Kelly is Inspired

No Bake Energy Bites

2012-02-11T00:00:00.001-05:00

I found this recipe on pinterest a few weeks ago and finally tried them.

They contain ground flax which seemed entirely to healthy to be good.

The chocolate chips and coconut and peanut butter made them yum.

My picture may or may not look kind of gross but if you click the link her pictures are much more appetizing!

Burlap Frame Fix-up

2012-02-10T13:45:00.000-05:00

Started with a yellowed matte.

It originally had this picture in it. It was from my first house over a decade ago. It's weird to me that I was old enough to own a house 11 years ago. College still seems like it was 5 years ago, but no actually it was 12. Weird. Getting older is beginning to be a bummer.

Anyway back to the project...this is that Pates Baroni pic I remember fondly:

Cut burlap to size:

Stuck Burlap to front of matte with spray adhesive:

Cut and taped, all fancy like on back of matte

Added page from old atlas of Kalamazoo, MI (my old home):

I'm thinking I'm spelling Matte wrong...

Decade old picture made new for free.

Well not really free because I did buy the stuff initially but you know what I mean.

I was initially going to use the map as the matte but the sizing was all wrong. I like the way it turned out.

And the Map contains my first three towns (as an adult). Kalamazoo, Portage and Plainwell which is pretty neat.

Breakfast Crescent Casserole

2012-02-10T00:00:00.002-05:00

My mom makes a breakfast egg casserole that is awesome.

We have it every year on Christmas morning.

This isn't it.

It was still yum though.

because everyone wants to see pictures of raw egg.

Someone desperately needs a photography class.

Ingredients:

1 tube crescent rolls

6 eggs

Hot Breakfast Sausage (if you are a spicy food lover like me otherwise regular sausage would work)

1/2 cup half and half (I can't believe I actually had some)

1&1/2 cups of shredded cheese (I used a combo of mozzarella and cheddar)

dry mustard

To Make:

preheat oven to 350 F

unroll crescent rolls in bottom of 9x13 pan (sprayed with pam)

Squeeze crescent roll seams together to get rid of holes (not sure it really mattered)

Brown breakfast sausage, drain and sprinkle evenly on top of crescent rolls.

Beat egg and half&half in a medium bowl

Add a sprinkle of dry mustard to egg mixture

Pour egg mixture over the sausage

Layer cheese on top

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Dump Cholula hot sauce on your portion and eat up.

If you don't like Cholula I'm sad for you, but it's still good without.

$1.99 at goodwill to dress up my open shelves = fabulous.

2012-02-09T13:57:00.000-05:00

So lately I've been hitting up my local goodwill about once weekly.

I drop off the rugrat at preschool on monday and head on over.

Goodwill is one of those places that I always love in theory but then I get there and feel like a snob.

It grosses me out.

Or I should say it used to gross me out, but I've visited about 4 or 6 weeks in a row and found a treasure every time.

So I guess I'm not a snob after all... but I do want to wash my hands in bleach after I leave... so now I'm confused.

This weeks treasure (well actually 2 weeks ago but I just got the pics of my camera today)

Doesn't it make my corelle bowls look super fancy?

Yes it freaking does.

So anyway it was $1.99 and that same day I also found a "Frank Lloyd Wright" style mug (it says so right on the bottom) for $0.59. It's pretty.

I like Franks Lloyd Wright's design but I watched a show somewhere that said he was a jack ass of a father and husband. That detracts from my warm fuzzy feelings for him and his architecture.

Anyway Have a Great Day!

Living in (near) Memphis

2012-01-31T11:11:00.000-05:00

We've been in Tennessee for 4 months now.

Our house and our area are starting to feel like home.

I'm still surprised that on a weekly basis when someone finds out that I've moved here from Michigan, Their first question is always, "Why would you move to Memphis?" which always is said in a way that really sounds like they are saying, "Why are you so incredibly stupid?"

One of the first times it happened was when we were touring potential preschools for Sydney. The first words out of the potential teacher's mouth were "I'm so sorry you had to move to this place."...What?... Then she went on to say something like "We aren't all horrible here."

When asked about my decision to come to the Memphis area I always answer with "this winter weather is beautiful" in effort to get them to acknowledge some redeeming quality, but on the last time I was asked (at the Drivers License place on Monday) I got pissed.

Quit trying to lead me people.

Your town is what you make of it.

Just because you choose to see only the bad doesn't mean you should try to pull others into your pit so we can all wallow together. I won't wallow.

I will never, even in my darkest moments, question why someone would come here.

This suburb of mine is a beautiful place. I love it.

Oh and the Memphis zoo can't be beat. It's the best.

I have a membership.

Shelby Farms Park is badass.

People have been very hospitable.

I have great neighbors.

The mailman always talks to me when I'm out walking.

The city workers wave when they drive by.

I really could go on and on.

I'll leave this post with a picture of dismantling parts of the kitchen.

So much to do to make this house mine!

Crusty Drawer Bottoms

2012-01-12T17:34:00.001-05:00

Someone who lived here once upon a time lovingly lined all the drawers with that gripper drawer liner.

Then someone (same someone or different someone) removed it several years later and installed ugly wallpaper.

Then someone removed most of that.

Except the one drawer which I took a picture of. BTW the wallpaper in that drawer is the same wallpaper that's in my daughters bathroom....yup.

So these drawers were gross.

Sticky adhesive left behind and crumbs stuck to the sticky adhesive.....

I really tried to clean off that raised adhesive but after several minutes on one drawer with little success I gave up. I just wash them out. Then I pondered and pondered and realized I had a roll of laminated cloth in my craft room.

So I measured and cut and measured and cut and on like that for 10 drawers and here's a sample of the finished product:

That's better.

Kitchen in the New House

2012-01-10T16:37:00.002-05:00

So the kitchen in this new place of mine doesn't quite meet my standards.

The Cabinets are Thermafoil, which means they are MDF Shrink wrapped in plastic.

Probably looked OK when they were first installed. I use the term OK loosely. Now they are a peeling mess. All of the lower cabinets and drawers are peeling like crazy.

Here is a close up now:

Peeling Laminate Cabinets (Thermafoil)

Someone did a little tape job on the one on the left.

I noticed they were in rough shape on our second walk through before we put in an offer.

I didn't care at the time.

And then I cared... A LOT.

First idea was to replace the doors.

I started searching online and saw where that plastic coating can be peeled off these babies and after a nice paint job they look hugely better.

