Window Shutter Wall Display

I love this idea that I saw over at Sumo's Sweet Stuff. The tutorial is here at the Tortoise and the Hare. Great idea! Anyone have any old shutters?

Snowman!

This is a darling little snowman! What a cute idea. I really want to make one. i found the tutorial over at The Idea Room
I think it would be fun to make a few different sizes and use them as a centerpiece or something. I can't copy the picture to post here so you will have to go HERE to see it!
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Breakfast Casserole

I have wanted to try one of these before but never remembered to look up a recipe for one. So when I saw this one over at Our Best Bites I had to grab the recipe. I hope to try it soon!

Sausage and Egg Breakfast Casserole

6-8 slices white bread*

about 1/4 cup softened butter (just for buttering the bread)

4 cups grated Colby Jack Cheese**

12 oz Reduced fat Pork Sausage browned and drained

1 4 oz can diced green chilis (or 7 oz if you love them)

6 eggs

2 cups milk

1 tsp kosher salt

1/2 tsp paprika

1 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp dry mustard

*Bread-Most recipies call for slightly dried out french bread or something similar, but white bread fresh from the bag works fine.

**Cheese-For extra kick use 2 c pepper jack and 2 cups cheddar. Do not use the pre-shredded bag cheese it doesn't melt as well.

Remove crusts from bread and lightly butter one side. place bread butter side down in a 9x13 baking dish so the bottom of the pan is covered with no big gaps. Grate cheese and spred evenly over the bread. Spread the sausage on top of that and top with green chilis. In a medium sized bowl whisk eggs. Add milk and seasonings and mix well. Slowly stir egg mixtur over the casserole (make sure to stir as pouring so the spices are evenly distributed).

Cover well and place in the refridgerator overnight.

In the morning preheat oven to 350 and bake for 50 - 60 minutes, until center is set and edges are golden brown. Let cool for 10 minutes so casserole is set and wont fall apart when serving. Cut into squares and serve warm.

Yummmmmmmm!

White Bean Dip

Found this recipe at Our Best Bites and it looks really good! I LOVE beans so I am going to have to try this one.

HOT WHITE BEAN DIP WITH BACON
adapted from cooking light


2 Slices of Bacon
4 Garlic cloves minced
1/3 cup low sodium chicken broth
1 cup Canellini beans (Great Northern beans work too)
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon crushed rosemary

Cook bacon in a small saucepan over medium heat until crisp.  Remove bacon from pan with slotted spoon and set aside.  Add garlic to drippings in pan; cook one minute stirring frequently.  Add broth and beans, bring to a boil.  Reduce heat, and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
combine bean mixture, onions and remaining ingredients in a food processor nd process until smooth. Spoon mixture into a bowl, stir in 1 tablespoon reserved bacon (or pulse in food processor a couple times). At this point taste it and add more salt to taste, as well as hot sauce and lemon juice if desired.  Sprinkle dip with remaining dip just before serving.

Serve with Pita Chips'

Storage: This works great to make ahead of time. just store in refridgerator and warm in microwave before serving.

Todays finds

Look at these cute onesies or t-shirts I saw over at the fickle pickle! These are so cute! i need to learn how to use my sewing machine better.

Look at this cute Zipper Flower from Craftaholics Anonymous! Fun! She made it into a cute bracelet, but you could do so much with it. She shows how to make one HERE.

I saw this cool clock over at Little Birdie Secrets! She even shows you how to make it!

Lots of great ideas out there! i am ready to craft!

Christmas?

Back to Christmas! I just saw these fun cute ideas for next year! Very cute. found them over at Tatertots and Jello.

More with BURLAP!

Yep. More things with Burlap! i LOVE the stuff! I am finding that lots of people do. So here are some more great burlap ideas!

HERE is a Burlap Wreath from over at Where the Heart is. Looks fairly simple burlap a hanger and just poke and scrunch! I AM gunna try this (as soon as I find that burlap)!

Embellished BURLAP treat bags from Tatertots and Jello! LOVE these!

Burlap Magnet Board and burlap trees also from Tatertots and Jello.

Burlap Curtains from Tatertots and Jello (I just found thid blog last night and I am loving it)!

OK enought for now. I am sure there will be more burlap ideas to come though.

White Chocolate Candy Cane Popcorn!

So if you know me you know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE those Candy Cane Kisses you can get around Christmas. I am sad that they are gone now, but also a little glad since I am sure this December I finished a few bags (or more) by myself! Not good for the diet! But in a few months when I am really wanting some more Candy Cane Kisses i think I will try this recipe I saw HERE at Skip to My Lou! Doesn't it look YUMMY!!!!!

White Chocoloate and Peppermint Popcorn

-16 oz White Chocolate (Can use White Chocolate baking morsels or Almond Bark)
-1 cup finely chopped (like Sand) peppermints (10 - 12 candy canes or 40 mints)
-4 quarts popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup kernals) - if using air popped popcorn add a pinch of salt when you add the crushed peppermint.

Slowly melt white chocolate or almond bark in the microwave or on stove top with double boiler.Stir often to keep the chocolate from burning. Stir 1/2 cup crushed peppermints into the white chocolate.Place popped popcorn into a large bowl. pour melted white chocolate and peppermint mixture over popcorn. Gently stir to coat popcorn while sprinkling remaining pepermints onto the popcorn. Pour out onto parchment paper and allow coating to harden.

I will let you know how I like it when I make it. MMMMM! May be sooner that later.

EDITED TO ADD:
I ust saw this other recipe for Candy Cane Popcorn and it looks yummy too! I saw it on Sumo's Sweet Stuff and it looks like she.got it from Our Best Bites.

Burlap Placemats and Table Runner

I Just LOVE this idea! Maybe beacause I LOVE Burlap. Maybe beacause I NEED something on my table right now.  Maybe because it is so simple yet classy. Whatever the reason I am on a hunt for all that extra burlap I had from the tables at my wedding (probably in a box in the garage). The possibilities of what you could do with these are endless. LOVE IT!

I fist saw the idea HERE at Craftaholics Anonymous.

Isn't it awesome?

Getting Started

Here we go! I LOVE to blog surf and there are so many wonderful ideas out there. It is so hard to keep track of where it was that I saw that one wonderful idea I want to make. So.....instead if trying to print them all or write down all the links I think I will put them all here! In one place! Wow what a great idea (I stole from other people that have craft blogs for the same reason)! I might even throw some of my own ideas on here. So here it is my collection of ideas, things I make, things I want to make and things that inspire me. Maybe someone else out there will like what they see or even get a great idea from something here. Who knows, but mostly this is just a place for me to put all the great ideas out there in one place. Thanks to all the great blogs and all those that inspire me to make something!