Pinned to Perfection!

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's my third installment of </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Stop Pinning and DO Something!" </span></b></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the Inspiration picture Pinned from Pinterest a while back.</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAnpqMz_rZ-YS_I1yAy6Pmtq7d-xg47BYByQSRdjV3hwc3hhDQFIQwwwHoSW6YHBKH-3UM0rnSAT9lydAOmKSSiRHr8XHBrBuJ4dUr4PFjhA8Smf-TLwL0HGzmb8gRnDwnSeAD5UEy3pq/s1600/pinterest+bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAnpqMz_rZ-YS_I1yAy6Pmtq7d-xg47BYByQSRdjV3hwc3hhDQFIQwwwHoSW6YHBKH-3UM0rnSAT9lydAOmKSSiRHr8XHBrBuJ4dUr4PFjhA8Smf-TLwL0HGzmb8gRnDwnSeAD5UEy3pq/s640/pinterest+bedroom.jpg" width="564" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pinterest.com</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I fell in love with the Plates over the bed and thought that our Master Bedroom needed something just like that to snazz it up a bit. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcNiCfCAugdBqOazQKq4LUC-Vr7g5kVVbq8L0RxRMs54RpiUesz1dqCoXmTE0KWtWxbgIlC34L2EIB2bWoNxYmxxQfUD4FYwEiQN-IOuR_IUfRFlDjiJB3O4BS3K9Q5sWB8XsC_RNwr8s/s1600/Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcNiCfCAugdBqOazQKq4LUC-Vr7g5kVVbq8L0RxRMs54RpiUesz1dqCoXmTE0KWtWxbgIlC34L2EIB2bWoNxYmxxQfUD4FYwEiQN-IOuR_IUfRFlDjiJB3O4BS3K9Q5sWB8XsC_RNwr8s/s640/Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We painted about a month ago and I have been trying to make small changes a little at a time.  I love Ironstone and have been collecting it at Antique shops and Thrift stores when I find a piece I like.  I love the creamy color and the weight of the plates.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJEyuLePTzA8mhn1sGaZ0tUIf7xK6BXEHPT556gEsrKq2PPmolf0jjQ1pKg10SN-rtlPfpBTmMzO7BywPLObbEIAjKt8A4xvUkawi2U0jzhmoyi8cQbFil0rxn8fdJPqIGpE7PFAaSu79/s1600/1Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJEyuLePTzA8mhn1sGaZ0tUIf7xK6BXEHPT556gEsrKq2PPmolf0jjQ1pKg10SN-rtlPfpBTmMzO7BywPLObbEIAjKt8A4xvUkawi2U0jzhmoyi8cQbFil0rxn8fdJPqIGpE7PFAaSu79/s640/1Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I measured the space from the bed to the ceiling and the width of the Rod Iron Bed and cut a piece of Butcher Paper the same size.  I ran out of paper so I used wrapping paper too. I measured the halfway spot and marked it with a Sharpie.  I set out my plates until I found a pleasing arrangement. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2aVgbrFcT3dvIiRz-MkyTot675EvaM5Xim6L8B34BCBOhPIx_Des6IgppMPvVUEBgTJoSoo3qglo2YznyYjimvqLsRZgwH_XWb8C_OG5NbbXBdSWE5L-Bhh2Io7r6Zwy0-FuebiRD4Pe/s1600/2Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2aVgbrFcT3dvIiRz-MkyTot675EvaM5Xim6L8B34BCBOhPIx_Des6IgppMPvVUEBgTJoSoo3qglo2YznyYjimvqLsRZgwH_XWb8C_OG5NbbXBdSWE5L-Bhh2Io7r6Zwy0-FuebiRD4Pe/s640/2Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And, then I traced around the plates with a Sharpie and hung it up on the wall to see if I liked it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-KaBhyLVWMrqhI_MrLeKqdi3wmzXUA5C22bnFdlIccDeXOmtW_M_ebE80C-nIUHSju7JBBe8pz1OiuhejwmyqbK2K-isc49uC_UzZg8QX8mWq4Iuubu-NvhevYgBbmGzsf6Lwk-Jo9S8/s1600/3Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-KaBhyLVWMrqhI_MrLeKqdi3wmzXUA5C22bnFdlIccDeXOmtW_M_ebE80C-nIUHSju7JBBe8pz1OiuhejwmyqbK2K-isc49uC_UzZg8QX8mWq4Iuubu-NvhevYgBbmGzsf6Lwk-Jo9S8/s640/3Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From this point I called in Mr. Beaux!  I'm not that tall and I couldn't see putting a ladder on top of the bed!</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He put a nail hole where he thought each hook would be and when we took the paper down you could easily see the holes to hang the hooks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxoA9pH1O6IWvN2jgFNUilYF7UnY-Ax-5MFc9ae7VBljUDHMNdIT02XAow1BjVsqo1ulN7ppFPtNpW1U0FqHA3SHjRwAuPeI2p8zZXSa9r8I78zJvQwXPY2nY16FW7FaUtf68qhcDPzOB/s1600/4Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxoA9pH1O6IWvN2jgFNUilYF7UnY-Ax-5MFc9ae7VBljUDHMNdIT02XAow1BjVsqo1ulN7ppFPtNpW1U0FqHA3SHjRwAuPeI2p8zZXSa9r8I78zJvQwXPY2nY16FW7FaUtf68qhcDPzOB/s640/4Master.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Just a little bit of tweaking and in the end I decided that I didn't like the two plates on the bottom so I left them off.  But overall I am very happy and even though there is a lot more "tweaking" to do in the room I like the results of this episode of </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Stop Pinning and DO Something!"</span></b></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy </span></span></div><br /><br />Sharing at:<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; 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Pinned to Perfection!

It's my third installment of  "Stop Pinning and DO Something!" Here is the Inspiration picture Pinned from Pinterest a while b...

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Inspired by Pinterest!

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This weeks Pinterest Inspiration was one of the first pictures that I Pinned in my Pinterest File.  Guess it's about time I got around to doing it, right?  </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the Inspiration photo:</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQeK6f_gt7-ZOQD_1PR2kB7rNxjANNYPkh2UPv45wSphnkBzMS4MLCY526pBsZ8Gq5PB9HLEPCk4jXaIgPDGL2_RAXFxvh35IM0rbgAx8bulY7xPr2oCnhIanPhmg4MbOnxpLrmmyfFX3/s1600/pinterest+stairwell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQeK6f_gt7-ZOQD_1PR2kB7rNxjANNYPkh2UPv45wSphnkBzMS4MLCY526pBsZ8Gq5PB9HLEPCk4jXaIgPDGL2_RAXFxvh35IM0rbgAx8bulY7xPr2oCnhIanPhmg4MbOnxpLrmmyfFX3/s640/pinterest+stairwell.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">pinned from Pinterest</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> It's a lovely stairwell with all black frames exactly like my stairs going down into our basement; except mine is devoid of any lovely decorations like the ones in the photo.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQUVmztIS08gSydWL6FtUgzAYnXAM4KcuCj8IFhWqIQ-6UD-aeyz5YLcR0y1z_MQflHZYHGT3LtHYXdOSZLAPbRWqwoprSMXp0SHujuhuTUw8eFLvtZZTTSSbpvauTuhVvktlzZmw5meM/s1600/1stairwell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQUVmztIS08gSydWL6FtUgzAYnXAM4KcuCj8IFhWqIQ-6UD-aeyz5YLcR0y1z_MQflHZYHGT3LtHYXdOSZLAPbRWqwoprSMXp0SHujuhuTUw8eFLvtZZTTSSbpvauTuhVvktlzZmw5meM/s640/1stairwell.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="color: black;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BEFORE</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Charcoal drawing of my daughter was done on the Spanish Steps in Rome... Love that picture.  </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_PNuRwzXzapwriS18Zuri3nKQzk4F0AkTikZA-fx3QquA1n2DC_FXXFkDyv2tA0oif6f8UlnoHzkva8s02pRdWbAArzpeH7LI3Zon9ljlGb7tbGId4beDcr2XHN2lpIoP4E6wV4YV0aR/s1600/stairwell3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_PNuRwzXzapwriS18Zuri3nKQzk4F0AkTikZA-fx3QquA1n2DC_FXXFkDyv2tA0oif6f8UlnoHzkva8s02pRdWbAArzpeH7LI3Zon9ljlGb7tbGId4beDcr2XHN2lpIoP4E6wV4YV0aR/s640/stairwell3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AFTER</b></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A trip to Michaels and JoAnne's and a little Stencil paint </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and there you go! </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Embellished Stairwell!  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtcORs7eiu8a1d98EMLty_0fLfYorgtN1V8z04adAPkQOta86TFHERfJIcjgaosVQ7aCEvvdqxWcDjGrq-kFh2QcVn3mVBzzlEaYtnWRMthCFsNS-GCgcuhjZPG1p85qHazFsL77KHw1g/s1600/stairwell4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtcORs7eiu8a1d98EMLty_0fLfYorgtN1V8z04adAPkQOta86TFHERfJIcjgaosVQ7aCEvvdqxWcDjGrq-kFh2QcVn3mVBzzlEaYtnWRMthCFsNS-GCgcuhjZPG1p85qHazFsL77KHw1g/s640/stairwell4.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I can keep adding as time goes on.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho17n2Q6l6RTbOIOpeQqL0On_zJ3rZ1RotCydzDvd6CGECt4uTnM-p-TWmuCH-RElJGripGRUF30dZujOX4L2XqIcgEF9G0Mdna5-tvclrYd_a5mxgFm6EFzrTecBq600AN3zw8B7p3MrY/s1600/stairwell5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho17n2Q6l6RTbOIOpeQqL0On_zJ3rZ1RotCydzDvd6CGECt4uTnM-p-TWmuCH-RElJGripGRUF30dZujOX4L2XqIcgEF9G0Mdna5-tvclrYd_a5mxgFm6EFzrTecBq600AN3zw8B7p3MrY/s640/stairwell5.