UPdates!

Remember that whole snowpacalypse 2011? Well here are the results from that...I FINALLY used my sewing machine! :-) for pillows...but whatev!

A lovely pillow for our cute puppy to rest on so she'll get off mine!

This is just an accent pillow for our guest room

I baked a little too.....don't remember what this is called, but boy was it yummy! Often the things that look the worst are the best!

Here are the results of the basics cake class I took....baking a cake every week was a bit stressful for me, since my oven doesn't always want to bake thoroughly and I suck at icing, oh and my lovely $200 kitchenaide mixer refuses to work on the stir setting...but hey we got through it! :-)

Here is that "M" for Molly I spoke of before....sometimes I hang her collar and leash on it!

This was just a yummy easy meal-baked ziti!

And last but not least-my latest project. A magnetic bulletin board. We saw these at affair of the heart and my sister and I loved them, but didn't want to pay alot for them, and said we could just make it.....which we say that about a lot of stuff but never do....So for her birthday I made my sister this one. I hope she likes it! its a surprise and ended up being easier than I thought! It cost more than it should have too but I really wasn't in the mood to track down a decent frame and paint it and all, I looked at goodwill once but didn't see anything I liked.

I basically just figured it out on my own, I did a little research online but didn't follow any one person's steps. although I found out you can cut metal with basic scissors-woot! I bought the frame at hob lob, had them put a hanger and back on it since it is a gift and all. I bought a sheet of metal and cut it to size. I bought some fabric and used sticky spray glue around the edges....I'm wondering if I should have sprayed it all over though, but I was too nervous about the fabric looking lopsided and such so I did a side at a time. As for the magnets I saw online that you can just attach a magnet to a button-super easy: buy a fabric covered button making kit and follow directions for button, then glue magnet on to back-woot!

The picture doesn't do it much justice, but I love it! I'm also still in the process of making magnets for it, thats what those 3 little button like things are.

Cooking......

So when I first decided I wanted a blog it was because I had really funny cooking things happen to me. While they stressed me out at the time, as I look back I laugh. Tonight it happened again.....
I decided to try out chicken parmigiana from my Rachel Ray cookbook....simple enough right? NO! especially since I'm not a big cook.
1. I read the ingredients wrong before I went shopping. I read 1 cup of parmigiana reggiano (or whatever) as parmesan like ragu....HAHA and I found ragu named parmigiano something, I thought this was to be the sauce.
2. Because of #1 I didn't make sure that I had parmesan cheese which is what I really needed...
3. I pulled out my chicken from the freezer and it was super frozen together...UGH
4. At the beginning you dip the chicken in flour, egg and then breadcrumbs with parmesan cheese.....not even realizing yet that I had the whole parmesan mixup, I put mozzerella cheese in the bowl to dip with. My husband says I never understand cheeses....he is right, I Just can't seem to get those two in my head!
5. Finally realize I made the mistake and hubby goes out for parmesan cheese...he's so sweet-had to go to 2 places! and I had already gone grocery shopping earlier today. haha
6. I got it all together eventually...I do not normally do meals which require so many steps but I always feel good when I finish even if I'm a brat during. :-)

Anywho, it ended up pretty good. Hubby says he liked it and I think I did too, it was a little garlicy tho so I think next time I would make my own adjustments! But I'm so glad I tried something new and it was somewhat of a success! Hubby is even taking leftovers for lunch tomorrow! YAY! :-)

This was my 3rd new meal I made, one night over break I sat down and picked out a few recipes I've never tried. I also made cheddar broccoli soup-yum! I feel like a good wife when I cook real meals that don't come in a frozen bag!

Welp tomorrow I've got a long long day of school and then cheer practice, boo. ha I better get! Maybe I'll go finish my big letter "M" I'm making for Molly,our puppy! I sure do miss crafty like projects! my goal for making curtains was by christmas.....woops....I still haven't picked out material! DANGIT! know any good places?

FINALLY an update! :-)

Well, it has been forever since I have been on here! I no longer have a boring job where I can look at things online for parts of the day and at night I'm busy too so I don't ever get to read blogs anymore OR make crafts :-( I'm back in college and love parts of it and love some of my classes so thats great! BUT it is ALOT of work!!! So I am busy and my house has been a mess!
BUT it is fall break and I finally did a project I have been wanting to do for a long time! So here it is!


