a few days late and my pinterest attempts...

So, my post for the beginning of the week is a little late (hello Friday!) because on Monday I snagged myself a MacBook.....and have slowly (and mostly unsuccessfully) been learning how to use it.  I think [keyword think] that I have figured out how to at least get on here so I can throw a post up pretty fast, but we'll see how that works for the long haul.

Last weekend, I spent a bunch of time playing on Pinterest and then pulling together some Pinterest-inspired crafts and kitchen creations for the catechist brunch that we throw at work every Epiphany.  

My one Pinterest Success:  Instead of purchasing gifts this year, I made outdoor seed ornaments for everyone, and packaged them up all pretty.  Trevor was all about helping until he realized that it meant he had to get his hands covered in a gelatin/flour/birdseed mess.  Child does not like to get his hands dirty, so that lasted about five minutes.  Wait, I mean, child does not like to get his hands, or anything else on his person, dirty unless he isn't supposed to be dirty.  Then we may as well call him Pigpen.  I digress....Our ornaments were inspired by this and came out looking like this:

I like it.

For the brunch portion of the event, I decided I wanted to contribute a DIY waffle bar to the morning.  Great in theory, not so much when you want to feed 15 people with one waffle iron.  Inspiration came from here.

Lessons learned, have multiple irons, as pre-cooking waffles for many does not ensure the best waffle in the world.
Red Velvet waffles are amazing.
Don't run out of time, because then the brown paper only serves the purpose of protecting your table linens from red velvet batter spills (helloooooo stains).  Cute-ness and genius factor is not fully achieved unless you have written on the brown paper.

A good time was had by all.  Except for Amy who had to cook all the waffles solo while I was in Mass, without setting off a fire alarm.  Mea culpa.


.....off to transform myself from cardigan loving mom of two, to cocktail attired classy lady ready for a night out.  We'll see how that goes.