Pinning with Purpose | Week 6

I'm a bit frustrated right now because my computer won't open PhotoShop so I had to use an online program I'm less familiar with to prepare the photos for this post. I'm hoping the hubby can find a remedy for this issue. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!! On the bright side, it's time for another edition of Pinning with Purpose.

Each week, I pick out a few pins from my Pinterest boards and try to recreate them or use them for inspiration. And, I challenge you to do the same. Find a pin that gets your creative juices going; be it a recipe, style inspiration, or organizational tip and run with it. I encourage you to share your results on your blog and then link it up here.

Before we get into my own pins and results, let me thank the following ladies for linking up this past week.

• Jenna at The Painted Apron with her Hawaiian Chicken Kababs with Smoked Sausage, Peaches, and Apricots.
• Lorraine at We are Clamco for sharing her Scrabble Tile Coasters.
• Lynda of Fresh Baked Designs shared her Cupcake Surprises as well as her Appliqued Tea Towels and Napa Valley Chicken Salad.

Thank you so much for joining in the fun!

Over this week, I worked on the following: (Please make sure you pin from the ORIGINAL source and not from here.)

Quiche with hashbrown crust from Joyful Homemaking off my Breakfast Board

I used these three necklaces from my Jewelry Board as inspiration for my own assemblage piece:

Mementos Narrative Necklace from Something Sublime

Healing Amulet Necklace from MaggieZees Etsy Shop

Chinese Bronze Repro Coin Amulet Necklace also from Maggie Zee

Lastly, I wanted to make an alternative craft supply

Stamps from styrofoam from Alisa Burke off my Good Ideas Board.

Here's how each of these turned out for me.

The Quiche with Hashbrown Crust came together pretty easily. I was able to get all the other ingredients together (including cooking the bacon) while the oven pre-heated and the hashbrown crust cooked.

It was really good too! I might cook the crust just a little bit longer next time as it wasn't as crispy as I would have liked, but I'm pretty sure that's my oven's fault and not the recipe. It was a perfect breakfast for the kickoff to the first weekend of college football.

I've loved the dangly assemblage-style necklaces for a while and have quite a few pinned. It was about time I tackled making a similar one myself. First, I studied the inspirations I had from both Something Sublime and MaggieZee's blog and Etsy Shop. After than, I started by pillaging my stash for a ring-like base.

Once I chose a ring base, I made the pendant from a variety of charms, beads, and other materials.

Last came the chain of the necklace using beads, wire, and a bit of chain.

While inspired by MaggieZee and Deryn, I took my own spin on the style and came up with something I'm really happy with. It's both romantic and funky, just like me.

For my last trick, I made stamps on Styrofoam. I drew (poorly) shapes onto some bits of Styrofoam from a take-out container.

I simply painted on some acrylic paints and tested them on scrap paper.

You want to use a nice, even layer of paint and apply even pressure over the whole styrofoam piece if you want a crisp image. This method is perfect for transferring an image in a quick and easy manner. I don't even care if it's a bit sloppy.

Next week is a little crazy, so I'm only going to aim for two pins.

• Dark Chocolate Greek Yogurt Fruit Dip from Cook the Story off my Healthy-er Eats board
• Beaded Toggle and Bar Clasp Tutorial from Beading Gem off my Jewelry Tutorials board

I'd love for you to link up what you've made from your Pinterest board inspirations also!

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