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Changing the Pinterest Recipe on My DIY Fall Decor

by Wendy Scheel | Sep 25, 2015 | DIY | 3 comments

Years ago when our children were little, I worked nights and weekends as a cook and caterer at a quaint little restaurant in Lake Geneva, WI. The owner/chef was John and he loved to try new recipes. The menu was always changing. John would share his recipes with anyone that asked.

That always confused me.

Why would he give away his recipes? People could just make these dishes themselves and he would lose customers. In his gentle manner, he explained that you can give someone a recipe down to the tsp. but they will always, always substitute at least one of the ingredients so it will never be exactly the same. They will come back.

And they did. 🙂

I am finding this same principle to be true when I am attempting something from Pinterest.

My friend Karianne from Thistlewood Farms posted this blog earlier this week about how to DIY Pinecone Acorns.

What a great idea to add to my White Sweater Pumpkin décor!

Problem was that I changed the ingredients. My acorns don’t look like Kariannes.

Karianne used wooden eggs, I used paper mache eggs.

She stained her eggs, I spray painted and spray-glittered mine.

BUT, we both got our supplies from Hobby Lobby. 🙂

Here’s what I did.

I bought the paper mache eggs and pine cones from Hobby Lobby. The black spray paint and glitter spray paint came from an estate sale and I think the skewers came from IKEA. All very inexpensive items.

I then stabbed the eggs with the skewers and stuck them into the ground in the backyard to spray paint them.

(Can I let you in on a secret? My husband proof reads my blogs before I post them. He is going to sigh and roll his eyes when he sees the grass. Heehee, love you honey!)

After the paint had dried, I cut off the top of the pinecone and cut off the wider end of the egg. The egg was plastic on the inside. I was surprised by that. I thought paper mache meant it was paper all the way through. Obvi, not. ;(