How To: Properly Pin to Pinterest From a Blog!

While doing my 9 Things I Love Today posts I find that there are a lot of pins on Pinterest that pin to the proper blog, but don't link to a specific post! Which means, when people like me are looking for a specific picture I have to scour the blog for the specific post so I can link it properly!

So here's a crash course on the quick and easy way to properly pin from a blog post! So say you're just browsing along, and you see a cool blog post. Wow, Preparing for Aussie Winter you say! Cool!

Maybe I should pin that!

STOP RIGHT NOW, thank you very much! If you were to pin that post from my blog's home page, forever and always that pin will link back to my blog's home page. So the cool Aussie winter staples you're trying to show your friends after a little while won't work and they'll have to look through pages and pages of my blog (hey, maybe that's not such a bad idea!) in order to find the one post they actually wanted!

So, let's save everyone the trouble and pin like this:

Click on the link of the blog post!

Once you see that the link has changed from the home link (in this case www.seductivemania.com) to the post link (http://www.seductivemania.com/2013/04/preparing-for-aussie-winter.html) so now every pin from that page will now be correctly sourced!!

Little things that will make internet life a lot easier!

21 Shades of Christmas: Snowflake 101

Today I wanted to make some snowflakes for my room, but to my surprise, I had completely forgotten how to fold and cut snowflakes! After a little help from my friend Google, I came up with this Snowflake 101 for you!

First, turn your paper into a square. That's steps 1-4. What you want to do is take one corner of your paper, and then fold it diaganally across your paper until it makes a smooth top edge. Cut away the excess. 

Fold your paper in half, and then in half again!

Now fold your paper in half one more time, but diagonally this time!

Round off the top corner to make a rounded snowflake!

Snip snip snip away, and you have one beautifully unique snowflake!

Here are a couple of snowflakes I busted out this afternoon!

Now get creative and make some snowflakes!

17 Days until Christmas!

How To Get A Concussion!

Hello SeductiveMania readers!

Today I'm going to post a very informative tutorial on how to get a concussion.* Now, I'm sure you're sitting on the edge of your seats, just waiting for the step by step instructions... but let me just tell you that the fun will last a couple of days, or longer if you're prone to migraines like me yipee!

Step One: Pick a Shelf.

That's right folks, now it's important to find the right kind of shelf. It has to be a sturdy, well made shelf, preferably wooden. Another very important factor in selecting a shelf is that it should have a corner approximately forehead height. It will be extremely difficult to complete step number two with a shelf at an incorrect height.

Step Two: Put Something Important in Danger.

... on the other side of the shelf. Maybe dangle your favourite child or pet over a burning hot stove. Maybe just put on a pot with a sauce that's seconds to boiling over and in dire need of being turned down or you'll have an icky sticky mess all over the stove and no one is even close to the burner so you must turn it down or you'll have to clean it up. You know, something like that. 

Step Three: Run Into Shelf.

Now you can interpret this step however you want, but for best results, literally run into the shelf. Choose your important object carefully for this reason. Imagine little Spike or your first born dangling precariously over a demon shark infested pond (with lasers) and aim carefully. You want to hit your forehead hard enough to throw you backwards, but after that play it cool. Expect to be extremely dizzy and in a lot of throbbing pain.

Step Four: Don't Tell Anyone.

To avoid awkward questions like "why did you run into a shelf" don't tell anyone about the extreme pain in your brain, especially if it lasts - or even gets worse over the next 4 days. The nausea, stomach aches, dizziness, and/or blurred vision are things you should probably not tell anyone about.

Step Five: Succumb to the Inevitable.

Congratulations! You've made it to our final step. While your head may feel like a million little demon creatures are trying to drill their way out of your brain, you have successfully had and made worse a concussion! Once you begin vomiting and crying from the pain in your head, someone will eventually notice and take you to a doctor. Bed rest, fluids, and extra strength Tylenol will now be your best friends!

Bonus Points:

Now I know some of you over achievers out there are thinking - that's good, but how do I make it worse?! My suggestion to you is once you're at the doctors office, stand up too fast for the sizeable injection in your rear end (one that is supposed to help your migraines, by the way) and once the needle has been injected, proceed to get all together too dizzy, and faint on the doctors office floor. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll come to soon enough on the floor pants around your knees suitable embarrassed. But you have achieved your goal - a second minor head trauma! You'll be out of work for a couple of days, but that pain which is now throbbing on both sides of your head is 100% worth it!

*Disclaimer - Please don't do this. Ever. It f%$#ing hurts. A lot. (Yes, this is really what happened... I know.)