I like not buying new doors.

I started with the island because I wasn't ready to start the WHOLE kitchen right now.

The island can look different than the rest of the cabinets cuz well... it's cool to have your island look different...right?

So I peeled:

It was actually really easy.

I sanded and primed and painted.

My husband and I added some trim to the island to make it look more.....fancy.

Paint color is Sherwin Williams: Tricorn Black

Hardware is from Target

Don't mind the dirty countertop. I never fully prepare for pictures!

So there you have it. Makes me happy to be giving this place some TLC.

It's had 4 owners (5 counting us) in 11 years and has just gotten beat up in that time.

No new paint or fixtures or anything in that time because people have gone in and out of here through the (invisible) revolving door.

Now we may not be here for a long time either but it will be in better condition when we leave than when we arrived. Houses deserve to be loved...and all that mushy stuff.

Exterior Shot of the New Abode

2011-09-10T11:24:00.000-04:00

So this is the house we intend to purchase in Tennessee.

Mark is down there at the home inspection right now.

Hopefully it goes well.

We decided to down size a little.

This baby meets all our needs but is 700 square feet smaller and 90,000 dollars cheaper than our current MI house. That's more money to spend on Vacations and Purses.

Our MI house is 3600 Finished square feet which, for us, is way too big. We never step foot into 1000 sq ft of it. Why own it and pay for it if you don't use it, right?

Speaking of the Michigan house, we got any offer on it approximately 12 hours after listing it.

I'm so pleased and shocked that I have nothing else to say about that.

I'm Patting Myself on the Back Today.

2011-08-08T08:41:00.006-04:00

This weekend I decided I would dust off the ol' sewing machine.

I haven't sewed anything in 4 years.

It was time.

I went through all my fabric...there is not a lot to go through.

And found this Zinnia Fabric:

and I also found this Pillow case from an old queen sheet set:

Then I went searching for a pillow in need of a makeover.

I found a 26" x 16" pillow.

I had a pillow cover for it once but I can't find that cover anymore and I didn't like it anymore anyway.

So my plan was to use the Zinnia fabric on the front and use the polka dot fabric on the back.

If you are wondering why my headboard has a doorknob see here.

So because I can't sew well (yet) I decided to use the finished end of the pillow slip as a sleeve like thing so the pillow can be slid in and out.

Maybe you can see it here in this picture...I hope:

So I cut the two fabrics into 28" x 18" rectangles.

I had one hell of a time figuring out how to cut my fabric straight. It kept going up a hill. so I got online and found some you tube videos that helped a lot.

Pinned and Sewed around the edges.

I was incredibly happy to get this done and have it be a success.

My back hurt when I was done...is that normal?
Also I'm sure my husband is so happy to have one more pillow on the bed!

At Least There is a Bed...and it's Made

2011-07-30T11:46:00.004-04:00

When I started the Spare Bedroom back in April I had grandiose ideas of how beautiful it could be!

Then I found out we were mostly likely going to move.....

Any effort I had toward making a pretty room went away.

First: Why waste the time when I'm just going to leave it?

Second: How do I even attempt it when my brain cells are in freak out mode over leaving Michigan and moving to the "Mid-south"?
Third: Do I really want to buy more stuff that I will just have to move?

This is the best I could Muster :

yep, it's a bed and a nightstand.

My Shutters Propped in the corner...

It actually looks pretty good to me.

24 hours ago all the bedding was in a big pile on the bed and suit cases and random crap was all over the floor.

If They Weren't $75 I'd so be Buying These Right Now

2011-07-29T10:51:00.000-04:00

CONVERSE CHUCK TAYLOR® ALL STAR® MARIMEKKO

MOVING TO MEMPHIS!!! Unemployed & Better House-wifery

2011-07-21T15:38:00.000-04:00

My last day of work was July 15th.

YIKES.

I had put in 1 and 1/2 months notice at my Pharmacist GIG

because we are relocating to Memphis. My husband dropped in an application for a position and got offered a job there (he will still be working for the good ole government.) We've wanted to move South for a while but never had the guts to do it. So we said "hell yeah, let's do this!" or something along those lines.

It's taking longer than we thought....

I thought we'd be moving this week.

Still going to happen but make take 1- 1 1/2 monthes longer than anticipated.

Anyway that is why I haven't been posting for a while.

The stress was kicking my butt!

Now I've fully embraced this house wife thing (until we move and I'm forced to join the Pharmacy work force again.)

Anyway I'm trying to be a better stay at home mom (I type this as I have my 3 year old positioned in front of the TV.... )

It is like 100 degrees outside after all.

see she does play outside sometimes

I have never been organized enough to make my family a good dinner more than two days in a row.

We are the most eating out people I know!!

Well that is all going to change!!

oh and I'm infatuated with the grill now too.

I want to grill everything! It's like I'm a man or something.

I have also noticed other bloggers and friends set up a weekly Dinner menu and I think I'm going to try that too.

Also since I'm unemployed it would probably be a good idea to eat out less so this menu plan might help reduce the urge to go out...

Plan for today and tomorrow:

TODAY: Chicken (cooked in the crock pot all day) shredded and in soft tacos with Black Beans and Avocado, Salsa and Cilantro.

TOMORROW: Turkey Burgers and Strawberry Orange Pasta Salad

My Meal Plan for this up coming week:

MONDAY: Grilled Hot dogs, Salad, Macaroni & Cheese

TUESDAY: Taco Squares, Corn on the Cob, Salad

WEDNESDAY: Grilled Pizza

THURSDAY: Marinated Steak Kabobs and Grilled Squash

FRIDAY: Grilled Veggie Burgers, Baked French Fries, Grilled Peaches

Is that fancy or what?

Remember I'm trying to keep the three year old happy too...

Thursday will require a separate 3 year old menu...

Notice all the grilling?

On a Completely Random Note:

Blueberries rock.

Okay well that whole post was rather random really...

Holy Cow....I need a new diet

2011-06-26T21:06:00.004-04:00

Hello my name is Kelly and I'm a foodaholic.
Seriously...
It's maddening really.

I wish my scale said this when I stepped on it.
oh to be 150 lbs.

I'm pissed at myself and it is time to start a new healthy lifestyle.

Screw you food!

I've put 40 lbs on since last June and it ain't pretty. Ain't pretty at all.
So tomorrow I'll weigh-in (for my eyes only) and start this thing. I can do it!!!
Now you can note that my last post was about food...