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> It's not a HUGE change, </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> but sometimes it's the details that matter...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5FhAJkJUPFkWQx8IrouHVpExlLaHggDazJfaIyRvqEjoku0_G5E_QZpxz-NJxh85I42AtDJN3d4Vq1leKHfeZtwq72tKPIdi5C0Fgdd5kAsWz9myE_2dK8pvE6fzvjA5wI74vWq8KK-3/s1600/stairwell6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5FhAJkJUPFkWQx8IrouHVpExlLaHggDazJfaIyRvqEjoku0_G5E_QZpxz-NJxh85I42AtDJN3d4Vq1leKHfeZtwq72tKPIdi5C0Fgdd5kAsWz9myE_2dK8pvE6fzvjA5wI74vWq8KK-3/s640/stairwell6.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And there you have my Pinterest</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #990000;">"Stop Pinning and DO Something" </span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">of the Week.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ta Da !</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves!</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sharing at:</div><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Susan at</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"><i></i></a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><i>Between Naps on the Porch</i></a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/12/beautiful-kitchen-renovation-welcome-to.html"><i></i></a><i>for Metamorphosis Monday<br /></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Beth at </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/"><i>The Stories of A2Z</i></a><i> for Tutorials and Tips Tuesday<br />Linda at </i><a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/"><i>Coastal Charm</i></a><i>for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday</i></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Marty at </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/"><i>A Stroll Thru Life</i></a><i> for Tabletop Tuesday</i></span><br /><i><a href="http://craftskeepmesane.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Keeping it Simple</a></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i> </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><a href="http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tutus and Tea Parties</a> </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Kristin at<a href="http://www.myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/" target="_blank"> My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia</a> for Tuesday's Treasures<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Kim at </i><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/"><i>Savvy Southern Style</i></a><i> for Wow Us Wednesdays</i></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>  </i></span><br /><i>Paula and Patti at </i><a href="http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/"><i>Ivy and Elephants</i></a><i> for What's It Wednesday</i><br /><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><a href="http://www.fivedaysfiveways.com/" target="_blank">Five Days...5 Ways</a></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Someday Crafts </a></i></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Sherry at </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/"><i>No Minimalist Here</i></a><i> for the Open House Party on Thursdays</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><a href="http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Brambleberry Cottage</a><br /><br /></i></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Inspired by Pinterest!

