Pinterest Pledge {recipe AND craft}

I had a busy weekend. Whitney and I went to see Catching Fire on Friday and it was awesome--it was very close to the book. On Saturday I traveled to Atlanta to stay with my friend Consuela who I have not seen in over a year. We had fun running errands, watching a movie, and generally just catching up. On Sunday I completed the easiest Pinterest "craft" I'll probably ever do and last night I baked some white chocolate chip cranberry cookies. My craft is a little sad but honestly I will use it every week. I did not follow the directions because I figured this would be a great opportunity to try washi tape. I bought some zig-zag tape at Hobby Lobby and then found a star pattern I liked better at Joann's (for more money and half the amount of tape--not a deal but I liked it more). Here's the original Pinterest picture.

She used a really cute, and very appropriate bobby pin paper and applied mod podge. I was pretty sure I would not be able to find paper that specific so I just bought some patterned tape. My CVS bottle went from plain, to zig-zag, to starry. 

Again, not the prettiest thing I've ever made but it was easy, fairly cheap, and it's functional. I usually have bobby pins scattered all over the house and now I have an easy to find way to keep them in one secure place. On to the cookies. 

I made one batch Thursday night and it wasn't great. They tasted great but the cookies were a little tough. I like a soft-baked cookie and since this recipe actually had that in the title I had to give it a try.

Then I made them again last night (picture not available) following the directions exactly this time and they turned out much better. I had to adjust the temperature on my oven a bit and put the cookies in for 2-3 minutes longer than suggested but they are soft and the bottoms didn't burn at all. I'm really glad I tried this one. This cookie recipe is very, very easy and I think I'll use the dough (minus the chips and cranberries) as the base for just about any cookie combination I might want. I'm eager to try a couple holiday crafts for my December pledge but I haven't picked out my recipes yet. I'm looking forward to the Thanksgiving break; family, friends, food, and no Black Friday shopping!