Making My Sister's Salsa

2011-06-25T17:06:00.003-04:00

My sister has serious salsa skills.

But when I ask for the recipe she is always like "I don't know I just threw stuff in it"

Dang it Angela.

Anyway, I went on a search online for salsa recipes that contained some of my sister's fabulous ingredients.

One of which is Chickpeas.

I FOUND ONE! YAY!

Mark, Sydney and I went to the farmers market this AM and got:

4-5 Tomatoes

1/2 Onion

Cilantro Plant (used 3 tbsp minced)

Then off to Meijer for:

1 can black beans

2 cans chickpeas

(recipe called for 1 can of chickpeas and one can of Kidney Beans but sissy doesn't put Kidney Beans in hers)

1 Big Can Corn

3 Jalapenos

3 limes (just use the juice)

Ingredients from Home:

1 tablespoon Ground Cumin

2 teaspoonsful salt

1/4 -1/2 teaspoonful pepper

Drain and Rinse the beans and drain the corn.

Chop tomato,onion and jalapenos...of course.

Mix all ingredients together and fridge it up for 1 hour.

I love cilantro. A LOT.

As a matter of fact I love it so much that when one of my regular blog reads mentioned that she hated cilantro I pondered whether I could continue reading her blog or not.

I decided not to be a hater. :)

Our Home Exterior

2011-06-15T12:37:00.000-04:00

Our House: Last June (2010)

Our House: One Hour Ago.

YAY FOR GRASS!!

Tray Hook-up

2011-06-07T17:12:00.000-04:00

I got this tray from Target a while ago.

I works great as a little condiment/napkin holder for the middle of the table.

When dinner is done just move back to the kitchen counter. That way all the straws don't end up in my child's mouth...and then back in the jar.

Got the idea from here.

Hilarious

2011-06-05T15:59:00.001-04:00

Just got back from watching this with some friends.

I needed a good laugh.

It did not disappoint.

My Favorite Pasta Salad

2011-05-29T13:27:00.001-04:00

Strawberry Orange Pasta Salad.

It's the best!

Original Recipe Here.

2 cups Sliced Strawberries

2/3 Cup Kraft Poppyseed Dressing

mixed with

1/2 cup Mayo

20 ounce jar of mandarin oranges (drained)

1/2 cup-ish sliced green onions

oh and 4 cups cooked Bow Tie Pasta (not pictured :)

Mix is all up and put it to chill in the fridge whilst you chill on the couch.

yum.

New Headboard! Finally!

2011-05-15T15:34:00.011-04:00

I've been pondering a headboard for a while now and this weekend we finally made a decision.

An Old Door.

BEFORE:

Saturday Mark and I went downtown Kalamazoo to the Architectural Salvage Store (Heritage Architectural Salvage)and found a nice old door.

Brought it home and sanded off the top layer of paint.

I wiped it down with T.S.P. and then put a light coat of light aqua-y blue on it.

Took A+D Ointment (didn't have Vaseline) and rubbed it on several spots on the door. Saw this technique here. Made it easy to rub off some of the white paint after it dried.

I painted the whole door with 2 coat of Glidden Parchment White in Semi Gloss.

Young House Love found this to be the closest match to their Ikea White Bed. So I thought it would match my Ikea White dressers. I love Blogland...

Mark worked his magic and attached two 1 x 4 legs that attached to the bed frame and then to the door on top. This way we didn't have to attach the thing to the wall.

AFTER:

We still have those little baby lights from Ikea on our nightstands.

Too cheap to find something more substantial right now!

Whole Project cost us $110 dollars.

Would have been a good 25 dollars cheaper if I didn't have to have the door knob and faceplate. We bought them separate to keep some of the door-ish-ness.

I think it turned out great!
I need some cute little pillows!

Newly Covered Craft Table and A Junk Drawer Privacy Screen.

2011-05-08T20:03:00.007-04:00

My Table in my craft room is constructed from a hollow core door ($17 home depot) and my (newly painted) night stands from when I was a kid.

Table top has been unfinished for a year and I bought 2+ yards of oil cloth to cover it then decided to paint it instead.

After the first coat of paint I changed my mind back to my crazy oil cloth idea.

Painting is awesome in theory but, I suck at it.

I cut of the excess and Mark helped me line it up and staple.

Quick and Easy.

I know it's a crazy print.

I love it for that reason!

It's fun and bold and wonderful.

On to the next project.

Do you have these little plastic drawers?

Scrap book paper privacy screen.

Much better.

Linking up at:

Binder of Magazine Pages and A Bucket of Stampers

2011-05-08T19:30:00.000-04:00

Happy Mother's Day!

It's been a beautiful day here in Portage MI.

70's and Sunny.

Perfect.

My husband and Daughter took me out to lunch.

I cleaned out the Garage.

Spent one full hour (maybe even 2) in the craft room.

Walked Josie (dog.)

Went to the playground with Sydney.

Congregated with Neighbors.

Fantastic and Full Day.

Since I'm spending some time in my craft room right now I'll show you what I'm up to or looking at or whatever.

Do you have a binder full of your favorite magazine pages?

I love this thing.

It's a home decor magazine made just for ME!

Some girl friends and I went to a crap book expo on Thursday and I came home with a boat load of stamps.

I love them.

Master Bedroom. Trying to decide on a headboard.

2011-04-28T10:26:00.002-04:00

I have gone without a headboard for over 5 years.

It drives me nuts.

The problem is that I cant settle on something to fix it. A traditional headboard, a door, making something out of old wood, and on, and on.

There are too many options!

My Ikea Nightstands.

I like them.
I want to change out the knobs.

I got that print at world market.

It reminded me of my trips to Ireland.

Why can't good alarm clocks be cuter...

My little pip squeak lamp from Ikea. It's to small but I had to replace a lamp Sydney broke and ended with this out of the craft room.

There you have it.

Here are some of my options:

West Elm

Brown Eyed Fox Headboard

Apartment therapy

Design Sponge

Apartment Therapy

Taco Squares (Funky Vintage Lovely Recipe)

2011-04-21T21:31:00.001-04:00

I made April's Taco Squares today.

I missed a key ingredient.

Cheese...

It was supposed to be on the inside off those crescent pockets.

I didn't realized until they were already in the oven and there was NO WAY I was going to go without cheese so with 8 minutes left on the timer I just dumped some on top.

They turn out dang good!

Check out her recipe (the correct version) here.

One HUGE bonus about doing this wrong was that the cheese formed some burned cheese "chips" on the parchment paper.

