Happy Sunday, my friends!  It’s time for the Pinterest Link Up Party!

Meet our team:
Allison from Two Thirty-Five Designs~Pinterest, Lindsay from Makely School For Girls~Pinterest, Kelly from Lily Pad Cottage~Pinterest, Adrianne from Dream Book Design~Pinterest, Jenelle from Nelle Creations~Pinterest, Sarah from Creative Ramblings~Pinterest, and Aimee from Captivating Corner~Pinterest.

If you missed the last few weeks, be sure to click here to find out what’s going on.

There were so many good pins from last week’s Pinterest Link Up Party that I ended up choosing three to feature!  The first is this DIY Clamshell Bowl that was pinned by Monica at Craftberry Bush.  My love of organically shaped bowls and trays is on super obsession high alert mode thanks to a webinar I watched last week from my friend Jackie, so this bowl caught my eye immediately.

Next up are these delicious indoor smores, pinned by Monica at Creative Gator.  I seriously want to try these out at the 4th of July BBQ that we are hosting next week for our friends and neighbors….

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Leading a DIY life has a lot of benefits.  Depending upon what you are undertaking, you can save yourself a lot of money.  You can teach yourself a new skill.  You can work with your own schedule and budget.  Or take some time to do nothing at all, knowing that it will still be there when you are ready.

That’s exactly what happened to me this week, the third week of Jumpstart June.  I took a break.  I didn’t work on my Mary Blair inspired wall a single time.  But you know what I did do?

I swam with my kids nearly every day.

I had saw my sister three times.

I visited with two friends that I haven’t seen in ages.

I watched a ton of baseball.

I laid on the couch and watched Pitch Perfect.  And then The Breakfast Club.  And then Pitch Perfect again.

And my wall looked like this the entire time.

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