The Pinterest Challenge project - that wasn't...

Last week I read this post on Young House Love and this post on Bower Power Blog and I was determined to participate in their latest Pinterest Challenge.


And then reality set in. . .

• The reality that I was just wrapping up a 31 day series that had taken lots and lots of my time and left our home in shambles (the irony of writing about a clutter free home...)
• The reality that I desperately need to clean our home - our bathroom looks like a hazardous materials situation currently. 
• The reality that I have a 15 month old who I've just weaned from breastfeeding but he still loves lots of cuddle time and bookreading and playing with TRACTORS that he calls TRUCKS.

• The reality that I have a "command man" mechanic husband who likes me to be available to him 24/7 for whatever errand running or junk yard visiting he might need.
• The reality that we are moving in 14 days and I've only packed 3 boxes. (Yikes!)
• The reality that I just started a new diet and that I'm also trying to go to the YMCA 4-5 times per week.
• The reality that I just started a Beth Moore Womens' Bible study and I'm 5 days behind on my workbook.
• The reality that I have a huge list of utilities and insurance agents to call and notify of our change of address.
• And, lastly, the reality that I have little to no money to spend on DIY projects {since we're currently saving every spare penny to give the buyers at the close of this house}.

So today, rather than share with you a step-by-step tutorial on my fabulous Pinterest-inspired project, (*sniffle*), I'm going to be lame and just share with you the Pinterest images I found and hope that someone who's at a place in life with a little less . . .reality. . . ? can make these instead and share a photo with me. Pretty, pretty, please?



Several months ago, I spotted this wall art on Pinterest made from - get this - TOILET PAPER ROLLS. I thought it would be a fun DIY project.

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Then I found some more.

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 And I also saw these gorgeous flowers made from TP rolls.

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And this wreath.

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And this equally cute wreath...

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And this one too!

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So my idea was to make Christmas tree ornaments from toilet paper rolls for the challenge. Snowflakes actually. We already have some snowflake ornaments for our tree and I love them. 

So I thought, why not have more?

And I even came up with that idea before I found these pins on Pinterest. 

And they're pretty much what I wanted to do.

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This one is HUGE. Probably bigger than what I would have done.

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Then I planned to spray paint my snowflakes white or silver and coat them with shimmery glitter. Kind of like this gal did. She has a fabulous tutorial on her blog. (Just click on "source" under the pic.)

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While browsing TP roll projects on Pinterest, I also found these things of note:

Making shapes with TP rolls and dipping them in paint for kids to make "shapes".

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Or using the TP rolls to stencil.

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Or why not use trash to make a trash can? Huh...

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 Or to organize cords in a box.

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Who knew you could do so much with TRASH? Has anyone made any of these projects already or do you think you might try?