Must make pie!

I was watching Food Network (shocker I know) but Paula was cooking and I saw this and went YUM!!

Frozen Pineapple Pie

Indepence Day

What a great day a day to celebrate America's 235th Birthday, but a very cute craft. A flag wreath to put out on the door to welcome everyone that see's it.

I found a great tutorial here from My Green Brea Cottage. I saw it and instantly knew I had to make it. It was so cute and so festive and perfect to keep up all summer long.

This is how mine came out. I used about one yard in total of fabric, I bought the 2 3/4 yards the blog called for but didn't use anywhere near that amount.

I made the "stripes" the same way by alternating 5 ties of red and white, and a total of about 20 blue ties. They were all scrunched together and I just love it.

Hope you enjoy it as well.

Adding the ties.



Close up of the ties.



Finally on the door.

Summer time cookies

I saw these and thought they would be the perfect summer time cookie. You don't really want to bake in the summer because it's hot and sticky out, but whats hotter and stickier than s'mores, not anything I can think of.

So to honor that summer time fun how about s'mores cookies? I found this
recipe from The Girl Who Ate Everything. And I really can't wait to bake them.

My new addiction.

I've found a new addiction, not knitting, not crafting, not cooking, not sports.

But PINTERST!!

So, feel free to follow me if you would like, I love to find new and interesting things.

Yarn and Flip Flops.

Two great things, that go great together!!

I've done this before, but it's a really cute way to dress up a pair of plain flipflops.

Just wrap the yarn around and tie in to the ends. Super cute and quick and easy craft.

I really need to make these.

This wonderfully whimsical cupcake recipe is courtesy of Karen Tack and can be found in her dessert cookbook "Hello, Cupcake!"

And really who doesn't love corn on the cob?

Spaghetti Dogs.

I don't really know how I feel about these, but I kind of want to make them.

Not so much because I know it's going to be the best recipe every...quite possibly the worst recipe every, but I really want to make them just because they're so flippin' cute.

If you want to try it, just stick dry spaghetti noodles through hot dogs and boil. If you figure out what kind of sauce to add, let me know.

Easter, better late than never.

This year Easter was a little delayed because oif some family health issues, so we're having "Easter" dinner tomorrow.

I wanted to help out the best that I could, so my contribution to dinner was dessert. I went waivered on what I was going to make and after a lot of searching and looking online and though books and magazines I came up with cupcakes, but the real question was, what kind?

Do I make something basic? Chocolate? Vanilla? Red Velvet? All are good, but still not what I wanted to do. Lemon, strawberry, raspberry, and still not good enough. I needed something original. Then I was shopping one afternoon and saw a package of Peeps, and it came to me I remembered a picture of a cake that I saw before that had the Peeps on it, so why couldn't I make my cupcakes that way.

But of course I couldn't just put the bunnies on the cake, I needed to make the bunnies hiding eggs in the grass and that is exactly what I did.

I just made a basic white cake and buttercream icing, but I used a whole lot of green food coloring and here is the final result. I can't wait to taste them.

Yarnbombing!! It's not just for bridal bouquets anymore.

I haven't been knitting the way I used to be, I guess life just gets in the way. I've been so busy with work, the sweater that I'm working on only gets picked up when I go to my Stitch n Bitch group.

So this weekend we were having a little going away party for one of the members of my local group, so I knew I had to do something special for her, and yarnbombing some cupcakes were just the ticket.

Just had to share.

 

Sour Cream Noodle Bake.

"Cheesy Noodley Goodness"

That's the best way to describe the Sour Cream Noodle Bake from The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drumond. I love her recipes, they so easy and well explained, she even gives great instructions and pictures to work with.

This recipe spread like wildfire though The Nest, the only thing I did a little different was I tried to make it a little bit healtier by using fat free cream cheese, fat free sour cream, low fat cheddar, and ground turkey. This way you don't lose any taste, but you will lose a ton of the calories.

I do have to say it's not a quick an easy one pot meal, but it was yummy.

Enjoy some of my pictures.

The Traveling Doctor.

This is another "Traveling Woman" Shawl that I knit. This one is a gift that I was asked to knit for my father for one of his doctors.

I loved the way it came out, and I love the colors. I used Patons Lace in Bonfire. And if you look really close it does look like fire.

Shutterfly....It's a fabulous thing.

I can only say Shutterfly has always held a special little part of my heart. I discovered them a few years back and in that time I've ordered prints from made several Shutterfly Photo Books including my wedding guest book, my wedding album parents albums, and an album for our favorite little Flower Girl. We've also done holiday cards from Shutterfly for Mother's Day and Father's Day. This year I'm even thinking of doing a Valentines Day card for Doug, maybe if he's lucky I'll use one of my fabulous boudoir pictures for that one.

Now that the holidays are rapidly approaching, we've made our appointment with a photographer and we're going to use them for our Christmas Cards and maybe even some cute Gift Tags this way everyone will know who their gifts came from.

If you want a chance to get some free cards for yourself check out the new Shutterfly Promotion for 50 free cards. You really won't be sorry.

A little encouragement.

I keep searching without any luck, so this is just a reminder how long the search has been going on.

Maybe it will bring me a little luck.

A hat for Little Miss May.

I was asked to knit a hat for the most adorable Little Miss May. I knew it had to be as precious as she is, so I had my work cut out for me.

So after a little searching for the perfect pattern (we had a picture of what the hat was to look like) I bought the yarn and started knitting.

I love the way it came out, I hope it's perfect for Little Miss May.

I love a good blog giveaway!!

Our good friends at Reef Botanicals are having their first blog giveaway. They felt like it was the right time for a giveaway with the release of their new product Almond Pasty Pastry Scrub.



So feel free to check them out, and follow along for your chance to win a For Your Face Gift Pack, containing one full size shaker container of this awesome new scrub, one bar of our Purity soap, and one bar of our Oatmeal Honey soap, all great for your face!