Easter Baskets

You are never too old for an Easter basket, ever. In fact, my mom and mother-in-law still make Matt and I {our own} Easter baskets each year. Part of me is really, really, scared that once Matt and I have little ones of our own, our parents will stop making us baskets! 

This Easter, I put a few Easter gifts together for my family. Remember that super duper cute berry basket giveaway that Darci at [the good life] hosted last week? Well, I WON! Yippee! So I decided to use my cute new baskets for Easter gifts...

We are spending Easter with Matt's family this year! The basket on the left is for Mrs. M and has a cute spring chick dish towel, EOS lip balm, a cute lil chick, and a yummy Lindt chocolate carrot. The basket on the right is Matt's and has mini bottles of Maker's Mark and Jack Daniels, a Nike golf ball, lifesaver jelly beans, and an embarrassing amount of Peeps {not pictured}. 

I sent my mom her Easter gift in the mail earlier this week. Are these hand towels not the cutest? Only $1.99 for a pack of two at Target!

 The only peep I was able to wrestle away from Matt.

Are you making any Easter basket this year? If so, what are you putting in them?

CBS This Morning on Pinterest

A few weeks ago I received this email from a CBS This Morning News Associate inquiring about the details of my Pinterest Party I hosted last August to roll pom-poms for my wedding ceremony:

Hi Christina, 

My name is Lorie, and I work at the morning show CBS This Morning.

We are working on a segment about Pinterest, and I came across your blog entry about a “Pinterest Party” you had recently hosted. We love what you and your friends did with the recipes and crafts. Would it be possible to use the photos you posted on your blog to illustrate how women across America are using Pinterest as inspiration? Would you also be able to send us high-res copies of the photos? We will certainly credit your photos accordingly. Thank you, and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Best,

Lorie

Of course I jumped on this opportunity to share my pinddiction with the rest of the world and immediately emailed her a bunch of pictures from my Pinterest Party!

Here is the segment CBS This Morning ran last week on how Pinterest turns virtual ideas into reality:

Did you see me?! Did you see me?! No? That's okay, neither did I the first 4 times I watched it. Apparently this other girl was waayyy cooler than me. However, I did get my 2 seconds of blurry national fame on the map, representing North Carolina!

Good enough for me! {CLICK HERE} to read the full article. 

Have a pinteresting day!

Bathtub Refinishing

When Matt and I bought our home, we knew we were definitely in for some "home improvements." Last week we were able to check one more improvement off our list - refinishing our bathtub.

As you can tell, our porcelain tub was yucky, chipped and scratched. 

So we hired a refinishing expert from Surface Specialists for the dirty job.

 

The refinishing took just over 6 hours of work, and included a hilarious white suit.

 For the next 3 days, we had to let the tub completely dry before we were able to use it.

Our refinished tub looks brand new and we are so happy with how it turned out!