Fun Fall(ish) wreath!

Well, it's kind of Fall-ish.

I felt like I really needed a new wreath to hang on my door for fall, so this is the baby I put together last night.

I used a foam wreath form from Dollar Tree. I think it's actually for floral arrangements to put around candles that sit on a table, but it got the job done.

I picked up a roll of tan tulle from walmart for less than $3 and cut it into strips. There are 25 feet in a roll and my pieces were approx. 1 foot each. After I cut all of the pieces I tied them around the foam.

I made rosettes using instructions from this site:

http://junepfaffdaley.blogspot.com/2009/09/sweet-sweater-rosettes.html

They were sooo easy to make! I used a glass to make my circles and then just cut spirals. I glued the flowers using my trusty hot glue gun.

So cheap, so easy, so fun!

Recipe: Pizza Pockets

My friend Brandie gave me this idea and I was so excited to run with it!

Ingredients:

1 pkg of dry biscuit mix

Pepperoni

Mozzarella Cheese

Pizza Sauce

Prepare biscuit dough as directed on package.

Separate the dough into three (or four, however many you are making) balls.

Shape each ball into a flat circle. Mine were about 5 inches wide.

Spread Pizza Sauce on each circle.

Sprinkle Moz. Cheese on one half of each circle.

Fold the circles over, pinch the edges to close and bake in the oven at 425 degrees for 10- 12 minutes.

DELICIOUS!

Rae informed me that next time I need to make a double batch so she can have two.

I'm thinking I want to make breakfast sandwiches next?

Recipes: Bacon wrapped pork chops and asparagus

I had a major dinnertime score last night. Bacon Wrapped Porkchops, asparagus, and shells n cheese!

For the chops:

4 porkchops

8 slices of bacon

seasoning

oil

butter

I trimmed the bones and the fat off of the porkchops and wrapped bacon around the edges, securing with toothpicks. I sprinkled with Season Salt and garlic salt on each side.

Preheat oven to 425.

Heat up oil and a tablespoon of butter in a skillet. Brown porkchops on each side. Remove from heat and put chops in a greased pan.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until chops are cooked throughly and bacon is crispy.

The aspargus is super easy also!

Break the ends off of the asparagus and wash the stems.

Place in a pan with with enough water to cover the asparagus completely. Add 2 tablespoons of butter.

Heat to boiling, cover and steam for 5 minutes.

Remove lid and remove from stove. Place in the oven and cook for twenty minutes. (425 degrees)

The kids LOVED it all!

Stuffed Bacon Cheeseburgers

Even though I don't have a grill... or a backyard I still wanted to make sure we had something "Labor Day-ish" for dinner. These cheeseburgers were voted by my household the best burgers ever.

1 lb beef
cheese singles
bacon bits (the real bacon kind)
1/4 tbs. garlic salt
1 tbs. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tbs. season salt

Mix the beef with seasonings and Worcestershire sauce. Form into eight thin hamburger patties. Top 4 patties with 1/4 of a slice of cheese and some bacon bits.

Place the other four patties on top of the patties with bacon and cheese. Pinch the edges to seal the two together.

Grill.

Top with more cheese if you would like (I did... yummy!)

Enjoy!

Book 2: The Women of Tenacity by Shanna Hatfield

Well, I sat down and read another freebie Kindle book from Amazon tonight and I fell in love!

This was another short read. It's about three women that are friends and just talking about their day while they are eating dinner.

Ok, that sounds boring huh? Well, It's really not. It has a great story line, all the characters were so lovable and I am now dying to read some more by Shanna Hatfield.

Soon, very soon! I suggest you go check it out NOW! :)

Wedding Recap Part 2: Getting ready!

I was soooo super happy to get to spend some time getting ready with all the girls. Especially in grandma's pink bedroom where there is no mirror (genius!)

I did the kids hair. Fish thought it would be a great time to jack with my phone. Thanks child.

Rae pretty much ditched us to watch Spongebob or something.

A totally rocked her dress, since she LOVES dresses.

S wasn't forced to wear a dress since she was busy enough being my officiant and my photographer. THANK YOU!

 

I did my hair. It only took three tries and almost some tears, but I got er done.

FYI: when getting dressed... make sure the blinds are closed. I remembered when I was about half naked.

GO TEAM.

The boots were a hit and beat the heck out of heels for a backyard wedding!

Wedding Recap Part 1. It's all in the details.

The beautiful cake my Momma made! She used Duncan Hines chocolate marble cake mix and it was AMAZING. Thank you Mom!

The chair set up with the archway in my Grandpa's backyard. He did an excellent job mowing. (He wanted to know that someone noticed.)

Table set up! I used pinecones as placecard holders and hot glued the placecards in place inside them.

The kiddie bags acted as the kids placecards.

Close up of the centerpieces. Wine goblets from Dollar Tree filled with river rocks from Dollar General and a votive candle.

Close up from the guest book table. The basket contained the mad libs and the tears of joy packets.

Escort cards! I cut the leave escort cards out with my cricuit and decorated clothespins to hold them onto twine that I strung between two porch railings. The "flowers" are made from newspaper and spray painted.

Stay tuned for more! I'll do all I can tonight, trying not wear myself out completely!