The party that pinterest built

Many many years ago (about 5) I hosted a party the evite called "the white trash bash!!!!!!" I made quite the ass of myself and have not been able to convince my husband to let me have it again until this year. I had to meet the following conditions 1)it had to be on a holiday w/ fireworks 2) it must be renamed the redneck revival, bc white trash bash excludes other races (never mind that redneck typically excludes other races). There have probably been many advancements in civilization since the last redneck/trailer park/ white trash theme party but by far the most important (to me at least) has been the rise of Pinterest. I'm already a life long hoarder of hobbies, crafts and recipes so Pinterest is sort of like porn for someone like me, but w/ hassle free storage. Some of the recipes for the party were my standards (see hot stuff white trash sweets) but a few of them were new and courtesy of Pinterest here they are:

The sangria was sort of a no brainer bc who doesnt like sangria, even bad sangria? And this one turned out pretty great. I used apple instead of pineapple mainly b/c it was easier to cut into stars but other than that I stayed true to the recipe from punchbowl.com, click here for full recipe

Sweet nectar

Oatmeal lemon creme bars. I made this one bc I wanted it and there were a few left over, just for me. I used fresh meyer lemons straight from my mother in law's garden for these. They were awesome thanks to Justcallmemaria.com, click for full recipe

Mine! All mine!!!!

The snickers brownies I thought were going to scare ppl off... They tasted amazing but they looked like a melted train wreck fortunately it didn't deter anyone and there were nine left  and really only b/c they had melted over on to the filthy counter (success!)Thank you jaseyscrazydaisy.com, click for full recipe

Even as a melt mishap, still Delicious

One of my favorite pinterest inspired contributions was the drink napkin wreath. It must be a sign of how much of an eccentric old lady I'm becoming but I LOVE wreaths lately and this one was fun and easy to make and perfect for the occasion. Thank you Tipjunkie.com! For tutorial click here

Im not sure Lee Greenwood had this in mind when he wrote "Proud to be an American," but its still kind of sweet wreath ;)

Easter wreath renovation

 As much as I loved my crazy winky bunny wreath...Easter is only once a year. So why waste a perfectly good grapevine wreath? I decided to re-use it and give it a second chance to decorate my door, a resurrection in honor of its original holiday I guess. So here is its makeover, I have 2 versions one w/ my faux antique painted N and one w/o:

W/ the sweet faux N

still fab w/o the N

Here's my brief tutorial:
Cut stems to a manageable length and attach flowers by both sticking through the grapevine and securing w/ grapevine floral wire.

Faux N- spray paint letter w/ primer and gloss spray paint (i used krylon for both the color I used was antique white) let dry then coat w/ dark wood stain and wipe off w/ rag. Add and wipe stain until you get the look you want.