52 Weeks of Pinterest!

It is official. I am addicted to Pinterest. Any of you who follow me will know that I pin at least a score of things a day. I start and I can't stop! I tried one day to not pin a single thing and failed. I didn't make it very long at all. I was pinning before I even realized what I was doing. As of this moment I am four short from having 800 pins (believe me, I will probably far surpass 800 by the end of today) and I have only been on Pinterest for about two or three weeks.

For those of you who do not know what Pinterest is, here are a few definitions - which I think are incredibly true and very accurate:

I always smile and shake my head at this last one because it is so true. And this got me thinking, how many of my pins am I really ever going to do? I would like to say I would do most of them (eventually) but the honest truth is that I would probably do very few of them, if any of them. It's great fun to pin them and think "Oh yeah! I could totally do that!" but actually doing them is a whole other story. For example, I have a ton of sewing patterns and tutorials on my DIY and Craft Ideas board. Funny thing is, I don't have the first clue how to sew! I will probably never do any of them. There are so many reasons I would not do a lot of them: lack of skill, availability of materials, low confidence, and the main reason... I am too busy pinning more stuff to do the stuff I already have pinned!!!

So, I am making a resolution. 52 weeks of Pinterest. Funny enough, I got this idea from Pinterest. The original idea is 365 days of Pinterest, but I don't have the money or motivation for that and also, some projects take more than one day to complete. I think I will take it slow and start with one project a week for now. I have several categories that I am working from: DIY and Craft Ideas, Food, Baby, Stuff for the Home, and Crochet/Knitting. I've already made a list of the ones I think I could attempt. It is definitely longer than 52. I am thinking of grouping a few of the smaller projects together.

In fact, I have so many food and DIY ones that I think I could probably do one of each per week. A recipe to try and a project or craft to make. I think I could manage that.

Now comes the hard part of deciding what to do each week for the next year... This should be fun. I will post a list once I have one. And every week I will update with what I made! I'll do a little write up with pictures for each thing and I'll be sure to include all of the recipes.

This will definitely be a good idea for passing the time until baby boy comes, although I wonder how I will be able to keep this up once he does get here....