Caprese Salad Skewers

We finally had our first pinstrosity emailed to us! 

Pinterest Pal (what are Pinterest users called? Pinsters?) Diedre sent over her Pinstrosity, Caprese Salad Skewers. 

The Original Pin

http://terristable.blogspot.com/2010/06/apps-and-im-not-talkin-iphone.html 

The Pinstrosity

http://mowercooking.blogspot.com/2012/02/caprese-salad-skewers.html 

What Went Wrong:

Diedre says, "It wasn't a disaster, but could've used some improvements."

• They were too big to eat all in one bite
• The whole basil leaf was too overpowering. 
• The texture. 
• She says "I found the texture of the fresh mozzarella to be too slimy for my liking, but I tend to be overly sensitive to textures, so that may have just been me."

How to Fix This:

Diedre went the extra mile and looked up an idea on what could be done to improve on this. She suggests doing something like this instead:

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/mini-caprese-bites-10000001731442/

"I think this idea would've been better. You could use a stick of string cheese to get a firmer cheese texture, and the shredded basil would be much less overpowering. And you could fit it all into one bite."