MAY DAYS: March 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Bunny Pancakes

Yes we did! We made Bunny Pancakes!

These are too cute and too fun to make!

Spoon the pancake batter onto to griddle in
( your favorite recipe or mine)

the sizes needed; small, medium and larger

circles for the head, body and feet.

Oblong shape for the ears. Assemble adding

banana slices for the paws and mini

chocolate chips for the toes. Make a tail

with a dollop of whipped cream.

Then fuzz it up with coconut if you have it.

Cheers!

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Monday, March 30, 2015

17 Coffee Table Styling Ideas

The coffee table in the family room gets

rearranged, restyled and tweeked a lot!

Here's what I have now...transitioning

to Spring. I like to change the vignettes on

the coffee table with the

seasons and holidays.

Here's one for Easter.

This was Valentine's Day.
The heart breadboard DIY is HERE.

Blue and white for Winter.

The wood tray DIY is HERE.

You'll see that I used this tray a lot!

Moving into Spring.

Another bread board DIY.

Time to add a Spring bunny.

Blue and white for Summer

Baskets and beans for Fall.

Red for February.

Summer shells

Fall colors

A Summer look.

This post also has one of my most

viewed recipes...LEMON BROWNIES,

I call LEMONIES.

Another Easter-Spring vignette.

Cool blues for Summer.

The button band around the plant

is cut from am old denim shirt I had

cut up for a rag wreath.

Beginning of Fall.

The DIY for this custom wine barrel

tray is HERE.

Another version of early Fall.

Summer rattan and shells.

I'm going to play around with my 'stuff'
and see what new I can come up with today.

Cheers!

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

6 Tips To Alphabetize and Organize Your Pinterest Boards

It's so much easier to find a board I'm looking

for now that I've alphabetized my 185 boards.

1. ALPHABETIZE: Go to your Pinterest site. Take your mouse and move your cursor over any board you want to move. The hand icon will appear. Left click on it and hold it down while you drag it to the spot you want. If you have lots of boards to scroll past, it will be easier if you scroll up through your boards with your right hand until you find the spot you want to drop it. Then drag the board using your left hand to that spot. It will shift the boards on each side out of the way. Unclick the mouse and release the board. I had to try this a few times to get the hang of it.

2. SUBDIVIDE BOARDS: Once you have too many pins in one board it's time to create sub categories. Keep the first word consistent. My Christmas board was filled beyond capacity. I couldn't find anything. Now I have Christmas-Crafts, Christmas-Ornaments, Christmas-Decor, etc. I did the same with recipes. Subdivide!

3. COVER PHOTO: Use a good cover photo. Again, it's easier to find my "Hearts" board because there's a big heart cover photo. Change your cover photo using the edit board's icon.

4. DELETE DUPES: Pinterest now lets you know if you've already pinned something, but
if you've been pinning since the beginning, you'll need to weed out the duplicate pins.

5. MOVE PINS IN WRONG CATEGORY: Hit the edit icon in the pin to move it where it belongs. I find strays all the time. It's a pinning in a hurry thing.

6. DELETE PINS & BOARDS: Yes, some gotta go! Change the title of the boards that are not working for you too. This is an ongoing process. A little at a time.

You can follow my boards HERE or click on the Pinterest widget on the right.

Happy Pinning!

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