Another Unsuccessful Attempt To Keep It Cool: a house log
Alert: Regardless of the fact that I say Pinterest ten million times (drinking game, anyone?) this was not paid or perked by them or anyone else. We are simply eye-candy obsessed gals who enjoy a good pin-fest. Sometimes while eating Oreos.
You folks know my Pinterest addiction runs deep from this heartfelt post of yore. So when Katie called me to say that she thought we should challenge ourselves to make one thing each season that is inspired by all the remarkable stuff that we have pinned over there (and call it… wait for it… The Pinterest Challenge) I thought it sounded like lively. It is a welcome slap of stop-pinning-and-start-doing. Because I have pinned 738 things. And I have done four (this one, this one, this one, and this one). Well five if you count this haircut – but I outsourced that.
Look, Katie even whipped up a spiffy little graphic:
Oh and because Katie and I geek out whenever we are together (even simply virtually for a little self-issued challenge) we got more than a little goofy and chose to make this video to explain the whole idea of the challenge. And there is a fairly exciting cameo in it (and I am not talking ’bout Burger- although he does try to steal the show). So do not scroll down before watching the video unless you are a lively-hater and you wanna ruin the surprise (or you are at work so you cannot watch videos – well I would still watch it on silent before scrolling, but that is simply me):
Ah outtakes. They are my go-to thing ever. I am working on a theory that outtakes are the window to the soul. My soul’s apparently a total nerd, but hey, nerd is the new jock. Anyway, I told you Katiekins and I go crazy when we team up, so you were adequately warned. Or perhaps it is simply the camera that makes it impossible for me to act normal (as demonstrated here). That is another theory I am working on. Camera-induced-insanity.
But back to my Pinterest project. John and I were brainstorming a chandelier or hanging pendant light for the laundry room and came up with the idea of using a mega-amount of clothespins to create some sort of shade. And what do you know, when we searched Pinterest to see if anyone else has tackled something similar, the ideal pinspiration (har-har) popped up in the form of this project (originally from here) and this project (originally from here). What are the odds? Not one but two clothespin light fixtures to use as a jumping off point. Oh glad day.
So far we have installed a $5 light kit from Ikea…
… and have picked up these materials for the shade part of the pendant:
We are certainly going to put our spin on things (so it might end up looking like sort of a hybrid between the two remarkable fixtures above) but we will simply have to see where we end up. I know I am weird, but sitting on the floor playing with various clothespin patterns sounds like a good time to me.
Oh and did you catch the part in the video where we invited you to partake in the challenge along with us? First, here is the “us” breakdown:
