Pinterest Challenge!

Last time Bower Power and Young House Love did the Pinterest Challenge, I’d never even heard of Pinterest. So the idea of being “inspired” to go out and make something I’d “pinned” seemed pretty silly to me. Well, y’all, that was BEFORE I fell in love with pinterest. You may have heard about my obsession with the little site right here. So when those lovely ladies (along with Ana White and Erin put out a call for this season’s Pinterest Challenge, I was all about it.

So here we go: my DIY advent calendar for the Pinterest Challenge.

  The Pin-spiration

This little beauty came from Tumblr account. by way of pinterest.There wasn’t a tutorial so I did what any good girl would do: I improvised.

The Process

I decided it wouldn’t be too hard. All I would need was a board, some white and red paint, some clothespins, cute ribbon, number stencils and some sort of sack to hold the goodies.

I walked into home depot to get a board and realized when I turned down this aisle that I had no clue what I was looking for. I got a board that was long enough to hold both the clothespin and still have plenty of room for a number above it. It was a bit wider than your average 2x4. I think. What do I know? The only concept of a 2x4 that I have is that it would hurt if you got hit by one (“I’m gonna smack you with a 2x4!” What? Am I the only one who says that on a routine basis?)

 

I painted the board white and laid down all 24 clothespins, marking where I wanted them to go with a pencil.

Then I took the red paint and my stencil and sponge painted the numbers on above where my marks were.

Jack and I went outside and I painted all of the clothespins while he ate tortellini and laughed at me singing songs to him. Good times, good times.

I cut ribbon into clothespin-length strips and hot glued them onto the clothespins.

Then I glued the ribbon covered clothespins onto the board…

And voila!

The Finished Project

My DIY advent calendar. It’s not perfect but I really liked how it wasn’t completely perfect in the inspiration picture either. I LIKE that it looks homemade. I bought a bunch of mini brown lunch sacks and plan to hang them from each pin here in a month or so.

Avert your eyes from the toys all over my living room. It’s a toddler tornado. Deal. Just look at how perfect my new advent calendar fits on the backside of our fireplace.

It wouldn’t have killed me to take some pictures with better lighting but hey, I can only get so much done while Jack is napping…waiting for the “perfect lighting” isn’t one of them.

So, did any of you participate in the Pinterest Challenge or make anything interesting lately? Do share!