Christmas Sugar Cookies

Christmas Sugar Cookies

1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs              
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour                                                    
2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Lunchbox Mason Jar Cup

How to Make a Lunchbox Mason Jar Cup

Good afternoon!

Well my little one is in Pre-K and she takes her lunch to school everyday. I usually pack her a juice box but I wanted to give her some variety. I had nothing to put something like milk or that in, so I looked online and found this idea. It works pretty well!

All you need is a mason jar, a lid ring, and a milk/juice carton with a twist cap. Cut the carton around the cap in the shape and size of the jar ring. This will be your lid.

 

 

Put the carton lid into the ring.

 

Then just place lid on mason jar real tight and your done!

And now you have something that you can put milk, juice, anything!! Just make sure the lid and the cap are closed tightly. Don't want any spills.



Sneaky Vegetable Pasta

Sneaky Vegetable Pasta

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 small onion

1 clove garlic, minced

1 carrot, chopped

1 zucchini, chopped

1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced

1 can of crushed tomatoes

1/2 cup vegetable broth

1/4 teaspoon brown sugar

salt and pepper to taste

1 bag bow tie pasta

 

 

In a skillet over medium-high heat, sauté onions and garlic in olive oil until tender. Add carrots, zucchini, and mushrooms and cook until softened. Add tomatoes, broth, sugar, salt and pepper. Simmer for 5-10 mins. Remove from stove and let cool slightly. Cook pasta. While pasta is cooking, puree vegetables in blender. Toss cooked pasta with vegetable sauce and serve.

 

Serves 8

 



How Pinterest Saved My Wedding

How Pinterest Saved My Wedding

I LOVE Pinterest!! It has helped me with so many things. Mostly with my wedding. If it wasn't for Pinterest my wedding wouldn't have been as amazing as it was. I love doing DIYs and most of my wedding I did myself. There were are many others but here are a few examples:

My daughter's Flower girl crown:

And her outfit:

My bridesmaids boot clips:


The idea and inspiration for our wedding cake:




The seat signs for the ceremony:



Seat décor:



The centerpieces and the Carved hearts(my husband wood burned them for me):

Kelly Clarkson's Family Christmas Photo

Kelly Clarkson's Family Christmas Photo

It's Christmas photo time again!

A lot of celebrates do Christmas cards and some are a little questionable. Like the Kardashians... What was that? But I found this one today on People.com of Kelly Clarkson and her new family and I just love it. It's funny, unique, and sweet in a way.

Here is the photo.




Here is the link.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20764998,00.html

Let me know what you think.

Share your family photos too in the comments!

Happy Holidays!!

Easy Bedroom Door Letter

Easy Bedroom Door Letter

Ever wanted to give your kids bedroom door a little fleur? Why not try a bejeweled letter?

I wanted something cute for my little one's door, so started looking around the house and in my craft area and finally found a purple foam E and some stick on jewels. I just put them on and all done! She loved it! So simple yet super cute.

Got any other cute bedroom door décor ideas? Share them in the comments!!!

God is So Good!!!

God is So Good!!!

This is one of my favorite verses in the bible. It reminds me that even if I'm going through a hard time God will always come through. When I look back at my life and think ,What if I had gone to junior college instead art school? What if I had stuck to my "no dating during senior year" rule? What would my life be like now if I had made different or better choices?

Then I realize I wouldn't change a thing. If I were to change anything I may not have my little one or my amazing husband. Even with all the pain I went through it was all worth it because in the end God gave me the two most important people in my life.

So no matter what you are going through, always remember that God is with and He always has a plan. Just keep praying and never lose faith.