Homemade Jewelry Cleaner?

As I looked at my wedding ring, after washing my hands for the, well I don't know how many times in the past few  ::mumbles:: since I last cleaned my ring.

Ring that desperately needs cleaning.

I had stopped cleaning it when I realized it didn't ever really seem clean from the jewelry cleaner I got from the jeweler.  Then I remembered this pin, Jewelry Cleaner Pin.  I had ALL the ingredients in my house. Yippee!  This means I don't have to try to remember to do this one later.

All the ingredients (foil is in the cup)

 It is bubbling, that means it is working, right?

After 5 min in the solution

The other side.

Cell phone pictures don't show the difference.  The main stone is MUCH clearer & the band under the stones is also clean & shiny.  I only had time for about 5 min, nap time was cut short.

Verdict: Pintastic, but won't beat a good jewelry store clean & shine.

Oil, Pictures & Mason Jars

When planning my second wedding (to the same man... okay let me elaborate - we got married in November when I was pregnant. I couldn't drink at the "reception" at my dad's house, I couldn't wear my dream wedding dress, and we didn't invite everyone who is important in our lives. So yes, we had a second wedding - big dress, big church, big reception and LOTS of drinking!) I wanted to do things differently. I didn't want to do the classic centerpieces of flowers or candles. So off to pinterest I went looking for ideas and stumbled on this gem. 

Ooooo how pretty! So, I read her blog and learned all the neat things she did at her wedding, and completely stole her idea. I still think it's an amazing idea, but mine didn't come out as "artsy" looking as hers. Sean and I tend to take the classic "Myspace" pose where we hold the camera out at arm's length and click. Apparently those pictures don't work so well in this type of situation and they morph your face depending on how you look at it. But ah well! I still loved them (mostly) and everyone talked about them. Here are a few...

The little signs next to the pictures were our table markers. One side had something important (like a place or thing) and the other side had a description. For example, "Where Sean told Kari he loved her for the first time" {Florida} and "Our first apartment together" {Jewett City}.

So overall, I call this Pintastic...just use some more artsy fartsy pictures...that are a little further back so you don't look like aliens :)