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Oh, how Pinteresting

It’s time for Oh, How Pinteresting!! Looking forward to the end of this week, as I have a four-day weekend!! Yeah, baby!!

Head on over to The Vintage Apple and linkup! Feel free to add me on Pinterest to share our other wonderful things!

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 Absolutely stunning.

 

 Orange Julius tasting drink. I’m in.

 

 I have two adorable nieces that would look great in this dress.

 

 I have been in love with anchors recently.

 

 

 

 

 

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 My puppy LOVES peanut butter!!

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  Look forward to seeing what everyone else is pinning.

Don’t forget to come on by tomorrow for another addition of Saw It. Pinned It. Did It! I have some yummy treats to share.

 

Weekend Update

 Thanks to a little Blizzard called Nemo, my weekend actually started on Friday!! My work notified us on Thursday they would be closed on Friday to prepare, so I got extra pajama time. I am not going to turn that down!!

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 One. Seamus got a little tired waiting for the snow to come. 

Two. Nemo arrived!! This was what I woke up to on Saturday. I already plowed about 6 inches of snow so another 2-2.5 inches dumped overnight.

Three. Bundled up Seamus to go for a walk! Isn’t he adorable! 🙂

Four. Hearty breakfast in preparation of shoveling. Egg Bakes, low carb bread and coffee. Yum!

Five. The day and night consisted of getting warm, watching movies and a little adult beverages. Don’t judge!

Six. I was lucky in that I only needed salad fixing and fruit since the grocery store was void of frozen foods, and bread was annihilated.

Seven.  Even the chicken section was bare.

Eight. After grocery shopping Sunday consisted of snuggling with Seamus. This is more like an every night kind of thing, but a lot of Sunday. Love him to the moon.

What did you do this weekend? Would love to hear from you.

 Linking up with Sami at Sami’s Shenanigans and Leann at Join the Gossip .

 

 

Saw It. Pinned It. Did It. – Valentine’s Display

It is Thursday! Woohoo! Which means it is almost Friday and time for another Saw It. Pinned It. Did It. I absolutely LOVE this linkup. I actually get to complete some of my pins and not just look at how pretty they look. 🙂

For some reason I keep picking inspiration from Pinterest without instructions so I have to wing it. This week is no exception! My hands went a little numb from cutting all the circles so if I missed anything or you need clarification feel free to email me at tillthensmileoften@gmail.com. Hope you like this project because I LOVED it!!

My inspiration:

 

What you will need:

Picture frame – I used an 8×10 frame

Printable – free (download directly here)

Picture frame stand (Cookbook stand same diff)

Hurricane/Apothecary type jar

Felt in Pink and Red (I used 3 sheets of each color – 8×10 in size)

Scissors

Glue Gun

Glue Sticks

Sewing Pins – flat head

2 Small Styrofoam balls

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The first step is to print out the free Valentine text and place in the picture frame. Place in the plate stand. That is the easy part.

Next begin cutting out your felt circles. I used a circle candle holder as a template and then used the cut circle as a guide cutting out the rest. I ended up using about 60 circles. The circles were about 2-3″ in diameter. *On a side note my fingers started to go numb so I cut one color and then rested for a few hours before cutting the other color out.

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Take one felt circle and fold in half. Place a dab of glue in the center and press flat in half.

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Fold that in half again, glue in the center and press flat.

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It should now look like a triangle. Pin the corner point to the styrofoam ball using the flat head sewing pin.

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Repeat and place next to the first working in a circle.

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Keep working until the ball is completely covered, then place another folded circle and hot glue onto each circle covering the pins.  Fill in any gaps as needed.

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Repeat with the other color and ball. Place in the hurricane glass, display and you are done!!

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Don’t forget to check out the two co-hosts of this linking party, Steph and Katie. Join the linkup with your Pinterest projects and take a look at all the other projects completed!

Oh, How Pinteresting!

It’s time for Oh, How Pinteresting!! We are half way through the week!! Woohoo!!

Head on over to The Vintage Apple and linkup! Feel free to add me on Pinterest to share our other wonderful things!


I have always dreamed of having a wrap around porch on the top level of a house, also known as a Widow’s walk. This is the perfect alternative especially for the Northeast’s crazy weather.  Gorgeous!!

 This looks so yummy! Will have to try this very soon!

 My niece loves all things Zebra, would be cute to do.

Source: shopbop.com via Kerry on Pinterest

Love these colors together. Oh, Spring where are you?!

 Yes, Please!

Source: via Kerry on Pinterest

 Have been getting lots of snuggle time with my puppy this past few weeks.

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Look forward to seeing what everyone else is pinning. Here’s to hoping the rest of the week goes quick!

Don’t forget to come on by tomorrow for another addition of Saw It. Pinned It. Did It! I will be creating some really cute Valentine’s decorations.

Fitness – Aussie Style – Les Mills Body Combat

 The one thing I love most about being a Beachbody coach is the DISCOUNT!!! I ordered Les Mills Body Combat and it should be getting here this week. It is taugh in a lot of gyms around the world and specializes in all sorts of mixed martial arts training. Nothing like fighting dirty to get your heart rate pumping. Below is a little snippet of the workouts. Anyone else taking their fitness to the next level this year? Why not give this a try? We can do it together.

  

You can find more information here too.