Etsy Anniversary gift. Personalized print.

I ordered this print from an Etsy seller for my husbands first anniversary gift. I'm so happy with it!

I ordered the print on Thanksgiving and it was in my inbox the next morning! (She makes it and sends it via email.) For $10!!!

It doesn't get any better than that.

I was able to easily print it, frame it and wrap it to put in the husbands Christmas box. <3

Go check her out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/KarenArtCreations

Project 365: Day 103~ choco-zuchinni cupcakes

We have a birthday at work tomorrow so I threw together some cupcakes today to take with me.

I found this recipe for Choco-Zucchini Cupcakes and I hope she will love them! 

Instead of the peanut butter frosting listed on the BHG website I went for my old standby... cream cheese frosting. It's so fun to get to cook some of these pinterest finds! My frosting did not come out as thick as it did last time, but the cupcake I taste tested was great. I hope the birthday girl thinks so too!

 

Anthro inspired "flowers" and toothbrush holder

Thanks to my mom supplying me with styrofoam balls and Pinterest for supplying me with too many things I want to make....

Really, thanks.

This weekend when I couldn't sleep I cut up a bunch of q-tips and made these anthro inspired q-tip flowers.

I just cut q-tips in half, glued hot glue to secure them in place and used a dowel as a "stem".

The idea originally (I believe) came from awesome blogger.

http://www.homemadeginger.com/2011/03/anthropologie-inspired-blooms.html

I'm still undecided if I will paint my ends or not. I kind of like the plain white, but we shall see what happens!

Also, while I was at it, I threw all of my leftover glass rocks into a vase and created a new toothbrush holder. I still need to pick up some new rocks, but I am loving the way this looks!

Project 365: Day 82: Broccoli Cheese Soup

Well, you know that I am pretty much in love with my crockpot. It's slowly becoming my Sunday night dinner tradition in fact. Today was no different.

It's getting really cold, really fast here so this was a great dinner tonight!

Ingredients:

3 cups milk

2 Tbsp. Butter

2 cans cream of chicken soup (undiluted)

1 lb velveeta, cut into cubes

1 bag Steam Fresh Broccoli

Cook broccoli according to package instructions. While broccoli is cooking,

combine milk, butter, velveeta and soup into the crockpot. Chop

up the steamed broccoli and add to the crockpot. Stir together.

Cook on high for 3 hours.

It was delicious served with hot ham and cheese sandwiches!

Project 365: Day 72: Recipe: Spinach chicken alfredo

New meal I tried out last week!

This was super easy, and the kids approved. Plus we had a ton of leftovers, which is always a good thing!

1 can of cooked chicken

1 jar of alfredo sauce

1/2 block of thawed spinach

1 box of penne pasta noodles

Moz. cheese (1 cup)

Boil noodles and chicken together until soft. Combine spinach, alfredo, chicken and pasta into a casserole dish.

Cover with mozarella cheese. Bake for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

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?