What I Wore

Well hello there!

It has been awhile since I have done a WIW post.

Brace yourselves,

SOMEONE who wrote this post,

forgot to clean the mirror.

Ahem...

Moving on.

Still not super comfortable in front of the camera.

However, I am working on that.

Embracing ONE "What I Wore" post at a time!

;)

Vintage earrings: Gift from my Mama.

{LOVE}

:)

Boot socks: Target

Brown Boots: Christmas gift from my mother in law

{I am TOTALLY digging them}

:)

Shirt, Skinny Jeans, Belt: Target

{I know that.is.such.a.shocker}

Thanks for stopping by my dears!

:)

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New Pretties In The Shop!

Happy Monday my friends!

I only have a minute today.

Super duper busy in these parts.

I swear, if it isn't one thing, it is another.

But that is okay!

:)

Just wanted to share with you a few new pretties I added to the shop.

I have more goodies coming soon.

So excited!

Also, FYI, if any of you dears need Valentine candles,

PLEASE, order them ASAP!

:)

They are selling quickly and I have limited amounts of everything!

Once they sell out, that is it!

Already gearing up for spring scents over here!

YAY!

My favorite season of all.

Meanwhile,

onto business.

New goodies pictured below!

Be back this soon with a project to share!

Parmesan Biscuit Knots

 

Happy Friday my dears!

Hope you all had a wonderful week.

As promised, today I want to share a yummy recipe with you.

:)

{Parmesan Biscuit Knots}

Grab a can of flaky biscuits {any kind, I used Grands}

Preheat your oven to 400.

Pull out your cookie sheet.

Cut each biscuit into thirds.

The dough stretches very easily.

Pull it long enough to tie in knot.

Repeat until finished!

Bake for 10 minutes or so.

{On ungreased cookie sheet}

While your knots are baking,

melt 1/2 stick of butter in bowl,

add 1 tsp. garlic powder.

Brush butter mixture on your knots after you remove them from oven.

Sprinkle with parmesan cheese while warm.

Serve with just.about.anything.

:)

I can't wait to make these and take them to our next family dinner!

I served ours with Sausage Potato Corn Chowder.

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Sausage Potato Corn Chowder

 

Hello my friends!

I am SO very excited to share this recipe with you today.

It is very simple to make,

and perfect for a cold winter day!

You will need:

1 can of regular corn {drained}

1 can of cream style corn

1 can of evaporated milk

1 can of chicken broth

2 cups of water

3 cups chopped potatoes

1 lb. of sausage

1 onion {chopped}

1 tsp. salt and 1 tsp. pepper

Cook your sausage and onion in large soup pot.

{Until your sausage is done}

Cube your potatoes.

Add them to your sausage and onion mixture.

Add the remainder of your ingredients.

Simmer on low for twenty minutes or so.

{Until potatoes are done}

This is a delicious recipe.

I came accross it in blogland a week or so ago,

however, as usual, I altered it to our liking!

{Which is the recipe I am sharing with you}

I served it with parmesan bread knots.

Recipe coming ASAP!

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Thrifty Valentine's Day Mantle

Happy Monday my sweet friends!

I sure hope you all had a fabulous weekend.

I finished up our little Valentine mantle yesterday.

It is not super duper fancy.

However,

I just wanted to add a little Valentine's Day love to our home this year.

{I normaly don't decorate for Valentine's Day}

But, this year the kids wanted to.

So, we kept it simple and made and put out a few things!

I used everything from around the house.

I framed a little Valentine sheet of scrapbook paper,

put some red, white and pink necklaces in a jar,

as well as some vintage dominoes that I picked up thrifting!

I used what I had on hand for the large jar.

You can read more about that here!

I also put a simple red and white votive candle out.

I decided to add the bird cage candle holder,

and couldn't be happier with the way it looks!

The Valentine burlap bunting is now sew.

It is super easy.

I would say MAYBE a 20 minute project, tops!

My kind of project!

Now, go decorate a little somethin' in your home.

Be thrifty and use what you have.

I promise, it will put a smile on your face!

