Domestic Goddess.

Last night, I hemmed every pair of pants I could put my fingers on.  Every.Pair.

It started because my man is tired of his socks showing when he bends his legs, kind of like this.

 Okay, okay.  Not like that.
Like this.

He's a tall guy, and hard to fit.  Some jeans were so long he walked on them, and the next size down showed his sockies.  (Yes, I just said sockies.)  I remembered seeing a post about hemming jeans so the original distressed hem was still there a few weeks ago.  So while out jeans shopping, and brave girl that I am, I told him "Get the long ones, and I'll hem them!"  Boy am I brave, and he sure is a trusting guy! 

I used this pin and this pin from pinterest to figure this out.  They are both the same technique, just explained a little differently.  After looking at a pair of jeans, I figured it out pretty quickly. 

My camera cord is MIA.  It's still in a random box somewhere I'm sure.  As soon as I get a new one, I promise to post pics.  The first two blogs explain this REALLY well so feel free to check them out!

To start, I practiced on Zmans jeans first.  I thought an 8 year old won't notice if I screw up his jeans, so I started there.  He rips the hems off anyway.

I eye balled the first fold.  I thought for sure they would need to be at least {{this much shorter}} and made my first fold.

Then I stitched the fold flat, sewing just barely outside the original distressed hem.  You don't want to sew on that hem, because you could one, break your needle, and two, that's where we need to fold our pants back down in a minute.

Okay, after you sew the first fold into place, you just fold your pants back down on the line you just stitched.  Iron it flat and THAT'S IT.  Seriously.  If you want it to be a bit more sturdy, you can tack your new hem in place in a couple of places.  For the two boys, i went ahead and stitched another line on the top of the inside hem, but that left a line of stitching that shows.  I did not do this for the man's, or for mine, because I don't want people to see that I've hemmed them.

For the man's, he wanted it specifically one inch shorter.  I talked him into an inch and a half.  Using my handy dandy sewing gauge I maneuvered the hem to be 3/4 inches (that's 6 tiny little marks on the sewing gauge).  I pinned the hem down as I measured along, and then so slowly and carefully sewed it down.  You know why so carefully and slowly?  Because I knew that my man would be looking at that dumb hem to see how straight it was compared to the original distressed hem.  But that's another story.

I folded it back over, ironed it along my new line of stitching, and viola!  The man was super impressed.  And then I told him the story of how I got a C in home-ec because I couldn't make a pillow.  Then he looked at me crooked....good thing I didn't tell him first!


Seriously people, you will feel like a domestic goddess.  In the end, I hemmed 11 pair of pants.  Pinterest made me brave enough to tell my hubs I could do it, and then of course I had to follow through.  Thanks to justsomethingmade.com and makeit-loveit.com for the great tutorials!  Pinterest made me do it again y'all!

Getting started...

My life is a whirlwind right now. Whose isn't!?  Im excited to get started, though, and after reading a friend Totegirl's beautiful blog, it inspired me to get my own blog rolling.

The first review I'm going to do will be some super cute oranizing kitchen labels.  But first, some background.

I found pinterest maybe a week before I moved into a new, beautiful home.  We have been debt free, including our house, for around 4 years now.  So having a new house payment has been a complete shock on my system!  I want to make my home a beautiful, warm, inviting place for friends and family.  But when the cash flow is a no flow, you gotta make do with whatchya got.  My hope is that Pinterest Made Her Do It will be a blog filled with doable, affordable, fun filled crafts and home decor for anyone on a budget.

When I first saw these kitchen labels, I knew it was something I wanted in my new kitchen.  My old kitchen had little counter space that was filled up very quickly by a microwave, my mixer, and a paper towel holder.  (not to mention plenty of junk!)  With plenty of new counter space, I was thrilled.

I already had some canisters that looked a lot like this, except in the ugliest green imaginable. I decided to splurge, used my decorating budget (aka my allowance) and quickly found two gallon canisters for $16.99 from amazon.  I had a harder time finding half gallon size, and ended up buying some locally at walmart for $6 each.  I knew I could buy exactly matching 3 quart ones, but really didn't have the counter space or cash for the larger sizes.

The labels are $2.50 each, or a set of 20 at a discount.  I only needed 6, so I ordered them one at a time.  And by one at a time, I mean, I had to add each one to my cart...one.at.a.time.  It was a bit confusing at first, but once I figured out they were just under my cart, I added them quickly and easily.  You can customize the font and color, but had to do it on each individual label.

During checkout, I easily specified in the notes which ones I wanted for each size.  Two large labels saying:  Self Rising Flour, and Flour.  Three medium labels saying: Brown Sugar, Sugar, and Coffee. (I'll order a powdered sugar one later).

Shipping was $5, making my total $17.50.  The labels came very quickly, within three or four days, and were packaged in a bubble manilla envelope.

After opening the package, I was frustrated to see there were no instructions!  WHAT?!  I went back to the website, and duh, there they are.  Right in full view at the top of every page.  You can find them here.

The instructions are clear and easy to follow.  Having a cake background, I was able to eyeball the center of my canisters and stick them on quickly and easily.  I didn't measure, mark, or stress.  I knew no one else was going to measure it, for goodness sakes.  I followed the rest of the instructions, and it took me literally under 5 minutes.

These canisters look ah-ma-zing in my kitchen.  Pinterest MADE me get em, y'all.  And for $17.50 and 5 minutes, it wasn't half bad!  My canisters were more, but if you have them yourself, this is a completely doable, quick, reasonable project!  Clean up on them is easy, just wipe em down.  They have withheld three months of cake batter wipe downs so far!

Thanks for reading, don't forget to Follow me and add me on Pinterest.  Have a great day, and happy pinteresting y'all!

Let's blog about this.

I know, another introduction post.  But here's the deal, pinterest really DID make me do it.

I have never considered myself crafty.  I dabble in cake decorating (okay okay I more than dabble.) But other than that, I have never felt like I could actually CRAFT.  In comes pinterest.

I started poking around on pinterest in late October, and have been doing stuff from there ever since.  Here, I will show you the fun things I have made, tried, tasted, and experienced because of ideas I saw on pinterest.  I'll link the original inspirational site, and will probably show some pics of what I've done.  I can't wait to dive in and tell you all about it!

Seriously, pinterest really did make me.