This weeks Pinterest Inspiration was one of the first pictures that I Pinned in my Pinterest File.  Guess it's about time I got around t...

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Stop PINNING and DO Something!

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ooops sorry, that was my inner dialogue speaking...</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are you ADDICTED to Pinterest like I am? </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Hours have been lost to Pinning my favorite rooms or wonderful new craft ideas.  I had to ban myself and I can only PIN if I am walking on the Treadmill. I use my IPAD and just PIN away!  It's working so far... </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The problem with all that Pinning though was, besides Inspiration for Design Ideas, what was all this Pinning getting me?  (well hopefully my backside will move a little up to the North).  </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I decided to pick something each week and put these ideas to the test.  Probably not a NEW idea but I figured it would be fun.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAUVCTxyl60SRaomQsmFRAg2FU7GcQmKJkiSYvmQOrzpPpCMnmwk3BZCTj349FsndttUqUc8woCupf2G_5YE7eMhDCcTsuDy7JNBY8PQMOaze69saGfC3hqgNXmwjmv0rhE_ydQlTw2Fz/s1600/silver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAUVCTxyl60SRaomQsmFRAg2FU7GcQmKJkiSYvmQOrzpPpCMnmwk3BZCTj349FsndttUqUc8woCupf2G_5YE7eMhDCcTsuDy7JNBY8PQMOaze69saGfC3hqgNXmwjmv0rhE_ydQlTw2Fz/s400/silver.jpg" width="335" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">pinned from Pinterest Realsimple.com</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Cleaning Silver</b></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After visiting an Estate Sale this weekend with Mom I had a reason to break out the Pinterest idea file.  Somewhere in there I had Pinned a tutorial for Cleaning Silver.  I had purchased a couple of items at 1/2 off as it was the last day of the sale and they just wanted to get rid of everything.  Didn't see much that interested me except a couple of silver bowls that were hidden down in the basement.  </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's clean them up a bit: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXYgkOFSMsBXvycxJ26-8TC0Gqakng0csI7j2J45I6IHnhj6ZdIYrpaYtT36DKoS3iEmZ_9y1N-4ai1QFSl3ErCtGSYZEQwSpM77rSchUaHAbJFcbZ4OwjhQTgfxp56X1bdqpTnHGFCHP/s1600/silver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXYgkOFSMsBXvycxJ26-8TC0Gqakng0csI7j2J45I6IHnhj6ZdIYrpaYtT36DKoS3iEmZ_9y1N-4ai1QFSl3ErCtGSYZEQwSpM77rSchUaHAbJFcbZ4OwjhQTgfxp56X1bdqpTnHGFCHP/s640/silver.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tutorial says:</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> " To polish silver: Wash items, then place on aluminum foil in the bottom of a pot. Add a baking-soda solution (¼ cup soda, a few teaspoons salt, 1 quart boiling water) and cover for a few seconds. The result? A chemical reaction that gets the black off the gravy boat." </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvadEm3x0Cc5Du_umeVCETdJ1G3S0gj3seA8UfO_qcQ7fyZ9KQkHuH73YTPUKoOvlKrXDL_OpFvpAuqz4R49Erlh65IVR34viYFrOEiGbJ-7xkV1B9f4jucyiv0ZVDq5xcADci5c3k3ki/s1600/1silver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvadEm3x0Cc5Du_umeVCETdJ1G3S0gj3seA8UfO_qcQ7fyZ9KQkHuH73YTPUKoOvlKrXDL_OpFvpAuqz4R49Erlh65IVR34viYFrOEiGbJ-7xkV1B9f4jucyiv0ZVDq5xcADci5c3k3ki/s640/1silver.