Challenging Domesticity

Confession #2 I am domestically challenged.. when it comes to cooking, cleaning, I didn't have the finest example growing up, so I am self-taught and learning new things everyday, this week I challenged myself more by making new recipes I found on pinterest...

This story will be told in Two chapters.. Chapter ONE:
The Enchiladapocalypse..

 I found a recipe for white chicken enchiladas, seemed easy enough, but after I created the rue (french term for flour and butter sauce base) everything sorta went downhill from there.. I didn't let the sauce thicken, I think I was concentrating more on why my then boyfriend was taking so long to come over and worrying that he was in an accident than I was on making this sauce.. so alas, the sauce was thin and the consistency of the final product was BLEGH. HOWEVER this story does have a happy ending.. I ended up bringing the enchiladas over to my boyfriend's house and he ended up proposing to me..

DISCLAIMER: WHITE CHICKEN ENCHILADAS WITH THIN SAUCE DOES NOT ALWAYS RESULT IN MARRIAGE PROPOSALS.
anyway here's the documentation of the baking..etc.. followed by a picture of my engagement ring AND the link to the enchiladas (supposedly they are supposed to be really good if you make them correctly)

LINK TO ENCHILADAS

Chapter two of my Kitchen endeavors is called TAQUITORGASM

Despite my kitchen failure with the enchiladas, my lovely fiance allowed me to cook for him again... this time I took on another recipe for creamy chicken taquitos.. the description itself made my mouth water... and let's just say this time I did it right and my fiances response after taking his first bite: "So are you going to cater our wedding?" LOL needless to say they were AMAZING! I need to mention that I forgot one ingredient at the grocery store, so even though the recipe calls for green onions, it's safe to say the recipe is amazing even without them.. go figure.. also I came up with my own recipe for guacamole.. here it is.

ONE LARGE AVOCADO

1tbs green salsa

1tsp garlic salt

1/3 tsp chili powder

1tbs lime juice..

MIX IT UP.. it was delicious, let me know how you like it if you try it :)

recipe

and just to be crafty I made a couple things that weren't pins.. this week but just thought I would share them one is a crochet headband for my daughter's teacher and the other is a valentines garland made of felt.

AND I tried another hairstyle! Yup I did.. I may be getting better at this whole style thing.. not sure... but I found a pin for 15 alternative bun hairstyles for moms.. and since I have been in a mom hair "rut" for sometime I pinned this site and it was amazing!! This specific hairstyle is the something "tuck" can't remember.. but feel free to explore the site! It's amazing!

Hair style how tos:

Happy pinning Everyone!

Seeing Hearts

So I told you in a previous post that there would be more yarn hearts and alas this post has come.

The line doesn't stop here though.

I have found many patterns for hearts on pinterest and have been saving them all in my "yarntastic" board.
And today or tonight I should say, I gave them a whirl...

Voila!

A

B

C

D

   In Hindsight I missed the mark on Heart D and perhaps should go back and try again, it's the smallest of the hearts and was recommended as a cute bobby pin accessory or as my boyfriend adorably calls them (bobbing pins).

Heart C was a UK pattern that I had to translate into US, which was new but a great learning process and I like the off kilter shape.

Heart B was the easiest to make, I highly recommend it, I used too big of a hook, it's supposed to be tighter, and when it is, it looks glorious!

Heart A is one heart of a garland pattern, more are to come, it's the most intricate but also the most aesthetically pleasing in my opinion.

AROUND THE HOUSE:

and just for kicks I also (this week) took some advice from one of the pins in my Organizing 101 Board and did this trick to organize my scarves! (shower rings and hangers were only 99 cents at the dollar tree! SCORE!)

Perhaps I need more scarves??? CROCHET TIME!!!

Until next time: Happy Pinning!

A Tangled Mess

Ok Confession, I am horrible at anything beauty related. Hair, Make-up, Clothes.. You name it! I am aesthetically challenged in those departments. But since this blog is a journey of trying new things, I couldn't leave out the hairstyles and beauty part of pinterest now could I?

Ok OK so it's 2:00 in the morning and I told myself I wouldn't sleep until I got the Fishtail braid right. I have three how-to links pinned to "beauty fun" pinboard and I still had to try like 6 times to get it close to being right. I think I overthought it too much. Maybe. I also am tired... but anyway here is a journey in pictures followed by some helpful links to get it right. The first ones you see are my attempts and the last picture you see is the point where I was "close enough" to stop trying.. for now... I will keep you posted more on my progress later.

Voila.

Here are the links

LINK 1

LINK 2

LINK 3

Happy Braiding ya'll. Until Next Time. Erin Out! 

A Tale of Two Yarns.

So I LOVE to Crochet, I follow all kinds of Crochet pinboards on Pinterest. Lately I've been learning how to crochet hearts, one pattern you can see I succeeded in in the previous posting.

Another Pattern I really liked, I came to find out was in some Slavic language, I took it to google translate and the translated pattern SEEMED doable... but turns out, they have different lingo for crocheting there and half way through the project I got Lost.... This was the result:

SAY WHAT?
This was supposed to be the end result:Pretty Heart

Alas that didn't work out, however my daughter's "Baby" Named "Baby" has been naked for sometime so I found an awesome pattern for an infant dress to dress her in, and succeeded in making it. HINT: the pattern calls for 3oz of yarn, but in actuality it took about 6oz. 

I made her a matching headband too! Message me if you'd like a pattern to the headband, The dress pattern can be found  

HERE

And with some of the left over yarn, I made my cat a Toy :)

Now I know what you're thinking.. What's for Lunch?? Well, I found a splendid and easy recipe that I absolutely HAD to try. It had three of my favorite things in it.. what is it? Well I will tell you, Mozarella, Avocado and Tomato Salad.... Delicious AND healthy!

RECIPE HERE!

Now I have two cats, Juliet and Jubilee, and between the two of them and my two year old sometimes my apartment begins to smell a little funky... so I found this awesome Idea on pinterest where you put whole coffee beans in bowls with tea lights and the fire from the tea light makes the coffee smell spread wonderfully. I went to my local grocery store and poured myself some vanilla coffee beans, and at Joanne's they were selling cheap heart shaped bowls for valentines day, so I bought TWO. The end result is splendid, my apartment is now festive and smelling like a vanilla latte.. MMMM!!!

THE PIN!

Stay tuned: coming up next week, more yarn hearts, a craft made from oatmeal cylinders, and special Valentines day treats!

Getting Pinterested; The Beginning.

  Now that I have graduated College and am currently and unemployed stay at home (single) Mom, I need to find something to do with myself so I don't go crazy thinking about the prospects and the future and fiscal things..etc. I have recently broken up with Facebook and Married Pinterest.

  If you don't know what that means. It's ok. Don't worry about it.

  Every day I have pinning dozens upon dozens of craft projects. DIY projects, homemade treasures, recipes etc. And to motivate myself to do those things I have additionally begun this blog.

  Every week I will document the project(s) that I have taken upon myself to learn and do from pinterest.com.

Please feel free to follow me and cheer me on.

  So far I have tried new hairstyles, learned how to crochet hearts, and made a fabric canvas with button embellishment. And I haven't even had pinterest for two weeks yet. OH MY! This is gonna be fun!

Boho Hairstyle

Crochet Heart

Fun Hair style.

The Inspiration