Confessions of a {PINNER}

I have been on Pinterest for a long time.

I pinned things I saw on blogs but rarely just poked around on the actual site.

Then I downloaded it onto the man's iPAD.

Oh...it's easy to use.

 It's something to do while we watch t.v.

It's HIGHLY addictive.  

So I went from like 10 boards to 90.

Maybe 100 pins to 2,062 pins within a few weeks.

It's my crack.

{ADDICTED}

So, I decided if I am going to pin my life away

I better put some of those pins to use.

My husband is one of those guys who eats the same

thing over and over and over until he gets sick

of it and then he doesn't eat it for years.

Right now it is teriyaki chicken.

He's tried teriyaki chicken all over the valley

and nothing is hittin the spot for him so I decided to

try out one of my pins and make some for him.

It was pretty darn good so I thought I would share.

You can pin it too if you want to...

here's my pin 

(said in a Jeff Foxworthy here's your sign kinda way)

picture was taken from my pin which was taken from this awesome blog

and here's the original.

The man suggests grilling the chicken 

and not cooking it in the crockpot.

He is the master of teriyaki chicken.

That's what we'll do next time.

Also I changed it up a little and put

brown sugar in it instead of white.

So here's the deal...

I will be testing and telling hopefully often.

I've put creative time on my chore chart for the summer

and I want to earn my rewards so I have to do it!!

Have a beautiful day!!

~Marci

p.s.  There is one more spot available for 

an Artsy Weekend with Jeanne Oliver...just sayin.

Friends {Birds of a Feather}

Over the past few years I have been so blessed to find some amazing friends.

I say find because I have tried to actively seek out the friends that I want in my life.

I have met some incredible women who love to create and have a passion for life.

They love their families, their God, their creativity and they want to be good women.

I love them.

This past weekend was so much fun. 

 Two of my dear friend's had the debut of their

new flea market {FLEA ATTITUDE}.

 It was m.azing.  So many great vendors and 

those two ladies, Jennifer Reed and Cathie Cox

 are good people...really good women.

I was so excited to be able to help them 

set up and be there for them.  

If you missed it there's another one

 on June 8th in Pleasant Grove, Utah.

It was also *SNAP*.

That is a blogging conference that happens

here in Utah in the Spring.  It brings bloggers

from all across the country.  I went last

year and if you blog it is a good place to go.

The thing I loved about it this year was 

it brought some of my friends from 

far-away to Utah...friends that I made at

{SPARK} and friends from *SNAP*

last year.  Margie Romney-Aslett,

the magic behind {SPARK}, calls us all 

sisters and that's just what we are.

{SPARK SISTERS}.

And last but not least, I got to see some

of my ~an ARTSY WEEKEND~ 

women.  I love these girls.  I don't know

if they quite realize that they will be forever 

in my heart.  Their faces will always remind

me that I achieved something great.

love.them.

So all of these groups came together on
Saturday night and we got to chat and laugh
and it was some much needed girl time
for this lady!  Thank you to all of you amazingly
talented, awesome women, who I am so happy
to call my friends.

I was talking to someone the other day about
what advice I would give to those young mothers
 that are just starting out.  My advice to them would be to
take time for themselves to do something they
love and that one of the most important things in life
is really good friends.  Women who build you up,
help you out and love you for who you are.
I got pregnant when I was young and the few friends
that I had were still dating and living the single life
and I was married with a baby and it made it
difficult to really have friends.
I was lucky to have a husband that I love to be with
and older sisters that were always there for me
but I really wish I would've cultivated friendships
with other women that shared my interests.
I felt alone a lot and it makes things harder.
When my girl left home I realized that I
was in desperate need of some friends.
So...after all of this rambling...
this is my point.
If you don't have women around you
 that fill that need
get out there and FIND THEM!!
Chances are they need you too.
*smile and a hug*

Happy Monday!!

Canela {Cinnamon Sticks}

My sweet friend, Canela, is an amazing silver smith.  I purposely didn't post anything about her in my previous post about An Artsy Weekend because I wanted her to have a post all her own.  This amazing *SPARK* sister of mine made these beautiful rings for all of the ladies that attended.  Not to mention she added to my give-away stash.  How is that for generosity of heart?  Now every time I look down at my hand I am reminded of a sweet friend.  Oh and did I mention she drove up from So Cal just to attend? Well she did...love her.

Go visit her shop...

Cinnamon*Sticks

Every single things she crafts is GORGEOUS!