Before Pinterest . . .

I guess Pinterest was made for people like me . . . who before the Internet and the idea of virtual boards and pins . . . put all of my ideas in a notebook.  Before throwing away a magazine I would cut out the pictures and patterns that I liked and glue them into a notebook.  I still do this a little bit . . . even though Pinterest makes this much easier to do online . . . I still like my Idea Notebooks.  Nothing fancy . . . just a glue stick, a composition book, and pictures of things I like or want to try making.  I have a separate Idea Notebook just for Halloween ideas. 

I had a few pictures that I wanted to glue into a book today - and someone else had to get in on the cutting and gluing.  Everything is more fun with Charlotte helping . . . and more messy.

Great idea!

This idea may not be new - but it is new to me.  Richard found it on-line and shared it with me.  You can to this with a 2 liter soda bottle - but I used a Gatorade bottle because the mouth was larger.  You start by cutting off the bottom of the Gatorade bottle -  (clean and dry it of course.)

Cut the top off a bag of candy (also works great for chocolate chips) and insert the open top through the mouth of the Gatorade bottle.)

Then simply pull the top of the bag down around the outside of the bottle.

Ready to pour!

Just screw on the lid when you are finished - no more spills.