It was tasty!

Thanks for the recipe April!

Next time I'll get it right....or probably not.

Things I Bought During My Week Long Stay-cation...

2011-04-21T14:24:00.001-04:00

I have been off of work for 1 week.

Sydney has been in daycare for that week.

This has been the best Vacation ever (or stay-cation I've heard it called)

My buddy Tammy and I went to an awesome little shop in Grand Rapids MI called REBEL RECLAIMED.

It was so cool.

Got the Dish towel there and the Glass jar.

I love that Glass Jar.

Was thinking of somehow using that towel (which is quite large) as a curtain in my kitchen.

It was made by a local artist in G.R.

I drank 2 Chai Tea Lattes this week.

My Favorite!

I happened across an Estate Sale this morning and found the Fire King Plate and I don't know what that linen is. It's folded in half and has the same strawberries on the other end. Table Runner?

I went to drop off a box of donate stuff at the local christian thrift store and had to go inside.

Found another frame. What color should I paint it??

Also a vintage pillow slip. I think my mom had those sheets when I was a kid.

I have to ask her if she still has any of that stuff.

Also went to Big Lots for the first time in???

It was fun.

Found some cheap canvases (is that spelled right) to get crafty on and a cute blue plastic "stuff" holder.

I also happened upon these chips this week.

They are Good Stuff.

I have to go back to work tomorrow.....

I Spent the Weekend Painting.

2011-04-17T21:43:00.004-04:00

I painted the spare Bedroom this weekend.

It was beige.

Very Beige.

Even the ceiling.

I hated it.

First of all.

To Paint...the number one ingredient for me is a 32 ounce Diet Coke.

In a foam cup.

It's a must.

I also had a book (CHILD 44)
That I downloaded from Itunes.
That made painting way more interesting.

I painted the Ceiling Behr Flat Ultra White.

It definitely is ULTRA WHITE.

I love it.

The Wall paint is Behr Eggshell.

River Rock.

I was afraid it was too baby blue.

Still a little afraid..

Mid paint photo op.

Here it is all done.

Mark put all the Switch plates back on whilst I pondered the Shutters as a design statement.

I think the Black up against the wall makes the wall a little less BABY BLUE and more grey.

It WILL work.

I'll have more pictures up when it's all prettified.

Hey...You wanna see something scary?

2011-04-17T21:30:00.000-04:00

Craft Room April 17, 2011

Well, It is scary to me.

I stole tables from the room for the garage sale and well it was a mess anyway.

I'll clean it tomorrow....or tuesday.

Wednesday for sure.

What's In My Purse....

2011-04-15T15:25:00.006-04:00

Hello Hello!

So Today I have the day off and Syd the Kid is at daycare.

Was I productive....NO

Was supposed to be having a garage sale but you wont believe this...

I sold almost everything in 2 hours yesterday.

It was flippin' crazy!

So today I had a day off.

I paid Bills and Took Pictures of the contents of my purse.

And I started watching that Mildred Pierce Series on HBO.

Kinda Boring.

But I LOVE KATE WINSLETT.

Anyway Here's the Goods:

Fossil Purse.

1 year old from Schaumburg, IL Fossil Store.

Love this purse cuz it does the whole cross body thing.

I can't keep purses up on my shoulder for some reason so crossbody is my favorite.

Here's is all the stuff I took out of it.

Everything except a couple receipts I threw away.

I can't believe there were no tampons...or diapers.

That could be a problem.

Here is my fave.

Pleated Poppy Checkbook cover.

That Lindsey... She makes some cute stuff!

I love it.

Target Wallet.

Last year.

Liberty of London.

Love the Fabric.

I want like 15 yards of it :D

Hand Sanitizer (a must), Gum (also a must), Lotion, Chapstick, Bad Gal Mascara.

The bad Gal mascara is from Ulta.

I love it.

My favorite brand of Mascara for sure.

Polka Dot Notebook.

It has my million TO DO and TO BUY lists in it.

Sticker Book for Syd.

Also in my Purse is my Monthly Planner. I have to have a written monthly planner. Electronic Planners just don't do it for me.

Oh and I have a Barnes and Noble Gift card to spend. YAY!
Linking up at the Pleated Poppy!
UPDATED TO ADD:
oops I missed a Pocket.

Swatches from LOWES.
Trying to find that perfect aqua.

Working on a Garage Sale

2011-04-12T21:32:00.001-04:00

I really am still inspired!
Just preparing for my garage sale on Thursday thru Saturday.
Something about cleaning out the old has given me all sorts of ideas for sprucing up the stuff I'm gonna keep!

ME, Tammy, Jo Anne

My Favorite young ladies came over today to help me price and set up all this STUFF.

Tammy (middle) is the garage sale Nazi.

She Rocks.

They did so much for me today.

I took them out to Olga's for Lunch afterwards.

I love OLGA'S.

By the Way, Picasa is torquing me off. I can't upload pictures from it.

Or actually I can but they don't stay.

My little pea brain can't understand.

Pinterest: It's the best thing ever.

2011-04-06T11:16:00.000-04:00

http://pinterest.com/kellyisinspired/

Because I love pinterest so much I've been neglecting my house, my own craftiness, my husband, and so on.

It's wonderful.

Well not the neglecting thing... but you know what I mean.

What We've Been Up To

2011-04-05T14:55:00.013-04:00

We've been in Vegas for Mark's Sister's Wedding.

She got married at the Valley of Fire State Park.

It was Beautiful.

She was beautiful.

She wore her wedding dress around Vegas all night after the wedding.

I think they had a blast.

I bet she was glad to get that thing off at the end of the night!

We didn't get to participate in all that fun...

We were at LV urgent care with a sick Sydney twice in the 3.5 days we were there.

Strep Throat.

Then some sort of High Fever producing Virus.

Poor Kid.

Poor Daddy.

Ended up changing our flight and leaving a day early because we were fed up.

I could have kissed the floor when we finally walked in the door of our house at 2am Monday.

Delayed Flight, Turbulence, Complain Complain Complain.

We are home safe and sound and for that I am thrilled.

It's too Late and I'm Feeling Random Thoughts Coming

2011-03-30T16:13:00.000-04:00

This seems real blurry to me.
Oh well.
I found a frame that will fit this odd sized print at Meijer. It was only 8 dollars on clearance.
The print is 11" x 17"
Frame is....
It fits.
That's the important part.
Got the print from Mary Kate McDevitt on Etsy.

