Yarn Wreaths

I love the look of yarn wreaths! I've seen them on Etsy, but they cost so much! So I decided to make my own.

I didn't take any pictures along the way, so if anyone wants an actual tutorial on how to make one with pictures let me know. They are pretty self explanatory though. You can buy a Styrofoam wreath at hobby lobby (can you tell how much I love that store?) and then just wrap yarn around it and add whatever you want. 

I wish I had taken pictures of the ones I made as Christmas presents before giving them away to show different styles!

Chocolate Strawberry Hearts

Zoey and I made Chocolate strawberry hearts yesterday :)

 All you need are cut up strawberries, chocolate and an ice tray (or some type of mold) to stick it all in. I have these cute silicone trays I found at the dollar store one year in the shape of hearts, perfect for Valentines day!

  Fill the bottom with chocolate and put strawberries on top

 

Then cover completely in chocolate

 Stick in fridge or freezer to harden

And voila! Is there any better mixture than strawberries and chocolate? I think not

Scrappy Flip Flops

I saw these adorable flip flops on one of my nieces and because I have sooo much extra material I decided to make a few. You can get kids flip flops for just over a dollar at hobby lobby, and since I already had all the material this whole project cost me about $1.50 each pair. If you don't have material or want specific colors I suggest buying a pack of fat quarters from Hobby lobby.

I cut a bunch of material in pieces about 1 in wide and 4 in long. This will of course vary on the size of flip flop you are using.

Wrap the pieces around the straps of the shoes and tie a
knot. 

Alternate the colors and push close together to make fuller.
Repeat until both straps are covered.

Trim to preferred length for your finished product.

I love them, and best of all, so does Zoey!

Mango Chicken Chilli

This is a great recipe if you want a mild Chilli

Ingredients: 

1 package taco seasoning

1 jar Peach and mango Salsa

1 can cream of Mushroom soup

1 cup sour cream

3-4 Chicken breasts

1 cup cooked rice

Frozen corn

1 can black beans

Toppings that you prefer (I use cheese and occasionally green onions)

First you take the Salsa, Taco Seasoning and Cream of mushroom soup

 Place chicken in crock pot and sprinkle with Taco seasoning, then pour salsa and soup over the top. Cook on low 4-6 hours

 When your chicken is fully cooked remove it from the crock pot and shred with a fork, put chicken back in crock pot and cook 30-60  min so it can soak up all the yummy flavor

Cook your Rice, then add it to the crock pot along with your can of black beans and approx one cup frozen corn.

Stir it all up and let it cook until everything is nice and warm

Add one cup sour cream (optional)  right before serving. 

Then add garnish, which I didn't take a picture of but I'm confident you can figure it out on our own. Ha ha.

It's so yummy, and perfect for a cold day, I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!

Letters From War

This is something I did a while ago, I folded up one of the letters Dust sent me from Iraq and stuck it in a frame. I love that ppl who come to our house can't read all the things he had to say, but that piece of our relationship is still on display. Obviously I know not everyone has a letter from a deployment, but I assume you at least have a post it note with a quickly scribbled "I love you". Every time I see it on my dresser it makes me feel so loved. Much better than sticking it in a shoebox :)

Turn an old bottle into a Vase!

 Today Miss Zoey was sick so as we watched cartoons for hours upon hours I decided to make some vases. You can use any kind of bottle! Don't mind the three with the bottoms unfinished, they sit on top of my bookcase so you can't tell. Lol. I figure this post was pretty self explanatory. All you need is something to wrap around the bottle (I have three yarn, and the gray one is some scrap Jersey knit material from a previous project) then left one plain because i loved the color of the glass.

The bottle on the far left I simply wrapped some yarn in a random pattern and then sprayed it with the same paint as the post below. I would NOT recommend using yarn. It was too thick making ridges in the paint and left little fuzzies. Tape or ribbon would have been a better idea. :)

Ugly Soap Dispensers?

 These are my soap dispensers, they were on sale for a dollar. Somehow I lost all my cute matching ones when we moved to TX and didn't want to spend the money to get new ones. They're ugly... esp when I refilled them with ugly orange soap.

 I was at Lowes the other day looking for paint to make an old coffee table into a bench (Exciting, yes? That post will be here once I get around to finishing it!) And saw this Paint, it's textured and looks like a rock. Then I started to get excited, my palms got sweaty like they do when I get into creative mode. Lol. It was a little pricier than I wanted (six dollars) but I could fix EVERY soap dispenser in my house with it! Also, I obviously dropped it, and cracked the lid. I blame my excited sweaty hands. :)

This is the finished project! Isn't it cute? The picture doesn't do it justice. But all you have to do is peel the labels off your old dispensers and spray! I actually love the shape, it looks like a little oval stone. And this was SO easy. I actually completed it when Paige was napping. Success. If you try this project be sure to show me pictures!