What's the Score?: Pinterest Craft #1

So I joined Pinterest, and immediately pinned about a thousand things I wanted to create or bake or eat or read. And DID NOTHING.

My 2012 resolution - do something.

I roasted beets and parsnips based on this pin. And I baked the most delicious figgy peppery bacony scones based on this pin. Then, it was time for crafting. Clearly, crafting based on eating was going to be important.

Figgy Peppery Bacony Deliciousness in scone format

Here is project #1...a menu planner. We had signed up for a CSA box of organic vegetables to be delivered to our house...a particularly Seattle-y thing to do, we felt...but we have a nasty habit of leaving our fresh veggies in the crisper too long. If we planned our meals in advance, we would introduce some intentionality to our eating, and use those delicious veggies up.

Here is the original pin.

I started with a collage frame from Michael's that I'd gotten for about $5 the day after Thanksgiving. There are actually 7 days in a week, but this frame has only 6 openings. (It's fine...we eat out on Sundays.) Each opening is 4"x6".

Whoever these kids are, they're adorable.

Next, I picked out 6 pieces of patterned scrapbook paper. TO THE STASH! I decided on colors/patterns that I thought black dry erase pen would show up on easily. Also, we have an orange wall nearby where I wanted to hang the menu planner, so I coordinated with it.

Finally a use for all these delightful papers!

I wanted to put day-of-the-week markers on the paper itself, under the glass, so I was free to write over the entirety of the opening. TO THE STASH! I had these wonderful metal letters that were self-adhesive...and they matched my color scheme!