March is National Craft Month! So naturally, we’ve been spending time on Pinterest and have pulled together some of our favorite crafty pinners that we have been drawing inspiration from! Here are a few of our favorite Pinners!

Emily Morgenstern of 52 Mantels

Emily’s boards include everything from holiday inspiration to repurposing an old sweater for a lamp shade to making the perfect cake pops. Whatever inspiration you’re looking for, you can be sure Emily has already pinned it on her boards.

Marlynn Schotland of Urban Bliss

Marlynn’s boards are filled with eye catching pins of brightly colored cookies, unique gadgets, and iconic images. We plan on taking some crafty inspiration from her Organizing Bliss board when making these containers.

Lisa of Crazy Adventures in Parenting

We already have some chalkboard paint left over from this project, I think some wine glasses will be needed for our next wine and cheese pairing!

 Michael Wurm, Jr. of inspiredbycharm.com

We stumbled on Michael’s Pinterest boards while perusing Pinterest and man are we glad we did! This project would be the perfect way to put those extra Tillamook Yogurt containers to good use!

Vanessa of Tried & True

Vanessa’s Craft Nook board gave us all the inspiration and motivation we needed to get organized for National Craft month! Now we are ready to tackle all the fun projects she has pinned!

What will you create for National Craft Month?

By Candace

Ever since I got my first Easy Bake Oven when I was 7, I’ve loved baking. Be it scones, cake, pies, or cupcakes, I love the art of baking it all. My time on Pinterest has not only inspired some delicious treats, but also made me realize I’ve got to step up my presentation game! I decided it was finally time to create a cake stand. I spent under $5 on each of these stands and can’t deny that they’ve elevated my confections (literally and figuratively)!

Supplies
Plate
Candlestick or drinking glass
Glue

I picked these plates up at my local Goodwill for under $1 each. With a run through the dishwasher, they were clean and good as new at a fraction of the price. For the bases, I used a glass water goblet and a wooden candle stick (which I repainted black).

There are tons of glues on the market, and to my knowledge, a handful of them should do the job. Make sure to read the fine print to see that the glue you pick is right for the materials you’re going to adhere. I recommend using glue that will dry clear and dry quickly. Again, be sure to read the fine print.

Here are my recommendations for bonding various materials together:
• For glass to glass, use Super Glue
• For glass to ceramic, use Super Glue
• For glass to wood, use a multi-purpose glue
• For ceramic to wood, use an epoxy
• For plastic to wood, use an epoxy

To assemble the cake stand, I applied glue to the top of the candlestick (or bottom of the glass) and placed upside down on the back of the plate. The glue I used had a set time of 1 minute, so I held it in place for 1 minute. The cure time was 8 minutes, so after 8 minutes, I flipped it over and it was ready for use!

The possibilities are nearly endless for making your own cake stand. If I had known how easy it would be to put these together, I would have done it years ago!

What combinations will you stick together to display your baked goods!?

For some baking inspiration, check out the Tillamook Pinterest boards!

By Amalya

Birthdays, the Loaf Love Tour hitting the road, Wednesday afternoon – we’ll use any reason to celebrate, as long as cheese is involved! But of course, we need a plate to serve all that cheese on! I saw this DIY platter and thought it would be the perfect way to class up our daily cheese celebrations!

Instead of painting the whole plate with chalkboard paint, I decided to paint a thin strip along the bottom of the platter; I didn’t really like the idea of cheese sitting on chalkboard paint. There are some food safe paint options out there, so make sure to read the label before painting.

I already had the white plate and tape (I recommend painters tape because it peels off easily without leaving a sticky residue), so all I needed was some standard chalkboard paint, chalk, and a disposable paint brush.

Tape off the area you want to paint and apply two coats of chalkboard paint, allowing the first coat to dry before applying the second. Allow it to dry overnight and peel off the tape!

When you’re ready to party; grab a piece of chalk, cut up your favorite cheese varieties (as you can see, I used Colby Jack Cheese, Swiss Cheese Slices, and Medium Cheddar Cheese), and serve!

Share your cheese platters with us on Pinterest!

By Candace

As a huge Tillamook Yogurt lover, I’m consistently faced with an abundance of plastic yogurt cups. I’m a huge supporter of recycling, but an even bigger supporter of repurposing. I’ve been collecting yogurt cups for a few weeks now, without knowing what I would create with them. Twenty yogurt cups later, and after a little time poking around Pinterest, I decided to create a holiday wreath.

Supplies
- Spray paint
- Tillamook Yogurt cups (I used 20, but you could make yours larger or smaller)
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks (I tried super glue, but it didn’t stick to the plastic as well as I’d hoped)
- Extra decorations
- A well-ventilated area to spray paint

Instructions
Clean all yogurt cups first (I ran them through the dishwasher) then spray-paint all cups. I painted the insides first, let them dry overnight, then painted the outsides of the cups. It took two coats of paint to cover the labels and get a good even coat to stick to the smooth plastic.

Lay out all cups in a ring and start hot-gluing them together at points of contact. I glued pairs of cups, then glued two pairs together, etc. until the whole wreath ring was built and connected.

Use hot glue to attach accessories like scented pine cones or fabric flowers onto the outside. I especially liked using cinnamon scented pine cones to help mask the lingering scent of spray paint. When I was done, I sprayed gold glitter spray paint over the whole thing to give it a unified sparkle.

Hang and enjoy!

What holiday crafts will create with your yogurt cups?

Update: You can also paint and decorate your wreath for other holidays. If you don’t have enough additional yogurt cups, you can repurpose your old wreath pretty effortlessly. I tore off the flowers and pine cones from my holiday wreath and repainted it with acrylic paint and a brush for Easter. With a few simple touches like some plastic eggs and felt shapes, you can have your new wreath up and ready to go in no time.

By Amalya