Join the Pinterest Challenge!!!

I linked up my bunting birthday invite today!

Check out the deets in this post. You have all week to link your Pinterest inspired projects to Young House Love, Bower Power, Style by Emily Henderson, or Making a House a Home. Also click on these links to see their cool projects and the bazillion other amazing DIYs that are linked up.

I have a personal rule with link parties that I like to follow to make sure that I read other posts. In addition to clicking on any cool project that I see when scanning the linked thumbnails, I also ALWAYS visit the link (or 2 depending on time) before and after mine AND I leave a comment on those blogs. I figure its a really nice way to share the love. And, if everyone did this, each and every post would get 2 new commenters/viewers. Nice, huh? So if you're linking up why don't you consider doing the same, kay?

By the way, I'm #205 over at YHL! And way to go #204, Petra at Sunshine + Smiles, who planned to do her closet but added flair to a FAB purse instead, and #206, Erin, who created super cute Heart Art that I WILL be copying for G's room!

Challenge accepted!

And accomplished!

Sherry, Katie, Emily, and Lana have declared a Pinterest Challenge! What is it? Well, basically its a call to get your rear-end in gear and actually complete one of the DIY knock offs that you want to do from your Pinterest boards (check out any of their pages for a MUCH more exciting description). I know I have a few things pinned that I want to create and this was a good kick in the pants to get me going.

With my little E's birthday coming up I decided that working on something for her party was priority numero uno.

E's first birthday Pinterest board

And whats the first thing you need for a party? That's right! Invitations!!!

Invitation originally from HERE.

And here is my knock off version:

I used PowerPoint to create it and made the pennant with triangles, adding the colors and patterns to go with our rainbow theme. Each pennant has a different pattern which is hard to see in this pic but it adds a lot to the cuteness. I still need to buy cardstock for printing but that's the easy part, right!

And along the lines of the party... I started feeling a little bad for being so unoriginal. The rainbow theme, the rainbow cake, the pennant banner, the Martha poms...well, its all been done so well (and not so well) over and over again. But then I decided, if it wasn't so cute and clever it wouldn't be repeated, right? And it will be a fun reminder in 20 years of what was popular and stylish when my sweet E turned 1.

So don't worry if you're a fan of sticking to the trends and incorporating things all over blogland into your life, home, and decor. If its beautiful to you and makes you happy, I say go for it!

Hope you've been inspired to knock one of your Pinterest to-do's off the list, too! Join the fun and get on board with the Pinterest Challenge! I'll be linking up my invite tomorrow, August 2. Will you be linking up?

Finally.

So I may be last to the party but I have finally arrived! After 3 months (yes, THREE months) of requesting an invite I am now pinning my little heart out on Pinterest. I don't know what the deal was. I guess "they" could tell how desperate I was to be one of the cool kids. I felt like that same girl (decked out in Umbros...yes. I. Did.) at my first junior high dance praying somebody would ask me to dance. A big shout out to my sis who sent me an invite. Are you waiting on one, too? I'll send you one, just shoot me an email.

And yes, someone did eventually ask me to dance. Swishy shorts and all.

My two best girlfriends and we had a blast!