{"id":40892,"date":"2026-05-15T13:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/?p=40892"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:16:52","slug":"home-garden-from-the-pinata-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/2026\/05\/15\/home-garden-from-the-pinata-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"Home &#038; Garden: From The Pinata Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 19\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Ashley Shannahan said a series of small things led to her making pin\u0303atas but really it\u2019s about her dedication to making events special.<\/p>\n<p>Shannahan said she loves a theme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always gone full out for birthdays and holidays,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The pin\u0303ata project started when her eldest son had his first birthday. Going with a Minecraft theme she made a pin\u0303ata in the shape of a creeper with its signature pixel face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pin\u0303ata got smashed within seconds,\u201d she recalls. \u201cYou have to be willing to part with the things you make. Not everything is meant to last forever but the memories they help create are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When she made another pin\u0303ata for her other child she started to get more positive feedback from people who encouraged her to branch out.<\/p>\n<p>Shannahan and her family moved to Creemore in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized very quickly how supportive the community is,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>That and a motivational talk with her mom just before she died led her to launch The Pin\u0303ata Patch, offering custom pin\u0303atas and pin\u0303ata-making workshops.<\/p>\n<p>A busy mom of three, Shannahan has been slowly building a brand package and social media presence. She has developed a method of building the pin\u0303atas using \u2018chipboard,\u2019 a thick brown paper, and tape. Shannahan thinks of the assembly as a form of active meditation, which she does in the evenings after her children are in bed. The artful decoration is layered with cut streamers and paper flowers. She can also make creative banners and other party decor to suit a theme, upon request.<br \/>\nFor more information find The Pin\u0303ata Patch on<\/p>\n<p>Facebook and Instagram, or email thepinatapatch@ gmail.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley Shannahan said a series of small things led to her making pin\u0303atas but really it\u2019s about her dedication to making events special. Shannahan said she loves a theme. \u201cI have always gone full out for birthdays and holidays,\u201d she said. The pin\u0303ata project started when her eldest son had his first birthday. Going with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":40887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40893,"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40892\/revisions\/40893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creemore.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}