:)

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No Sew Burlap and Lace Valentine Banner

 

Hello friends!

I have been in a bit of a funk this week.

Not feeling very creative {or crafty}

So, I decided to stay up late last night,

and did a bit of crafting while the kids were sleeping.

Hoping to help get myself out of "the funk"

and....

it worked.

Yay!

 

 

This is so super easy.

You probably have everything on hand to make yourself one!

All you need is:

burlap, fabric, lace {or ribbon} and your handy gluegun!

 

 

Cut your burlap into triangles.

Duh.

Measure your piece of lace out,

 then glue your triangles to it.

Cut hearts out of your fabric.

 

 

Lay your hearts out on your triangles.

Glue them on.

 

 

And that's it!

You are done.

:)

 

 

Not too fancy,

but a simple and cute Valentine's Day decoration!

 

I decided to hang our banner on the mantle.

To accompany my thrifty Valentine decoration!

Still working on the rest of the Valentine "theme"

and hopefully have the rest decorated soon!

:)

 

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Your Life Is Now

This week has been difficult.

Just being honest here.

 

 

At the moment,

things just feel "off" to me,

for lack of a better term.

SO many around us are losing loved ones.

Some have medical issues going on.

Some are stuggling,

emotionally and financially.

I pray for them.

WE pray for them.

 

 

I can't help but ask WHY.

I don't understand.

And am confused and {a bit} bitter,

 at the same time.

I have faith,

a VERY strong faith.

A faith that cannot be shaken,

however,

times like this are HARD.

There,

I said it.

 

 

It is SO hard watching those around us suffer.

ESPECIALLY from the loss of a loved one.

SELFISHLY,

this brings back memories for myself.

And my family.

Of the loss,

and the pain that was endured because of it.

I cry thinking of others pain,

and then I cry feeling my own.

 

 

I pray that God gives us his grace to go on.

Patience and understanding.

Faith and courage.
Hope.

Love.

 

 

Today, I pray he is with those that are suffering,

from losing a loved one,

and trying to make sense of it all.

 

 

I know there is a bigger plan.

For EACH of us.

 

 

One day we will fully understand.

Know the reasons,

have answers to ALL of our questions.

 

 

Does everything TRULY happen for a reason?

I don't know.

I like to SAY I believe this,

however,

when you don't AT THE TIME

understand the reason,

this is HARD to believe.

At least for me.

 

 

What I do know is that loss makes us stronger.

While we may not TOTALLY understand,

we WILL BE stronger,

because of the pain we have endured.

 

 

We will learn from it.

Realizing we only have TODAY.

NOT taking OUR lives for granted.

The life that those around us we have lost,

fought so very hard to live.

Knowing,

that we are ONLY here for a short time.

No one is promised tomorrow.

 

 

Live everyday to the fullest.

So my friends,

although today may be difficult for you.

{And me}

We are here.
HERE we ARE.

LIFE is NOW.

LIVE IT!

Long Time No Blog!

Things have been a bit crazy here the last week.

We had a lovely long weekend.

However, it ws packed full of plans.

I feel like I was in the car the majority of the weekend!

Sunday, we decided to take the kids to the pet store.

This is one of their favorite things to do.

We are big animal lovers in our house!

They begged for a hampster.

The hubs and I did not give in {as of yet}

We have an indoor cat,

need I say more?

;)

The hubs was off as well {from his regular full time job}

However, there was lots of furniture work and redoing to be done!

He worked on several projects this weekend!

And, yours truly was candle making.

LOTS of candle making!

I made several new scents this go around.

I am SO excited about them!

:)

Yep, twenty cases of candles!

These are a few Valentine scents.

Red hots, Valentine cookie and Pink sugar.

They are all now available in my etsy shop.

Along with many more!

I also have been working on some lovely spring items for the shop.

Very excited about these little clutches.

They are embellished with fabric flowers made out of vintage fabrics!

Better run my friends!

I have alot of work to do today,

finishing up candles,

answering emails,

etsy listings,

paying bills,

then letters, numbers and coloring with my little man.

{The BEST part of the day}

:)

Take care!