the first few months of 2011. At the beginning of January I was diagnosed with sever ulcerative colitis (click here to learn more about this disease). I was sick… and I mean really sick. I spent half of December at my mom’s house, just so that there were people to … [Read more...]