Speaking of ETSY I was watching The United States of Tara (Showtime) tonight and they were making headbands to sell on ETSY.
Made me smile.
I love Etsy.

I've been sick for a week. Cough and Cold stuff...nothing spectacular. Enough to take all energy out of me.
Got the house clean (well cleaner)for the first time since the beginning of the sickness today.
I must be feeling better.
Although now I'm nauseated.
Yes I complain a lot.

I'm getting my hairs did tomorrow and kinda want to copy Gussy's Style and get bangs for the first time in a decade. I kind of have her Curl going on so it could work.
My beautiful but much older coworker pointed out that I'm getting a boat load of Gray hairs. She sucks.
I'll fix it (not that she sucks but that my gray will be gone.)
oh and
She really doesn't suck. Just when she points out things I want to ignore.
Must go to bed and hopefully sleep off this tummy ache.
Night.

Reeses Cup Brownies

2011-03-24T20:44:00.000-04:00

Made these tonight for my friend and co-worker Jo Anne's Birthday.
She's gonna love them.... I hope.
Recipe from Bakerella
I tried one.
It rocked.
I have got to stop baking.

Wee Bit Wednesday 3-23

2011-03-24T15:25:00.000-04:00

{one} what was your first job?parking attendant at the local hospital. Had to patrol the ER parking lot and make people move if they weren't going to the ER.It sucked.
{two} have you ever seen a stand up comedian?Yes twice. Nothing awesome. I just remember one of the women being pretty raunchy. Not really my humor.
{three} when was the last time you played mini golf?With my husband's parents in Pheonix 5 or 6 years ago.It was hot. {four} what was the last picture you took?Of my Target purchases about 2 hours ago.
{five} burnt food: yes or no?I like my steak so well done that it's pretty much burnt.
{six} if you have a pocket full of change, what do you do with it?put it in a milk jar on our entry table.
{seven} can you touch your tongue to your nose?no.
{eight} do you scrapbook?I have tried. Can't do it.
{nine} do you buy lottery tickets?yes maybe 3 times yearly. Usually the mega millions with my coworkers
{ten} do you prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it?behind it.

My Favorite TARGET Items Today

2011-03-24T14:34:00.001-04:00

I Love Target.
A LOT.

Jalapeno & Cheddar Puffed Corn

Crack for a Foodaholic.

Cute Platter.

Tray
I plan to put it in the middle of my Table with napkins and Salt & Pepper. Like Lindsey did.

Monogrammed Canvas

2011-03-24T13:28:00.007-04:00

I've had a 18"x24" canvas hanging around my house for a while.
It was Aqua with some Scrap Book Paper Mod podge to it for a while.

I peeled of as much off the scrap book paper as possible then decided the extra texture it gave was A-OK for me (ie. I got sick of peeling off the stuff)
So I had a wooden H monogram (which is now hanging out on my mantel)
I traced in the middle with a Sharpie and then a Paint Pen.
Then painted it in with Black.

Wow we got a little Splatter paint happy here.

I had Like 5 tubes of different shades of Aqua that I used to cover back up a lot of that black.

To get the scallops I took a cup and ran a piece of tape across the middle then used that tape line to line up the cup on the edge and trace scallops.

I like how I just put the thing down on top of all that crap sitting on the counter and got to work. No clean work space for me. I covered the whole thing with mod podge when I was done. Not sure why but it looked good to me.

Living Room on Any Given Day

2011-03-22T19:27:00.000-04:00

This is what my living room looks like most the time.
Only usually it's messier.
That blur is Syd in a Rapunzel dress and a stocking cap.
She's a Dancing Princess.

Bacon Egg and Toast Cups

2011-03-22T18:28:00.003-04:00

This was supper tonight.
It's What I had.

Ingredients:
6 Eggs
6 pieces of Bacon
Shredded Cheese
6 pieces of Bread

To Make:
Preheat oven to 400.
Cook bacon in skillet until almost crispy....but not quite.
Take a round drinking glass and (3 to 4" across it's opening) and use is as a cutter for the bread. (cutting bread into circles.
Throw out crusts.
Line greased muffin pan with bread.
Wrap cooked bacon around each muffin cup (between bread and the wall of the cup)
Put a little shredded cheese in each cup (on top of bread)
Break egg and discard about half of the egg white pour the rest over cup.
One egg (most of an egg) per cup.
Bake in oven for 10 minutes.
Salt and Pepper
Yum.

Spiced Blueberry Muffins.

2011-03-22T13:52:00.001-04:00

You know those little half sized magazine recipe pamphlet thingies in the check out lane at the grocery store?
I got a bisquick one last week (or probably last month)
I found a simple Blueberry muffin recipe in it and made it today.

Ingredients:
2 cups Bisquick
2/3 cups milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter (melted)
1 egg
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
3/4 blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400
Grease or add paper cups to muffin pan
Mix all ingredients except blueberries
Add in Blueberries
Split batter among the 12 muffin cups.
(about 1/4 cup batter in each cup is pretty even)
Bake for 17 to 20 minutes.
Until golden Brown of course.
Cool on rack.
Good.
But not the best.

My Grandma's China. Makes me happy.

Old Brass Lamp Made New.

2011-03-17T10:42:00.012-04:00

I bought the lamp for 5 dollars at The Salvation Army.

Got the parts I didn't want painted taped of.

Only picture I had of this is via Camera Phone and my house (background) was a disaster. Boo.

oh well.

Primed and Painted.

Used Valspar Mediterranean Spray Paint

(after white primer)

The Lamp Shade that came with is originally was pretty abused and I decide to get a new one.

Kind of a linen looking one from Lowes.

I think it was $20 bucks,

Not a steal but that's OK because I woulda spent so much more on a new lamp.

And I prefer my Kelly original :)

I Love my Polka Dots.
The round foam brushes were in my craft room and made perfect little polka dots.
That's my Target Gnome. He gets to stay inside!

7 in 7 Progress. Garage Sale Stuff is in the Basement!

2011-03-15T16:30:00.001-04:00

OK so I got my Closet cleaned out and the Garage sale stuff moved to the basement today.
I had random corners in several rooms with totes and "stuff" thrown.
It was a work out for my normally sedentary self to get it all downstairs.
I feel like the pile should look more extreme cuz I'm tired!

I have just scratched the surface of things to get rid of in this excessive life of mine.

