Some DIY recipe page or video makes the project look so easy and simple to do. And the photos, they look so perfect! Like this one:
https://www.nobiggie.net/diy-mini-snow-globe-ornament/#llc_comments
What could possibly go wrong? However once you start trying to execute, you find that it's not so simple after all. In this case, it was from a blog that was written in 2013. It had been 7 years, and the product specs on the bottle brush trees and/or the lightbulb ornaments she linked had changed. They no longer fit. After hours of stress and searching desperately for alternatives both online and in local stores and staying up way too late, I finally found a way to 3D print the trees in the size I needed (caveat: couldn't actually be any size, since my printer wasn't designed for finite details so if I scaled down too far the filament just wouldn't even come out) using a particular technique called drop loop printing. Fortunately, drop loop christmas trees are fairly popular models and there were quite a few free ones available for download. And equally fortunately, I happened to be in possession of appropriately colored PLA filament, as PLA is the only type that's likely to work well for this. Just for an extra wintry effect, I dry brushed white paint on some of the finished models. Results below:
https://preview.redd.it/dhv323jz51y61.jpg?width=9248&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0b97262c4a137adcfb8518ed789bd6d5ad2cba1
Lesson learned: be careful with online "DIY" recipes that brag about being "simple and easy". It can really be very hit or miss, even if you know what you're doing.
Super bummed. I love pasta and I haven't had any since 3/15. I came across an amazing looking & sounding recipe on Pinterest. The chicken/pesto portion cooked in a slow cooker and it filled my house with the best smell! In preperation, I cut back on my calories a bit throughout the week and I went very light today.
We sat down to eat and the mozzarella ended up becoming a brick, which got worse as it cooled. My dish did not have a creamy consistency, my glass of wine tasted bitter. My child complained. So much disappointment in tonight's dinner, but the worst is the anti-climatic build up from the whole week. Whomp.
I love these guest perspective posts! They're great for understanding what works and what doesn't for making a great party and experience for your guests. I wanted to share with all of you a wedding I went to recently that was great in theory, but really awful in execution. I think sometimes we brides get caught up in how wonderful or romantic something looks on pinterest or in magazines and forgets to think "how will this effect my guests?" Because at the end of the day, a wedding is a big happy party for all the people you love and care about :)
The basics: The wedding was held on a farm in rural Mississippi. The Groom's grandfather owned the farm, and the groom's family had put a lot of work into making what was a functional farm into a wedding venue. They were on a tight budget so they had friends and family help with food, drinks, photography, etc. Overall it looked very nice, but it was kind of a mess from the guest perspective.
The good: *The barn looked straight off of a pinterest board. They had strung lights, installed a dance floor, and had big long tables covered in butcher paper with burlap table runners.
*Their vows were beautiful and heartfelt and there was a lot of love and happiness in the ceremony.
*They had these nifty confetti eggs that you smashed on people's heads for good luck. Those were a lot of fun, and watching the little ones run around trying to get each other with them was so cute.
Things that missed the mark:
*The barn was a barn. It was not really ever meant to be a wedding venue, so it had a lot of issue. The floor was severely slanted, so all the tables were at angles and you sort of leaned in your chair all night, which after about an hour of sitting started to really hurt my back. One of those things that looks great, but in practice doesn't work so well.
*They had family and friends make all the food for the wedding, which was tasty but problematic. First, they were grilling/smoking meat in the barn during the ceremony. The barn had no ventilation so the whole thing was just filled with smoke. Second, they didn't have the right equipment to keep the food hot or cold so it all kinda ended up being around room temperate. Also, their friends were not professionals, so had little regard for hygiene, including one accidentally sticking their fingers into a dish of whipped cream, saying "oops" and licking off her finger before going back to serving others. I don't fault them for being unprofessional, they're gue
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