Pinterest-Martha Fail: Pineapple Flowers
Apr 23
I was put in charge of making desserts for this year’s family Easter dinner. I spent hours on Pinterest finding the perfect recipes and ideas, narrowing them down to one delicious sounding hummingbird cupcake recipe. I planned to top them with lovely crisp pineapple flowers from a pin that has been all over Pinterest lately. The day before Easter I shopped for ingredients, prepped the work...
Martha Lied
Mar 20
Ever try a Martha Stewart craft project, and 3 hours later, all you have is a huge mess and a lot of broken dreams? Us either, we were just asking. Here’s a First World Martha Problem for you: “I made that Martha Stewart Craft… Martha totally lied about it being a good thing.” Check out our other Martha Projects Gone Wrong, and don’t forget to snap a pic in...
Martha Gone Wrong: Wax Hearts Failed
Feb 27
After scouring Pinterest for some Valentine’s eye candy I landed on these lovely hearts by Martha Stewart made of simple ingredients: waxed paper and crayons. Sprinkle crayon shavings on wax paper, iron ‘em and cut out hearts. Seems simple enough, right? Wrong! Shards of melted wax crumbled off and what little was left, well, just didn’t look like ‘sweet’...
Oh Sheet! Another Pinterest fail.
Feb 13
When Jenny at My Little Me saw Martha Stewart’s organized and beautifully folded sheets on Pinterest, she knew she had to give it a go. Fail. Â Sometimes, the only thing Pinterest inspires me to do is take a nap.
There’s No Way To Mend a Broken Heart Pendant
Feb 11
Valentine’s Day crafting should be easy and fun. I mean, it’s just hearts. Heart projects aren’t hard, right? Wrong. I started a Valentine’s Day series this year, but with a new twist – all the projects have to include aqua, my favorite shade of blue. “I’ll show all you pink and red Valentine’s Day people! You will bow to my aqua heart...
Reindeer Cookies – Nailed It
Dec 22
Martha. The inspiration behind many of our craft endeavors, and the push behind many of our craft fails. Where would CraftFail be without the gentle perfectionist push of the immaculate images fed to us by the genius crafting team behind Martha Stewart? Take these Reindeer Cookies, for instance. Such a simple idea: use a gingerbread man cookie cutter you already have on hand and flip it upside...