7 in 7 Closet Clean-out

2011-03-15T16:14:00.001-04:00

Well I realize they don't look much different but check out how my clothes no longer go around the corner of the closet.

I had already gone through my closet once a few months ago.
So this isn't bad for round 2.
I pulled out about 20 purses from that top shelf then so that is actually the condensed version.
It's kind of depressing really.
That have all this stuff I don't need.
How much money have I wasted.
I'd hate to know.

oh....and where the hell did all these hangers come from!!!
I don't think I got rid of that many clothes....

Paint Chips

2011-03-15T16:02:00.000-04:00

I've started keeping all these paint chips I bring home from
Lowes and Home Depot.
They actually come in handy since we are in the early stages of painting the beige out of this house.
Then I can go through them and get some inspiration on what should go in these rooms of mine.

I'm a WINNER!

2011-03-14T19:05:00.001-04:00

I won the RED LETTER WORDS Giveaway at Todays Creative Blog.

I can't believe it!!!!

This is the one I asked Kelly for.

I love San Fran.

I LOVE IT!

I also wanted these too:
Maybe next time!

One Million Thanks to:

and

1 Down 6 to Go in the 7 in 7 Challenge.

2011-03-13T20:04:00.003-04:00

Well I accomplished the easiest one today.
6. Pick a paint color for spare bedroom.

Upstairs Spare room will be River Rock (Behr)

I painted a large swatch (like most of one wall.)

I like it.

Mark is worried that it is too baby blue.
It will be fine. Dang it.
It is mostly grey.
Grrrr.

7 in 7 Weekly Challenge to Myself.

2011-03-13T14:52:00.004-04:00

I have about 300 things in my house that should be taken care and that I never attempt to take care of.

So yesterday during a down time at work I decided to make a list of seven things I'd like to get done this week.

I'm thinking this should be a weekly challenge for myself.
I purposely put some time consuming things and some quicker (less painful) tasks on my list.
Lets see how I do!

I Love it Sunday.

2011-03-13T14:45:00.003-04:00

Have you had Sticky Fingers Scones?
You should.

Wee Bit Wednesday

2011-03-10T08:11:00.002-05:00

{one} what color is your kitchen?Still Builder beige...blahDistressed White Cabinets.
{two} do you have a good luck charm?nope.
{three} do you prefer to write with a pen or pencil?Usually Pen.Blue ink or Bright Colors.
{four} can you use chopsticks?Nope.
{five} do you prefer baths or showers?Showers. Although I enjoyed a nice long bath last night for the first time in months
{six} what is your favorite salad dressing?RANCH. I've liked others but I always go back!
{seven} can you sing the alphabet backwards?NO
{eight} do you have any allergies?no allergies
{nine} crunchy or creamy peanut butter?creamy.
{ten} have you ever hitch hiked?Well actually once. I was with a group of kids in high school and we had a stranger take us somewhere (can't remember where) for $5. We rode in the back of his pick-up truck.
WEE BIT WEDNESDAY is kinda fun.I saw it at Angel's Blog and followed the link.Anyway you should do it too.

New Candle Goodness

2011-03-09T18:18:00.002-05:00

I picked this up at Target today.
It smells awesome.
Updated to add:
My husband says it smells "wonky"
whatever...

Dinner.

2011-03-09T18:17:00.000-05:00

We had a pasta bake and steamed brussel sprouts tonight.
I don't cook much.
I am proud of myself every time something comes out of my kitchen that I made.

Gated Mantel

2011-03-06T17:43:00.016-05:00

I bought this fence gate at the Allegan Antique market last September(ish).
It was normal metal colored.

My husband thought/thinks I'm a weird-o.

I spray painted it red.
Cobwebs and all.
I was too impatient to clean it first.

Out of all my numerous pieces of fancy paper I liked the notebook paper flags the best.

It's actually funny to me that my husband doesn't comment on the crazy crap I put everywhere! HA! He's a smart man.

http://iheartnaptime.blogspot.com/

My New (Old) Goodwill Bowl

2011-03-06T17:36:00.001-05:00

I love my new bowl.

IKEA: What I Wanted vs. What I got

2011-03-05T20:57:00.000-05:00

So I carted my husband and child over to the Canton, MI Ikea today on the hunt for 2 white Hemnes 3 drawer chests.

I planned to use them as night stands for our rather high bed.

When we got down to the warehouse area there WAS ONLY ONE LEFT...damn.

I seriously pondered the grey/brown color and the red color dresser for like 30 minutes while my husband grew more and more impatient.

white $199.99

(all other colors $149.99)

Finally landed on this Koppang 3 drawer chest.

It is slightly smaller scale and notably cheaper quality but now that they are together and put in place I really like them.

$99.99

They look pretty similar really.

I just liked the Hemnes better.

I'll post pictures tomorrow in the light of day of my new purchase!

YUM. Oatmeal Cookies!

2011-03-01T19:58:00.006-05:00

Cozy.Cottage.Cute originally made these and hers are gorgeous!

Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
3 cups quick cooking oats
3/4 cups Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips (yum)

Directions:
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
In a separate bowl cream together shortening, butter, both sugars and vanilla. Beat in the eggs. Then beat in flour mixture. Add oatmeal and chocolate chips.
Drop dough by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool on rake.
Made about 3 dozen cookies.
Got original recipe from
Cozy.Cottage.Cute

P.S.
I initially added one cup of Quick oats instead of three.
Made 1 dozen of the craziest cookies ever and not sure I'll ever be able to chisel it all off the baking sheet!!!

Making a Cute New Wreath

2011-03-01T16:21:00.014-05:00

I was in need of a craft day today.
I love little crafts.
Anyway I had one of those foam wreaths.
I wrapped it with brown paper at first thinking it was gonna be super cute.
Not so much...
So next try was fabric.
I didn't want to dig for the glue gun so I tacked everything on, except the buttons, using straight pins.

Cut 2 - 2 1/2 " strips of

Cut 2 - 2 1/2 " strips of this cute fabric from Pink Chalk Fabrics.

Wrapped it around and pinned in place.

Same with the red ribbon

Aqua buttons glued on with glue that probably wont hold :)

you can see the glue peeking out of the buttons. It's still drying and hopefully will end up clear!
I like Red and Aqua!
And I also like crafting it up with things already in stock at my house!

Be Nice

2011-02-28T19:56:00.000-05:00

Good Monday evening to ya!
I need this sign at work sometimes.
Yikes.

