Pinterest success and faliures

I thought I'd share with you a few of the inspirations I found on Pinterest that I copied and actually did. 

Some of them have worked out, and some of them...not so much. 

Let's start with the positive ones shall we?

First up is this great teacher gift:

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Scored some major brown noser points with this one!

So much so that I didn't even feel bad when I didn't volunteer to help with the Halloween party. 

Did I take it too far? Possibly. 

Second is this garbage can for your car:

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Loooove it! My car will never stay clean for more than a day, but this at least keeps the larger pieces of trash cleaned up. Now I just need a miracle for all those goldfish crumbs. 

I totally copied this image and had it printed in a 14x20 out at Costco for a whopping 3 dollars:

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It's now on my gallery wall and looks like I paid 200 bucks for it! SCORE!

I'm a huge fan of southwestern flavored soups:

This one hit the spot with me. 

Not so much with my kids, but they don't like anything these days. 

There was no source, but the recipe:

Super easy super yummy crock pot soup: can of rotel, can of corn, can of black beans (drained & rinsed), 2 frozen chicken breasts, 8 oz cream cheese, 1 packet dry ranch dressing, 1 tablespoon cumin, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon chili powder. Put all ingredients in crock pot and cook 6-8 hours. Shred chicken, and enjoy!

Now, sadly we must discuss the failures of Pinterest. 


This recipe seemed like a no fail, that's da' bomb, kinda deal:

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Not so my friends. 

For me - the mixture turned into glue. Though it tasted like Oreo's, the texture was beyond gross. 

Like an Oreo cookie fruit snack. 

Now, the sock bun curls everyone talking about must do some good for some people:

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Obviously. 

For the life of me, I can't get my hair to look like that. 

I think my hair needs to be longer, but it's pretty dang long. 

Here is the best result I got from the sock bun:

Bad lighting, bad angle, horrible shirt color, I get it. 

But all you need to see is the curl. 

Definitely does NOT look like blonde girls curls. 

Last, but not least is washing "poo" free with baking soda:

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This was the image that came with the link.
Um, I am always up for something natural to replace chemicals in my shelf, but I used only baking soda for two weeks and my hair was NOT clean. I tried.
It was yucky. I couldn't take it any more.

I'm sure that all of these "failures" were due to my own inabilities.
Tips are welcome.
Just trying to give you another side to the story if any of these were on your "to do" list.