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Kopy Kat- Glue Gun Bottles

With my addiction to Pinterest coming to an all time high, I came up with a new series for you fabulous bloggers. I was thinking I might take inspiration from Pinterest, including paintings, DIY's, recipes, etc. and make them myself. I think it'll be fun (and probably hilarious) to see how my work turns out compared to the fabulous works that fill Pinterest.

I will call this new series of mine Kopy Kat (haha get it?) I'll copy the picture in the best way that I can. I will warn you now, my pieces probably will not be as good as the original ones. Truthfully, I'm not the greatest craftster. It's a lot trial and error with my work. I'm putting that up here for you guys to see. If you wanna laugh, go ahead. Trust me, I laugh at my own work all the time. I'm not Picasso.

Disclaimer: I'm not trying to steal these people's ideas, I give entire credit to the original creator. I'm recreating what they made in my own way, no matter how similar they might end up being. Isn't that one of the reasons for Pinterest and blogging? to recreate what you see? At least I think it is :)

AND BEGIN!

I love bottle crafts, there is just so much you can do with empty wine and beer bottles. I've been big into saving old bottles, because I know i'll do something with them someday (anyone have this issue with other things?) That day came when I found these lovely bottles. They are so pretty and sooooo simple!

1. Collect your left over mason jars, wine bottles, beer bottles, etc.

2. Use a glue gun to write words or draw a neat design on the bottle. Hopefully you have a sturdy hand, because for me it was really difficult to keep my hand steady. Just go slow and do the best you can.

3. Let the glue dry and then take some spray paint in your favorite color and spray the bottle until it is completely covered.

I hope you lovelies will enjoy this series. If you come across a picture on Pinterest and you want me to do a Kopy Kat on it, leave the picture in the comments and i'll try it out.

xo, k

Most Simplest and Most Amazing Banana Bread Recipe

My mom has been making this recipe since the beginning of time. She continues to buy bananas and no one in the house ever eats them. So when they turn gross we throw them in banana bread, what better choice do we have? Today was the day that the bananas were on their last leg so what did I do!!?? I made banana bread of course, hence the recipe tutorial.... It's a simple recipe, but it is my all time favorite.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup mashed bananas
2 cups flour
1/2 sour milk (milk and about 1 Tbs. vinegar)

1. Mix together the eggs, sugar, and butter. Add the soda and salt.

2. Mash up your bananas and throw them in. Add the sour milk and stir everything together while adding the flour to thicken up the mixture.

3. Pour into a non-stick pan or glass pan, throw in the oven at 350 degrees for about 1 hour. Check with a toothpick and if still gooey keep in the oven for another 10 minutes.

4. Don't forget to lick the bowl. ( I didn't ) ;)

Feel free to do what you like with this recipe to perk it up a bit. Throw in some chocolate chips, nuts, cranberries, more bananas.... whatever you like really. Or leave it the way it is, because it's already awesome.

Talkative Tuesday- Valentine's Day

Jeesh, it's been a long time since I've done a Talkative Tuesday! I think my brain just likes to skip Tuesdays and totally forget about them. But today I told it, "you need to write one!" So give a big round of applause and welcome back Talkative Tuesdays :)

Is it to soon for to start decorating for Valentine's Day? Because I am in the mood for some lovin' (Valentine's lovin', that is...) Christmas is over with, sadly and Valentine's Day is the next holiday in line. Sooooo technically, I can start. This will be my first Valentine's Day with someone other than my cat (no judging, I love my cat) and I'm kind of excited for it. I want to do something special and sweet with my man. It'll be a day of Valentine's magic. :)

I found most of these images through Pinterest and they instantly put me in the mood for some serious decorating and eating...