Thursday, August 9, 2012

Chicken Rollups

I'm always looking for easy and delicious meals.
And...
Oh.my.goodness.
This was the yummiest dinner I have ever made!

I'm not kidding.
I ate half the pan...and I'm excited for leftovers!
We are talking cream cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, crescents...
Does it get any better?!

Click on over to Plain Chicken for the recipe.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Camping

Last weekend we rented a pop-up camper, and went on our first family camping trip.
There was a lot of...

hanging out in the great outdoors...
some fishing...
shell hunting...



stick playing...
vampire novel reading...
kite flying...


card playing...
cowboy casserole and smores' eating...
lounging in the camper...
toad catching...
and hanging out with friends.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Daydreaming

I want this house:
With this bathroom in it:
and these pillows:
and this laundry room:
Plus these curtains:
and this yellow cabinet:

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Keeping Pinning, But Do More

At first I thought, I should pin less and do more...

but then I thought...

nah...

continuing to pin excessive amounts of projects, but doing more with what I pin
was more fun.
 
So I started with my mug exchange mug. 
Inspired by A Beautiful Mess, I added a quote to a classic white mug.
Just a sharpie and a quick bake in oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
It works as long as you hand wash the mug.
A fun way to jazz up and personalize a simple piece.
Inspired by One Perfect Day, we made salt paintings.
I followed the directions in the comment section of the pin and used food coloring...
after going to her blog I realized that her paintings were much more vibrant in color when she used water color paints.  We may have to try this one again with water colors instead of food coloring.
Inspired by HGTV, we made bird feeders.
We just used bird food instead of oats, raisins, and sunflower seeds...
the easier the better for this momma.
For this one I pinned a cute idea where someone (the link to the original source was incorrect) used a tension shower rod and curtains between a crib and a wall to create a unique little reading or play space.

We didn't really have a good space in Girlfriend's room to make this idea work,
but simply adding the tension shower rod and curtains to the outside of her bedroom door added a grand feel to a regular old bedroom door.
Such a whimsical addition with items we already had in our linen closet.

Monday, July 30, 2012

My Mug Exchange Mug

I.am.so.in.love. 

What a happy way to enjoy a cup of coffee?!

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Needed A Change

BEFORE:
AFTER:


Garden Food: Refrigerator Pickles and Zucchini Muffins

Inspired by Little Bit Funky and acquiring some fabulous cucumbers from my sistah, Melissa...I decided to make some Refrigerator Pickles! 

Click on over to Little Bit Funky for the ingredients and directions!
And don't miss out because these things are amazing!
I was also gifted with 8 gigantic zucchini...
so I decided some chocolatey, cinnamony muffins were in order.
Ingredients:
1.5 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1.5 cups grated zucchini
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 to 1 cup mini chocolate chips
cinnamon and sugar for topping

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In a large bowl whisk flour, sugars, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

In a medium bowl combine zucchini, eggs, vanilla, chocolate chips and oil.  Stir well.  Then gently stir in flour mixture.

Fill lined muffin tins about 3/4 fill and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

Bake for 30 minutes or until golden.

Enjoy!