My Journey Through the Fine Art of Overextending Oneself
Social media sites can be great resources for creative types, but I’m learning there’s limit to how many we actually need.
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Procrastination Destination: Earth Day!
Even superheroes know the environment is worth saving. Take a break, laugh with John Oliver, learn the science of climate change, and enjoy our beautiful world.
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Do You Pinterest?
Other than the usual Food, Fashion, and Fun Boards, here are a few ideas on how to use Pinterest to organize our crazy lives:
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‘The Force Awakens’: Star Wars Nail Art Tutorial
Manicures and Star Wars. Nope, this isn’t a trick question or a “which one of these is not like the others” puzzle.
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Pin It! Cosplay Edition
Welcome to the first post in our Pin It! series. Today, Dakster shares her favorite boards for cosplayers.
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Hey Pinterest Users: Stop Saying This, Please!
Pinterest is an amazing community—but it would be more awesome if we stopped saying this one thing.
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How to Throw a Harry Potter Party Without Spending 1000 Galleons
Make a Harry Potter birthday party one to remember without breaking the Gringotts bank.
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Geek Parenting: You’re Doing It Right (Yes, YOU!)
Here’s a handy list to remind yourself once in a while that yes, you’ve got this parenting thing down.
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You Can Stop Pinterest Parenting Now
You don’t have to measure your mothering skills against the things you see on Pinterest. Really.
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A DIY Mid-Century Medieval Guest Room Upgrade
With two kids, a dog, and space at a general premium, having a guest room has never been an easy task for our growing family. We’ve made some sad attempts over the years to accommodate visitors, including a futon (shudder), a second-string queen sized bed (which ended up covered in marker), and an office/nursery combination. […]
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Lottie Dolls Is Running a Super(hero) Costume Contest!
The nice people at Lottie Dolls are holding a superhero outfit design competition in order to get girls believing that they can be superheroes, too! #girlsuperhero
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Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Easter Eggs
GeekMom Helen tests some popular pins for decorating and dyeing Easter eggs in our Pintrusted or Pinbusted series.
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The Doctor vs. Sherlock: The Ultimate Geek Face-Off
Would would choose to become the Doctor’s companion or Sherlock’s blogger? Read on to find out which of the two won the most votes!
Continue ReadingPinbusted or Pintrusted: Moleskin Underwire Bra Repair
In this installment of Pinbusted or Pintrusted, Patricia investigates using moleskin to repair an underwire bra.
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Pinbusted or Pintrusted: DIY Silver Cleaners
Three methods will be tested for cleaning silver. Which ones will be trusted, and which ones will be busted?
Continue ReadingPinbusted or Pintrusted: Melted Crayon Wax on Pumpkins
Melting crayon wax onto a pumpkin is an easy, fun craft that you can do even with a toddler.
Continue ReadingPinbusted or Pintrusted: Clean Stainless Steel with Olive Oil
Rather than shoo my preschooler away from every appliance until she turns 18, I decided to focus on a way to clean stainless steel. To the pins!
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Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Party Food
One of my favorite things to pin on Pinterest is party foods because they generally combine two categories I love: cute things and delicious things.
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Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Natural Ant Killer
Pinbusted or Pintrusted? Which of the popular natural ant killers on Pinterest actually work?
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Parenting the Pinterest Way: The Road to Insanity
My name is Sarah and I’m a virtual-mom junkie. How the internet compounds my feelings of inadequacy as a mom.
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Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Golden Snitch Cake Pops
For this installment of Pinbusted or Pintrusted, Patricia tried to make Harry Potter golden snitch cake pops for her son’s birthday.
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Rock Candy: Failed Recipe or Lesson in Science?
Over the past month we have been experimenting with making rock candy. In true scientific fashion, we have done the experiment multiple times changing variables to see how the outcome changes.
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Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Dawn and Vinegar Shower Cleaner
Dawn and vinegar is a solution that many pinners praise for taking off soap scum without scrubbing.
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Pinbusted or Pintrusted: The Ribbon Wreath
In this installment of Pinbusted or Pintrusted, I will show you my adventures in making a ribbon wreath.
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My Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler Daughter
“My Imaginary Well-Dressed Child” is a Pinterest board that excels at pure entertainment. Really. You want to take a look.
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Five Ways To Feel Like A Beach Geek
It’s summer for those of us in the northern hemisphere, and just as we’re starting to see the possibility of beach days approaching, those of you down under are wishing they’d last a bit longer. Either way, here are a few goodies to help you pretend you’re basking in the sun and playing in the sand.
Continue Reading10 Things We’re So Over on Pinterest
From hairdos and hairdon’ts to unexpected abs, here’s our top 10 list of things we’re so over on Pinterest.
Continue ReadingWin Some Geeky T-Shirts From We Love Fine
If you’ve never had a chance to check out all the cool and ridiculously geeky shirts at We Love Fine Tees then you don’t know what you’ve been missing. They’ve got everything from The Avengers to Star Wars to Hello Kitty. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve got one shirt that combines all three of those things.
Continue ReadingThis Geeky House: Ariane
I bought my first house a few months ago. It was scary and exciting, but the best part was getting to decorate the new house! Thanks to Pinterest, I was able to browse and save my home decor inspirations. ThinkGeek …
Continue ReadingPin a Quote to Pinterest
Those of us enthused about Pinterest know the site has one limitation. The pages we want to save must have an image to capture for our “pins.” But the tubes don’t always cooperate. Some pages don’t feature any images while images on other pages may have very little to do with why we want to […]
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