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Happy Easter everyone! I hope you're having a lovely holiday weekend! I thought I'd write a quick entry to let you know how my pin-progress "gardening" was going.... you remember, from this post . Well, for the first few weeks, I was really impressed with myself. But... alas, my black thumb showed its true colors.  What can I say? I'm a confessed plant murderer. My best of intentions to get these poor plants into soil didn't pay off quick enough. Lettuce? Pretty much going in the trash. Green onion? Going to try to save it... who knows. This photo makes it look better than it actually is. However, my forgetfulness has paid off in other areas. Guess who forgot about these two onions and now they're growing? My next victims, I fear. No matter, today is not the day that I will worry about such things. We've had a lovely and relaxing day. I hope that you're doing the same, and spending it with people who you love. Hippity-hop-fully yours, Rachel

This was a busy week, and my brain was not at all in the creative of places. I've been hanging out with my wonderful grandparents and have been wrapped up in the Oscar Pistorius trial (inexplicably). But, the good news is that I found some deeply fabulous pins this week, and I want to share them with you. The main theme of today is just "this pin is awesome!" Interior Design: Marvelous Industrial Chic Lamp Shades I love ALL of these. Gimme, gimme, gimme. How difficult do we think that these would be to make? Nearly impossible? http://www.etsy.com/listing/86769651/lamp-shades-with-vintage-industrial-chic Potential DIY: Bow Tie Napkins This is delightfully girly. I wonder if there would be a way to do this that made it slightly more manly. But, at the end of the day, do we think that Rob would care about the napkins one way or the other? I doubt it. Perhaps I'll try to get some of these little pretties for our dining room table. http://smellaina.tumblr.com/ Food: Waterm...

Good evening, Hooray, at long last, this post is ready for reading!This week, Sunday Surprise is taking a vacation. It's been replaced with "Some Time Ago Sunday" (because Throwback Sunday just doesn't sound as good as Throwback Thursday ). This story is also somewhat related to Operation Use It Up , because unfortunately, I still have ALL of the supplies for this project. Ugh, pinnstrosipeeps, I am so ashamed of the fails that took place during every step of this process. I almost want to punk out and not tell you, but, sometimes the worst Pinstrosities are the PinNOTsities. So, here we go, hang in there... Do you know what I thought was a great idea a year ago? Making cat shelves for our two chubby cats Stella and Carly: Stella Carly For any of you that are not cat lovers, you may wonder what a cat shelf is, exactly. Pinterest and I are happy to show you: The Original Pin Can we talk about the bat ears on that little furry? Oh my gosh, adorable! Essentially, cat she...