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lets see the Result:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZxxxn3wLe2O_Aq4x3RQQkchkTltT5LH_2SYFR34Avg9faRkX1QgsUTpW3ZsoewAl2R6_-3ai-6Uti0v6lsaAvfH36kc6ntIJvw9U5ul-ya_wPY36JsIggF8X8ZnU5BfKfQji_GJXFd_k/s1600/2silver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZxxxn3wLe2O_Aq4x3RQQkchkTltT5LH_2SYFR34Avg9faRkX1QgsUTpW3ZsoewAl2R6_-3ai-6Uti0v6lsaAvfH36kc6ntIJvw9U5ul-ya_wPY36JsIggF8X8ZnU5BfKfQji_GJXFd_k/s640/2silver.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> WOWIE!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMG-ubIcWQ2gpsoQtp_Gop4cd8ngkjBP1fThc-8dZajM_usV3h8J8Q6LAEO9JuCyh4JeKPJQIjEf-inJ7I5WHgUd1QNR5uvB5W8u7toPZacdl3yKCLgYrF7ocyz8K4F_KXB1NgPA_u_bp/s1600/3silver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMG-ubIcWQ2gpsoQtp_Gop4cd8ngkjBP1fThc-8dZajM_usV3h8J8Q6LAEO9JuCyh4JeKPJQIjEf-inJ7I5WHgUd1QNR5uvB5W8u7toPZacdl3yKCLgYrF7ocyz8K4F_KXB1NgPA_u_bp/s640/3silver.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> What a difference!  I still need to get in and polish up the inside a little bit, but, overall I think it looks fantastic. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8OqAsKADqc9zijXh7Bd0sgooBexoigwC5Ov5sHa8bw3WA_1CbTa_t13oXS5N2X_jajbji0re355Hta9nFUSZ6J01oUnuu4GX_UFX8mJJpRZpuzna3HBkJvCwK7Rxcka5lTBl28mVW1k-/s1600/tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8OqAsKADqc9zijXh7Bd0sgooBexoigwC5Ov5sHa8bw3WA_1CbTa_t13oXS5N2X_jajbji0re355Hta9nFUSZ6J01oUnuu4GX_UFX8mJJpRZpuzna3HBkJvCwK7Rxcka5lTBl28mVW1k-/s640/tea.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Good enough for Company or just a bit of tea for One...</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Have you Pinned anything that you've given a try lately?  I'd love to know!</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Side note: I looked up my bowl (the one on the left) on ebay... The EXACT bowl is for sale "Vintage Gorham Silver Plate" with the same markings as mine for $24.95.  I guess at $1.00 I got a good deal.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Sharing at:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Tutus and Tea Parties</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Beth at </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/"><i>The Stories of A2Z</i></a><i> for Tutorials and Tips Tuesday<br />Linda at </i><a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/"><i>Coastal Charm</i></a><i>for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday</i><br /><i>Kim at </i><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/"><i>Savvy Southern Style</i></a><i> for Wow Us Wednesdays<br />Judy at </i><a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/"><i>DIY by Design</i></a><i>for the Winter Blues Party</i><br /><i>Paula and Patti at </i><a href="http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/"><i>Ivy and Elephants</i></a><i> for What's It Wednesday</i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><i><a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Someday Crafts</a> for Whatever Wednesday </i><br /><br /></span></span></div><br />

Stop PINNING and DO Something!

Ooops sorry, that was my inner dialogue speaking... Are you ADDICTED to Pinterest like I am?  Hours have been lost to Pinning my favorite ...

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