Pinterest Wins and Pinterest Fails

Now that I am done with school (only to be starting back this summer again- more on that later) I actually have some time to do so of the MANY projects I pin on Pinterest! I decided I would choose a few at a time and here are two that I did this weekend. One of them was a WIN and the other a FAIL. Oh well, you win some and you lose some! 

Pinterest Fail: Garbage Disposal Bombs

Now how could I mess something like this up?I don't know, but I will blame it on the humidity or something!

 Ingredients: 
3/4 cup of baking soda
1/2 cup of salt
1 lemon
3 teaspoons of dish detergent
2 sheets of parchment paper

*All you do is mix the salt and baking soda in a bowl, then add some lemon peel by using a zester, next squeeze lemon juice into the mixture from the zested (is that a word?) lemon. I think next time I will skip the "zesting" and just pour in some lemon juice I already have in my refrigerator. Next, add dish soap and then scoop into balls on the parchment paper. Let dry overnight and then put bombs in an airtight mason jar and store. 

Now, I consider this a "fail" because mine tuned out rather crumbly. I actually let mine sit for almost 2 days and they still didn't quite harden enough. I think I am going to make a drier mix next time. I may have overdid it with the lemon juice! It was a fun and cheap project, nevertheless! 

Pinterest Win: Paint Mason Jars 

If you are like me you have a lot of paint cans sitting around your house and you can't get rid of them because you might need them someday, right?! Maybe yours look a lot like this. . .

In the past 5 years I have moved my cans from shelf to shelf to shelf in the garage trying to find a good place for them and when I have to bring them in the house for touch ups, it's awful. They are dirty and rusty and, well, just gross! 

One day I was reading my magazine and came across this article:

 so I hopped on Pinterest to see if I could find this idea to "pin" - surely I did and there are link to labels as well! Friday night I decided to get started. 

Here is what I needed:

*A case of 12 wide-mouth mason jars (Walmart $12)

*Paint stirring sticks (Home Depot- FREE)

*Paint Sample card for labels (Home Depot- FREE)

I labeled each jar with the color, brand, type of paint and what room the paint was used in. I mixed the paint really well before transferring and it worked really well! 

 
Now, my garage shelf is MUCH more organized and when I need to touch up paint it won't be so hard lugging around a little mason jar vs. a bulky paint can!