Another Cheap Project

I found this board at DI awhile back for .50 cents. I took it home, sanded it down and repainted it for a door hanging project. A few months later after this board had collected an inch of dust, I changed my mind and decided to try a different project. This is what I came up with!

I painted the board navy blue, added a varnish coat, and hand stuck on some letters I cut out on my cricut! I love it! I hung it next to my washer and dryer to make it a little more bright and cheery :)

I love awesome DI Finds!

A few months ago and made a trip to good ol D.I. (Deseret Industries) and found this shelf. It was in awesome contition and the best part...it was $2.50! Rock on! So I took lovely shelf home and swtiched out the knobs and hung it on my wall. I love cheap things!

BEFORE

AFTER
Now I just need to find some cute things to put on it. :)

Meat Loaf

To be honest, I have never been a big Meat Loaf fan...until I tried my mother in laws. It was mighty tasty! So I thought I would share the love...

You will need:

2 pounds hamburger, thawed

1 cup shredded carrots

1 ½ cups oats

1 package Liptons onion soup mix

2 eggs

3 tablespoons ketchup

salt and pepper

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix together. (Use gloves) When mixed, place in pan and flatten down.

Topping

2 tablespoons ketchup

2 tablespoons mustard

2 tablespoons brown sugar

Mix all topping ingredients together in a small bowl. Then pour over the top of the meat loaf and spread with a spoon. Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Remove the foil for the last 10 to 15 minutes for a browned top.

***I made 4 small loaf pans of meat loaf from this recipe. (You can use a larger pan) I double wrap them in foil and store in the freezer.

Enjoy!

So BORED!

Today I found myself cruising through other fun crafting blogs, because I was quite simply, BORED out of my MIND!  I found a fun post about refurbishing a picture frame, she used fabric.  Suddenly my mind traced to the hideously ulgy picture frame in my room.  The bold silver one I bought for $3 right after I got married, just for the sake of having a picture frame to house our wedding pictures.  I pulled out some excess fabric and my handy dandy staple gun and went to work.  It's not perfect.  I might re-do it in the future. 

What can I say?  I'm an ametuer.  Not too bad though... right?

Happy Birthday Cards

April is a busy busy month for my family.  My Sister, my Dad and myself, all have birthday within the same week!

I usually slack majorly at birthday time.  Not this year, I REMEMBERED!!!

(Okay Okay so they arrived late, at least I remembered.)

I had fun making them using my Silhouette and the Silhouette Sketch Pens.

As for myself, my husband got me a bunny... see previous post. 

I got MYSELF.... wait for it...

Crafting Supplies!

I'm quite excited.  I have a plethora of projects coming your way so stay tuned!

Best Birthday Present EVER!

Next week I'm celebrating my 24th birthday!  I'm pretty excited about it.

This weekend my husband gave me my birthday present a little bit early:

Meet Midnight,

I ♥ my new Bunny!

Seriously Best Birthday Present EVER!

Applesauce Cookies

These are my absolutely my FAVORITE ever Cookies! 


Applesauce Cookies

1 C. Shortening
4 Eggs
2 tsp. Soda
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Nutmeg
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Cloves
4 C. Flour
2 C. Sugar
2 C. Applesauce
1 Lg Pkg. Chocolate Chips or Raisins

Mix sugar, shortening and eggs.  Mix applesauce and soda together.  Add to shortening mix, then flour and spices (sifted together) Add chocolate chips or raisins.  Drop on sheet and bake 8-10 min. 

**Applesauce should NOT turn black.  If it does turn black, you need to get a new can of applesauce.**