Carrot Cake Cupcakes for Mark's Birthday

2011-02-23T21:02:00.003-05:00

Ingredients for Cupcakes:
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups canola oil
4 large eggs
3 cups grated carrots

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Line 24 muffin cups with liners or grease them
Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger until blended.
In separate bowl whisk the sugar and oil. Whisk in eggs one ate a time.
Add Flour mixture and stir until blended.
Stir in Carrots.
Divide batter between cupcake molds.
Bake cupcakes for 14 to 18 minutes.
Cool for 5 minutes in pan.
Transfer to wire rack.

Ingredients for Frosting:
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 8oz. packages of cream cheese
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Beat cream cheese and butter until blended.
Add powdered sugar in 1/2 cup increments and mix until all blended
Frost your cupcakes!!

Grating carrots sucks.
Cupcakes rocked.
Frosting was ehhhh.

My buddy gave me a recipe for carrot cake that involves Coconut and crushed pineapple. I'm all for it but Mark hates pineapple and I'm afraid he'd detect it in there...

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

2011-02-23T12:17:00.051-05:00

Last Summer I bought this frame and print at a thrift store.
I painted the frame and in the proccess I ruined the print.
I kind of liked it and thought of keeping it until I peeled back tape and picture came with it.

So the Frame went up and the print went in the closet until today.

I mod podged some off this cute craft paper to it.

Printed out my saying from microsoft.

Cut out each line so it would be easier to arrange.

Did the whole tracing thing.

Elmer's Paint Markers are great!

So it clipped to the Gate I just put on my mantel.

Random Photo of an Average Day and An Award

2011-02-21T20:35:00.001-05:00

My Messy Life.

So I got another
Stylish Blogger Award from
Emily @

You are fabulous!Thanks Emily

Good Sunday morning

2011-02-20T08:10:00.003-05:00

Good Morning Sunshines!
Drinking my morning Coffee (mostly Creamer)
Trying to decide what to do today and hoping Sydney wakes up feeling a little better.
We are under a winter storm warning right now.
BOO!

Doing some ETSY window shopping this A.M. :

HUDSON Eco-Friendly Market Tote, Handmade from a Recycled Coffee Sack

porcelain cup with translucent bottom

Blond Potty Mouth Girl Magnet

kitchen recipe cards

I love this

2011-02-19T07:30:00.002-05:00

Angel gave me 2 awards!!

2011-02-18T22:11:00.001-05:00

She is so sweet!

Thanks to Angel at http://www.livinginaperrytale.com/

for The Versatile Blogger and Stylish Blogger Awards.

I'm so honored!

Here are 7 more random facts about me:

1. I want a pink streak in my hair. Yes I'm 33.

2. My boss would fire me if I had a pink streak in my hair. He told me so.

3. I have a relatively new found love of baking

4. I love Reading. Read every night.

5. I wish I owned a '57 Chevy Station Wagon. one day...

6. I'm having a hard time picking paint colors for my new house. Last house was easy for me....

7. I love and always wear colorful patterned socks!

Cute Side Table Redo

2011-02-18T21:55:00.009-05:00

I bought this little table at the Salvation Army a while ago.

I don't remember how much I paid....

She was water damaged and chipped.

I sanded her down and left her sitting in the barn at the old house forever.

Finally painted and put her in my craft room.

She's cute.

She is hanging out next to my sewing table.
She likes it there.

http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/

http://www.justagirlblog.com/

Keeping Calm

2011-02-16T20:14:00.000-05:00

I got this wall decal from here.
It's the first thing I see when I come down the stairs in the morning.
I've got a sick kid that appears to have the flu (although she got her flu shot)
She feels crummy.
I swear I'm starting to feel sick too.
I'm trying to keep calm and carry on right now.

Just the Frame Please

2011-02-16T10:54:00.020-05:00

I'm a frame addict. Like so many others I'm sure!

I bought this a while ago at the Salvation Army.

Price: ?

Cheap I'm sure.

The thing was falling apart.

A teenager in the check-out line told me how beautiful the painting was.

And I remember feeling guilty because I had NO interest in that painting!

Anyhow I removed said painting and painted the frame the ever popular (for now) and my personal favorite color...AQUA

I love that color...

The print is from here.

It is so cool.

And my Syd's first Chucks. I'll keep forever.

I'd have them bronzed if I could :)

Plates are also an Etsy purchase attached to the wall with those removable wall sticky velcro tape thingamabobs.
Linking up to: Blue Cricket Design Wednesdays, Whatever goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts, Anything related Tuesday, Tip Junkie's Tip Me Tuesday, Lil' Luna Wednesday, Strut Your stuff Thursday @ Somewhat simple , Feature Yourself Friday @ Fingerprints on the Fridge , 100 Ideas under $100 @ Beyond the Picket Fence

I Could Save the World

2011-02-16T10:32:00.001-05:00

I got the plate at a little shop in St. Joe, MI last summer.
I love it.
It resides in my Craft room.

Barbecue Chicken Pizza

2011-02-15T19:12:00.002-05:00

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts

Barbecue sauce

thin crust Boboli pizza crust

onion

mushrooms

mozzarella cheese

1. Bake the chicken in the oven safe dish (covered front and back with barbecue sauce) at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.

2. Chop baked chicken into small pieces

3. Put thin layer of barbecue sauce on crust

4. Mozzarella cheese on top

5. Chicken on top of that

6. Mushrooms and onions sliced and on top of chicken

7. Little more mozzarella

8. Bake @ 450 degrees for 10 minutes.

SO GOOD

Poor Little Sicko.

2011-02-15T18:54:00.001-05:00

Sydney's Doctor thinks she has Croup.
She is Coughing (Barking Really) and has some ginormous tonsils.
She is enjoying her Boo Boo Buddy and some time on the couch.

Hiding those Ugly Cords!

2011-02-13T21:24:00.012-05:00

This is what I've been staring at for the past 2 plus months.
See this for a description of why an entry table is our TV stand!
That bird's nest of cords DRIVES ME NUTS!
Why cant everything be wireless.

So I talked Mark into helping me hunt for a solution to the ugliness.

He's such a good sport.

The bead board cost $9 at home depot.

Mark cut it down a little and drilled cord holes.

It was already primed so it was good to go for some paint.

I painted with a couple coats of Glidden Deepest Aqua paint I got free in a give away last year. Glidden is pretty cheap paint actually and it's really not bad.
I painted my daughters room using Glidden Ballet Slipper Pink (I usually go with Behr) Anyway I was pleasantly surprised.
Not nearly as many color options though.
Anyway back to my TV Cabinet.
I'm really happy with the results.
I realize I put cottage-y bead board on a contemporary cabinet but that's how I like it!

