Biggest Project of Them All

More post to come I'm sure...

Yes, Kevin and I own a concession stand!!

Floor Cushion/Mini Bean Bag

Saw this on Pinterest and thought it was adorable. But what caught my attention was that it only requires one yard of fabric each!!! Easy AND cheap, my favorite. On top of that a friend got a new embroidery machine... Did I need any more reasons why I HAD to make these??

Special Day Plate

Made with colored sharpies. Baked at 350 for 30 minutes. BUT, the trick is to put in cool oven and heat up then start timer. Then when timer goes off, turn oven off and open door but keep plate in to cool down with oven. So technically it bakes longer than 30 minutes.

The idea of the Special Day Plate is that anyone in your family can use it. They could use it for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner. They could use it on their birthday, good report card, when they scored their first soccer goal, and everything in between!

A fun tradition... I can't wait!

My daughter using it for the first time on her third birthday.

Jersey Cakes

This took a lot of careful planning... But I am happy with the result. Measure and plan out 15 times, cut once!

The white jersey was for my brother's friend Carson who plays for the Stix a baseball team in Loveland.

The white/black jersey was for my brother who plays youth football for Loveland.

Happy Birthday guys!!

65 Calorie Tuna Salad

My youngest daughter had her Iron level tested recently, to find out her level was quite low. So we have to take extra care to make sure she is getting a sufficient amount of Iron in her diet. As well as a good amount of Vitamin C; Vitamin C helps the body to absorb Iron into the body. Learn something new everyday huh? Well, actually I probably learned that in school and chose to forget it. When are you gonna ever need that bit of information, right? WRONG.

Anyway... one of things I am trying to do for her, and everyone in my family, is adding spinach to things we already eat. Raw spinach doesn't have a ton of flavor therefore its a 'quick fix' to our Iron problem. So, I decided to make a batch of my Low Calorie (But Oh So Good) Tuna Salad.

Ingredients:

1 can Chunk Light Tuna

1/4 cup sweet pea

1/4 raw celery

1/2 cup baby spinach

1/4 cup carrots

1/4 cup cucumber

1/4 cup red onion
2 TB-spoons Light Ranch dressing

splash of pickle juice

1 TB-spoon Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Sauce

This recipe makes about 4 servings. So thats 65 calories per serving. 

Take that you super fattening store bought Tuna Salad!

Meal ideas:

Grilled Wheat Tortilla Wrap +130 cals

Mixed Greens Salad +15 cals

Wheat Crackers +60 cals

Crayon Purse

What little girl wouldn't love this? In fact I know a few adults who would love this! 

Crayon Purse

Made with scrap fabric for a friend's birthday.

A super quick and super cute project.

Tutorial here.

I Do.. Me Too!

This year was the year of weddings for us (as was last year). So we had to get creative as far as gifts. Here are a couple handmade gifts...

This jar has a years worth of date ideas. 

Inside are popsicle sticks color coded (with their wedding colors of course) 

yellow= stay in date night 

blue=go out date night

The idea is to enjoy your first year of marriage with inexpensive or free date nights each week.

I hope Matt & Logan are enjoying their gift. The first year of marriage can be a crazy one. 

Enjoy every minute!

This was for another friend of ours. Coffee mugs with matching plate set. As well as a serving platter for when entertaining guest.

This was done in sharpie.

Then baked for a couple hours at a low temperature.

The platter has their wedding date on it as well as the lyrics of their first dance.

Congrats to Dana and Sean! 

I'm sure you guys look too cute drinking from your matching mugs.