Ever have those moments when you ask yourself, why didn’t I think of that? I have those moments quite often while playing on pinterest. Here are some of my favorite “Duh” moments lately…
Those blenders I hate to clean after making banana milk? How have I never tried this?
Mini pumpkins as place settings AND a take-home favor? Adorable!
Why yes, cinnamon rolls instead of basic crust DOES sound amazing.
You would think I preferred digging through our crazy medicine cabinet because why else have I not done this yet?
A large oil drip pan from Walmart is magnetic? Hello, Christmas shopping!
You could write names on these or use them for a wine tasting by writing #1, #2, etc on the chalkboards. So cute!
Reusable wrapping for presents? Yes, please! I’m terrible at wrapping, it’s adorable and eco-friendly? What’s not to love about lilywrap!?
Adding cinnamon to your sandbox will repel bugs. Plus, you can pretend you’re playing in a giant box of cinnamon sugar! Don’t tell me you’ve never dreamed of that…
And finally, a magazine rack attached to the inside of a cabinet makes a perfect place to store your hair dryer, curling iron, etc.
Have you had any “why didn’t I think of that” moments lately?
Happy weekend!
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I HATE washing our blender, so really, why did I never think to do that!?! And the magazie rack idea is a pretty good one too.
We recently turned a long, semi-thin (?) Ikea bookshelf into a shoe rack. I was pretty proud since those creative moments are pretty rare around here!
Pinterest has changed my life – seriously. I just got onto it a few months ago and every time I come across idea like these it blows my mind all over my face.
omg I have to try the wine dip!
The whole site makes me go Duh! lol
Wow, I love the cinnamon roll crust idea. Must try that!
I saw the blender one the other day so I tried it after making a milkshake. Unfortunately it doesn’t work well if you put hazelnut butter in the blender. It’s too sticky. I still had to scrub. But I bet it will work great for cleaning up after making banana milk!
Aw, bummer! It may be good for H’s banana milk, but I guess for my peanut butter green monsters I’ll have to use the dang sponge. Thanks for the feedback!
Maybe if you use realllly hot water it will!!
I love Pinterest because of great ideas like the ones you have posted here in your blog post.
I love the things I see on Pinterest! Granted, it makes me feel more crafty than I ever could be, but I like the “duh” ones!
All of those look so DUH…. I especially love the one about the magazine rack inside the bathroom cabinet. Now if I could convince my husband to let me screw nails in the cabinet doors. Maybe I should invest in heavy duty command strips.
Um, these are all great! I never seem to find these crazy cool ideas on Pinterest. Although I do feel a bit ahead of the game on the blender one. SO already do that.
Every time I go over to Pinterest, I wind up learning something that makes my life just a little easier!
Despite my response tweet the other day, that is actually how I clean my blender. The only problem is that you have to do it right away, especially with green smoothies, which I never remember to do (that or I am just too anxious to enjoy the drink, so wait). I will do that as an initial cleaning, but always feel like a good scrub is necessary. I might just be too OCD-clean freak about it.
Thanks for the mention on your blog, Brittney. We certainly think lilywrap is “pinteresting” … I am totally going to steal that term!
Hey, that’s how I wash our blender. It works great!
However, that cinnamon roll crust? GENIUS!!
I need to try the blender thing. I avoid making smoothies because cleaning the blender is such a pain.
As many great ideas as there are on Pinterest, I see an equal number of terrible ones haha. I thought airborne sand particles were a carcinogen? And who wants to inhale cinnamon in addition? Maybe skip that one
I’d say those are ‘pro-tips’, and not ‘why didn’t I think of that’ items, haha.
reddit.com/r/protips
I’m still waiting for someone to invent a cooling blanket – another version of the traditional electric blanket only cooler. It would be awesome in summer:P