I made them tonight during the OU game. I just got some plain wood letters and modge podged them w/different scraps of paper I had. I think I love it! :-) Although mod podging can be really irritating sometimes with all of the bubbles!
Tomorrow it is suzy homemaker time! I cleaned the house on Thursday but will tidy again and then my family is coming over to celebrate Hubby's birthday! And I'll be making the most delicious chicken tortilla soup, and some cupcakes! I may also make some dip that I got at Affair of the Heart yesterday. I love snacking there! :-)

Anywho, that's my update for my 1 reader-Maria! :-)
I STILL want to sew something really bad! My goal is to get more organized this 2nd half of the semester so I have more night time free time! I worked like the 1st month and half of school so I got outta wack, but now I'm getting my flow!
p.s. I'm also the cheer coach/sponsor for OC this year! yay! so that keeps me busier than I thought!!

NEW!!

Check out what came yesterday! WOOOT!!! SO excited!!

I haven't started anything yet but I do have plans!! First a pillow and then I will start on curtains! It is just TOO hard to start anything crafting or sewing right now since it is summer! I LOVE SUMMER! But soon I will be busy with school and work. btw I'm going back to college for a 2nd degree-early childhood education this time around, VERY excited! :-) And I'll work part time for a little bit until they get someone at work trained, then its just focus on school time. BUT I plan on having curtains by Christmas! haha

seeeeee ya!

Did somebody say Frames?!

Well I've got a few different things I've worked on recently since I had a day off work for the 4th of July AND sister and I had craft night (not saying that it went well tho.....:-/ )

SO I bought a really crappy frame in the 80% off aisle at Hoblob recently for like $2 and something knowing I could redo it...which I did successfully! YAY!:-) I LOVE it! :-) So here is a before and after of that!This is another frame I'm in the process of doing....I bought it for $2.50 for craft night w/sister last night and it was just a plain wood one meant to be decorated. I'm thinking of adding the word "sisters" at the bottom in white letters and putting a pic of me and sis in it.

And here is the frame sister worked on....she didn't have much fun and is going to redo this redo....I should have taken a before pic of it too woops!

I started on another frame tonight but had a bad time with it and got very discouraged :-/ I was trying to use a pretty wrapping paper but I guess thats not going to work! heh so I'll try again another day......

And here is the key chain holder I've been working on for the laundry room....I like it, yet I feel like it still needs something...I want to change the border possibly but need useful ideas for it...hmm...


I started doing these crafts because A. I need a hobby ha B.I thought it would be cheaper and easier....buuuuttt its proving to be pretty expensive so far, apparently I need to just get my personal supply larger and then it will be cheaper. Also....it is NOT easy!!!!! darn bloggers make it seem so simple! And well sometimes things are easy, my first frame was really easy and I love it, now the other 2 i have worked on are just BLAH! but hubby says I'll get better with practice! :-)

On another note we had my family over last weekend for shishkabobs! Sweet hubby even let me buy outdoor plates....but then it rained....but we still used them indoors and I love them! from target of course! Anywho, here is a pic of some of the yummmyness we ate, it was my first time to make these and it took FOREVER! never knew.... and my sister brought us pretty gerber daisies(my favorite!)


OH! and I returned something to Target so I bought these cute little ball things ( i have no idea what the technical word is for them but everyone and their mother have these in their houses) and then I used a glass holder from our wedding and put them on our table in the living room and I love it! :-)
I also painted this cross for our black and white bathroom...I'm unsure if I love it but it DOES match so theres the benefit! ha















alright....time to go read everyone else craftiness!!


p.s. OBVIOUSLY I FINALLY figured out how to move pics around! yay me!

BUSY BUSY BUSY!

Welp I'm falling behind on the Happy House cleaning project.....but its because we were on Vacation for 2 weeks! SO LONG! Obviously for part of the trip we were in Paris!

I missed our little Molly SO bad while we were gone! :-( We are so glad she is back with us! We just love taking her in the car, she loves sticking her head out the window! :-)

Here is a pic of the clock I have worked on here and there...I can't decide if I like it or not.....i recently added more of the flowers because it seemed empty...I need an honest opinion tho.....

anyway, I hope to get back to working on my keyholder piece for the laundry room again soon since things should be back to settling down!

also...I want a sewing machine!!!! Every house needs one, DUH!

Shelf?

Well I have had this shelf thing since I was little. My mom painted it for me to match my room. I decided to refinish it.....it has taken me months and I have gotten nowhere! ack! We had thought it might be a nice old piece...wrong!! My dad came over last night and saw it and realized it is made of particle board :-( boo. So we put it out by the street last night for big junk pickup. I'm sad to see it go and that I'm giving up but really, it was going nowhere! maybe someone else will see it and make it beautiful again? meh.

This weekend was my birthday! I had a great birthday weekend and I love my husband and family, they made it great!I got some great gifts too! :-)

well now I want to go work on my keychain holder that I'm making for the laundry room. I painted the laundry room robins egg blue and I LOVE it! :-)

seeeeee ya!