One-A-Week-Wednesday with Pinterest

Hello! Happy mid week! How's it flowin'? I decided to get a little adventurous and try something I never would have. We turned bar soap into liquid soap, and it was fun!

The lovely pick (as well as photo above) comes from a blog I just found out about via the magic of pinterest! The Farmer's Nest gave pretty great instructions, so I won't be repetitive and break down the deets, but I will tell you what I learned.

We used a bar of soap we had hanging around. I think it had glycerine in it. We followed the instructions and the funny part was, well, yea, I am going to just tell ya. So the recipe calls for liquid glycerin. I looked for it in the band aid isle as recommended. Welp, the fine folks at CVS did help me fine it, just not in the band aid isle. In the laxative isle. In the form of a butt injection thingie. For when you need to poop. I bought it anyway. Glycerine is glycerine, right?

Anywho, it worked just like instructed except ours had this snot like consistency. I think there was too much glycerin. I ordered some Mrs. Meyers soap bars to try again. We got about a gallon of totally usable soap. I added a little scented oil to give it an extra kick. Love it! Totally want to make more household cleaning stuff!

So, what did you get into this week? Share! 

One-A-Week-Wednesday with Pinterest

Welcome to our first one-a-week-wednesday! Did you guess from this post what project we picked?!

Yep! The winner is the fuzzy chair. Or if we are going to be classy, we are DIYing a sheepskin chair. Well, faux sheepskin. I just had to! It was quick, simple, and gratifying! The picture was pinned from this lovely site I discovered, care of Pinterest. 

She's pretty, eh? So let's see how we did. As with every project we like to be inspired  by things we see, and add our own twist and make it ours. 

We started with an old chair, I have no idea where it came from. We painted it basic white from a cheap spray paint can.

That was ther "hard" part. Painting and waiting for it to dry. Don't you love this project? Next we grabbed some small white nails we had on hand and secured a faux sheepskin Ikea rug we got for $10 to the shape of the chair. 

So, what did we accomplish?

After working on her in the kitchen, we moved her into her home in the front hall. We like here there a lot. It's a perfect place to put shoes on and take them off, and drop my bag when I walk in the front door. Who thought a DIY sheepskin chair would be part of our decor?

And what's up for next week? Maybe you can help us decide! 

Have you wrapped up a DIY project inspired by something you pinned on Pinterest? Link up and share!

Introducing, One-A-Week-Wednesday

Yes! Finally! I am committing to a schedule more and more in my old age, and Wednesday is the mother of all awsomeness for me now. I will be obligated to, get this, do something I have pinned on Pinterest. Yep. It's my job people. Remember back in the Summer how Katie from Bower Power kicked off the Pinterest Challenege with Myself, Emily Henderson, and Young House Love? If you need to get up to date, check out the video below.

Also check out their Winter Pinterest Challenge if you haven't already! Anywho...

Inspired by these past events, I decided to self proclaim a pinterst challenge weekly, to myself. Hence, One-A-Week-Wednesday. I have pinned over 200 DIY ideas, projects and inspiration on my "Let's Make Something" board and have only accomplished one. Guess which one? The chalkboard fridge from the Pinterest Challenge! Yep!

Some projects are big (like huge-big), some are tiny. Some have more of a home ec thing going on, and other are puppy related.  Want to guess what we are working on for next week?

One of these guys got us thinking, and we are working on getting her done! I love a good schedule and am so excited to have a "mandatory" DIY project on our plates that's fun and inspired by other talents. We have a lot of not-so-creative projects going on around here, and this will spice reno up a bit!