Oh yeah and we moved the TV to the other side of the fireplace in case you are wondering what looks different.

Silicon Muffin Cups

2011-02-13T16:28:00.004-05:00

I used those Silicon Muffin cups (which I bought at World Market) for the first time yesterday.
And THIS recipe from allrecipes.com
I'm a fan.
Of both the recipe and the muffin cups.
I thought I overcooked them but they were darn good.

The only negative about the cups is washing them afterwards.
But it's not hard to do...

Making Valentines for the Rugrat.

2011-02-13T16:05:00.014-05:00

Sydney is having a Valentines Party tomorrow.
Thought I'd put a little effort into it this year!
I added the text in picasa then imported the picture to Snapfish.
I had 36 wallets sized pictures made for $2.36.
Then just attached a slightly bigger peice of cardstock in pink and stapled a funsized M&M packet to the back.

Fun and Easy.

Made me feel like one of those crafty moms.

Until I get there tomorrow and see much better from those other moms...

http://creativejewishmom.typepad.com/blog/

Sydney

2011-02-12T22:30:00.001-05:00

The Ugly TV Stand.

2011-02-12T16:31:00.005-05:00

This is what my TV stand thingy looked like this A.M.
Cords everywhere, Baskets with tags on them Strewn about, oh and yes that is a chunk of dog hair on the floor in front of it.
Anyhow the thing was on clearance at West Elm and I bought it for the entry way. It migrated into the living room because it was taller than our old one and therefore my three year can't reach the TV to wipe god knows what on it (yes Buggers).
Well Mark and I went to Home Depot today and found a board to nail to the back. He cut it down to size and drilled cord holes and I painted it a cool color.
New Picture to come as soon as possible.
Paint is drying right now then we have to attach it and probably touch up the paint.
I'm pretty excited cuz it has been driving me crazy for about 3 months now.

Check it Out: I got an Award!

2011-02-10T17:04:00.000-05:00

Thank You, Thank You to Deb at http://dejarenew.blogspot.com/

for awarding me a "Stylish Blogger" .

I feel so cool!

To Accept The Award you must:
1.)Thank and Link Back to the Blogger Who Awarded You With
2.)Share 7 Things About Yourself
3.)Award 12 Recently Discovered Great Bloggers
4.)Contact The Bloggers Inform Them of The Award

Here are 7 random things about me:

1. I hate winter....but live in Michigan.

2. I'm a pharmacist 3 days of the week.

3. I'd rather be decorating.

4. Amelie is my favorite movie.

5. I'm always ABOUT TO START a diet but never get around to it.

6. My favorite book is Water for Elephants

7. I have a constant compulsion to move someplace new. Always wanted to pick up and move cross country (someplace without snow).... alas I still in Michigan.

Here are "Stylish" Bloggers I like to Visit:

http://alittlebusy.blogspot.com/

http://www.oddgirloutblog.blogspot.com/

http://mythirdtruelove.blogspot.com/

http://justlivesimply.blogspot.com/

http://housethatjadebuilt.blogspot.com/

and about 100 more I'm to overwhelmed to think of!

Awesome Blueberry Cake

2011-02-10T14:44:00.006-05:00

Baking up a Blueberry Cake.
I used Frozen (thawed) Blueberries instead of fresh.
I also didn't have the lemon.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup all purpose flour plus 1 teaspoon of flour (plus more for prepping cake pan)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 oz (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
2 cups blueberries, rinsed and drained (if using frozen blueberries, thaw and drain first)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Powdered sugar for dusting

METHOD

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly butter a 9-inch springform pan and dust with flour. Or use a 9-inch round cake pan, butter and dust with flour and line the bottom with parchment paper.

2 Combine 1 cup of flour with baking powder and salt and set aside.

3 Using a mixer, beat the butter on medium high speed for 2 minutes. Then add the sugar and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy, a couple minutes more. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until well blended. Reduce the speed of the mixer to low and slowly add the flour mixture, beating until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.

4 Combine the berries with the remaining teaspoon of flour and the lemon juice in a bowl. Spoon the berry mixture over the batter.

5 Bake on middle rack in oven for 1 hour at 350°F, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully slide a thin knife around the edges of the cake to release it from the pan. Transfer the cake to a platter, berry side up. Dust the cake with powdered sugar before serving.

Serves 6.

Recipe from here.

It Smelled the place up real purty.

Update:
Finished Product
This was soooooo good.
I wanted to make it again as soon as it was gone it was that good.

I need a pretty cake stand...

Trying to Photograph the Moon Out Our Kitchen Window

2011-02-10T14:40:00.002-05:00

We have a Canon Rebel XSi.
I have no freaking clue how to use it correctly.
I was watching my husband in awe as he fiddled with the camera until he got just the right picture.
Using words I didn't understand....
He's just learning too but he got the pic from a blur I would have given up on to this and I love it.

In Other News:

How'd this kid get so old all of a sudden!?!?!
Guess I gotta stop calling her baby...
It makes me kinda sad.

Josie Dog

2011-02-08T20:04:00.001-05:00

She is a beauty.
She was our first baby.
She is 8 and 1/2 years old and has hip dysplasia, but still thinks she's a puppy.
She makes us laugh everyday.
She also makes us mad almost everyday too (she is a barker.)

Got a few good pictures of her the other day and wanted to post one.

Mod Podge Rocks!: Mod Podge formula guide. You've been waiting for this fairy tale.

2011-02-08T10:57:00.000-05:00

This is some useful Mod Podge information.

From Mod Podge Rocks:

Mod Podge Rocks!: Mod Podge formula guide. You've been waiting for this fairy tale.

I Don't Like Hearts.

2011-02-08T10:18:00.011-05:00

I have never liked hearts.
Or Pink.
Something has happened to me and it's freaking me out.
Because all of sudden I like pink.... and hearts.
I blame my princess and pink loving 3 year old.

Valentines Decor 2011:

http://todayscreativeblog.net/
http://www.tipjunkie.com/handmade-projects-add-yours/
http://creatingahouseofgrace.blogspot.com/
http://www.skiptomylou.org/
http://sassysites.blogspot.com/
http://kraftykat76.blogspot.com/
http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2011/02/february-before-after-pretty-pitcher.html