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craft projects, family, getting creative, Pinterest projects, why I should not be allowed unsupervised on the interwebs
Here’s something slightly unusual about me that you may not know – Mom and I make a menu every week. We typically do this on Saturday morning, at the dining table, with the coupons and weekly ads strewn about. We also take a quick inventory beforehand of what proteins we already have on hand.
Every week we do this.
It may sound a little too organized for some, but hear me out. I don’t ever come home from work and stress about what I’m cooking and then get pissed because nothing is defrosted and end up just getting fast food, spending money I don’t really have on food that tends to not be worth eating. Instead, I know ahead of time what’s coming up the next night so I can defrost the meat or get out special ingredients, or the cookbook, whatever. This also lets us know when Mom might need to stop for fresh things like lettuce for salads. The menu isn’t set in stone, I mean obviously the earth isn’t going to stop spinning on its axis if we have spaghetti on Wednesday instead of Monday, but it does make sure that we have everything we need for at least 7 nights worth of dinners.
(honestly, I’m getting to the project, I promise)
We’ve always just scribbled our menus on skinny notepads that hang on the fridge, and that’s been fine. But then I had to go screwing around on the Pinterest last night while they were making their puzzle and, well, you know what happens when you screw around on the Pinterest…

the raw materials – an 11×14 picture frame, single sheet of scrapbook paper, funky black letter stickers, and Command velcro strip thingies

I measured the inside opening of the super cheap “mat” that came inside the frame to find the center then started adding the letters from the center out and lined up with the bottom edge

next I cut the scrapbook paper down so that it fits behind the mat; I only used two short pieces of scotch tape in case I decide I want to change that paper in the future
So how this is supposed to work is you use a dry erase marker on the glass that’s covering the pretty paper and that lets you just wipe it off every week. I need to bring a better black marker home from work, I think I have several in my little pen cup.
What do y’all think? What’s the most interesting thing you’ve made based on an idea from Pinterest?
PS – got an A in my class
Congratulations on the A!!! You must be so proud 🙂
I think that’s a really good idea, it’s prettier than the whole chalk board paint thing that seems to be in fashion at the moment xx
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Thanks! One of my friends going to one of the other universities in our system mentioned something on FB yesterday about checking her grade and getting an A (she fought hard for it) so I decided to check mine. I have to admit, that was quite the relief. 🙂
I don’t much care for the chalk board paint, not for that application in a home kitchen. And it honestly took more time to blog about it than it did to make it.
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It’s great and it’s really an eyecatcher! well done :o) Congrats on the A!
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Thank you and thank you! It really was super easy to make and quite fun. I don’t tend to visit the scrapbooking section of the craft store but man, they had a ton of beautiful papers and stickers and most of the paper was on sale. I have to admit, I came home with several more sheets of paper than I needed. 🙂
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Love it! It’s such a clever idea! 😀
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Thanks! I can’t take credit for the idea, just this iteration of it. So far it seems like it’s going to work out great. And it was ridiculously easy to put together. Gotta love an inexpensive project that comes together fast and looks lovely. 🙂
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