Hand Print Ornaments

Hello everyone!

Remember when I made Hand print Ornaments for my Kurty? 

( Kurt's Hand print Ornaments )

I decided to do it for Kameron.

I know its a bit early, I'm just not really sure if I'll be able to make

it before Christmas so I'd rather do it early than not at all.

I didn't do anything different with how to make it,

Just salt, dough, water. ( Instructions here )

I want to make Homemade Christmas Ornaments every year.

So we can put something new on our Christmas tree every year.  

Hopefully we will be settled in before Christmas.

Maybe we can make some.

I'm so glad we got to make these.

Definitely challenging with little one's hand but its fun!

I highly recommend it for your little one!

I bet they will love it when they see it in the future.

Anyways, the packing has started. 

It  has been so busy this week. 

But, I'm not complaining.

I'm so excited. 

...And I'm so excited to share with you all everything. 

I'm ready for our new chapter!

Have a good day!!

xo

DIY Christmas Ornament

I admit, I'm not crafty at all.

I wish I am! 

But on Special occasions like this I try hard, like really hard!

Last year for Homemade Christmas Ornaments, 

We made Hand print ornaments ( Handprint Christmas Ornaments )

I'm so glad I did it because a year later I'm looking at it and I can't stop smiling.

It's the cutest thing ever!

So, This year I made sure we are making Homemade Christmas ornaments again.

Like what I said, I am not crafty so I try to find the easiest ones I can make.

If you are looking for one, I swear this one is so easy!

Materials:

- Wallet-size photo print (3x2 print)

-Clear plastic fillable ornament ball (found in Michaels')

-Ribbon

-Ornament hook

-Glitter (Optional)

Instructions:

-Remove cap from clear ornament bill and fill with ribbons.

-Cut one of the wallet prints from the sheet. Hold it up to your ball to determine if you need to cut a small amount of the top or bottom to make it fit. 

-Roll your print, photo side out, and slide into the ball.Use your finger or pair of tweezers to postition

the print. It should pop into position easily.

-Replace cap and add a ribbon and hook to the top of the ornament.

I made two ornament. I made one for the our baby on the way!

Isn't so cute?? 

So happy how it turned out!

Happy Holidays!

xoxo

1 year of Blogging.

Unbelievable! September 1st marked my one year of anniversary of blogging.

I can't believe it.

Let's face it, I wasn't sure if my blog would last beyond a month or two.

I certainly wasn't sure my blog would still be here a year later. I wasn't sure I could find enough 

to talk about to last a whole year. But here I am!

Last year, I was sitting in my bedroom with my Ipad, Looking at blogs on Pinterest.
I mean, Who doesn't love pinterest? My first Idea was just a Food blog that I can put all of the recipes I tried and love. But then, I love yoga, Fitness, Travel. I love pictures!
I'm not really a talker, I get worried sometimes that my grammar is wrong.
Like, What am I going to say? I even get worried what caption I will put on my pictures on Instagram.
But Blogger changed my life.
This is where I put, write whatever I want and I don't care what people would think.
This is my own little online world.

My first post was ( My first blog post. ) I still feel a little bit nervous sometimes, but Blogging gave me a little confidence to just say whatever I want to say.
The first couple post I did too was food ( Beef Stew) and my other love (Yoga)

Most of the food recipes I found is from Pinterest or from my Ipad App called "AllRecipes"
They have all of the recipes you could ever think of.

Most of my most viewed post is food since I posted them on Pinterest and Recipe Magic 

Recipe Magic is a sharing community that helps you plan, organize, and create perfect meals every time. You can save, find recipes there. They will share some of your recipes on their Social network which helps a food blogger like me increase traffic and build followers.

I've read many blogs posts where people share lessons that they've learned and mistakes they've made. I would like to add a few things that I learned in my first year:


1. Blogging is hard. 
   
               It takes research and it takes a lot of work to bring interest content to your readers.
You can write or post whatever you want. But you need to make it the best post possibly can be.
Create your own style, You want people to be able to recognize your words even without your name being attached. (Though your name should always be attached)


2. Just because you don't talk much, You can't blog.

              At first, You will get a little intimidated but you will find yourself talking a lot when you post about something you love.
You'll never run out of things to blog about. Just be yourself.

3. Managing a blog takes way more time than you think.

              Way more time. Especially just putting all of the small details to make it pretty.
But, It's worth it.

4. You don't need to spend a lot of money to blog.

              It's okay to smart small, I get intimidated when i see other blogs with awesome pictures.
I like to use my phone so it will look as is as much as possible. I have my Nikon DSLR but I stick to my phone as much as possible.

5. A blog is a reflection of one's self!

             This is the line that describes my blog and what I am about. I feel that a blog is an extension of you. the blogger. It's important to keep in mind. When people are reading your blog, they need to feel like that they are walking into your mind or sitting across from you cooking or having fun with you.

I can't imagine myself and my life without blogging, I am in love with it.
It's definitely a challenge, But I must say there's never a dull moment.
What a great community to be part of.

So here's to many more years of blogging!

Few of my Popular post. I love list and I know you do too.
So you will noticed that I have lots of list on my Blog, check it out!

Breakfast Wreath
Chicken, Broccoli and Rice

xoxo

Homemade Ornament and Delicious Breakfast.

Hello Everyone!!

Happy Friday! Hope you all had a great week..

 

Today was a good day, I finally got to make some Homemade Salt dough Ornaments that I have been wanting to make for a long long time.. I know I have to make it before Christmas so finally today was the day!

 

But before that, Had an Amazing breakfast with my boys, Decided to just cook something.

The first time I had this Biscuits and gravy at my Mother in-law I fell In love right away and it's hubby's favorite so I had to know how to make it. We only make it usually on cold days like these. It's so easy to make!

 

 

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. Breakfast Sausage
• 1/3 Cup Flour
• 4 Cups whole milk
• 1/2 tsp. seasoning salt
• 2 tsp. Black pepper.
• 8-10 Biscuits

 

Directions:

• Crumble and brown the sausage over medium-high heat until fully cooked
• Reduced the heat to medium-low.
• Sprinkle half of the flour and stir until sausage soaks it all up and add the rest of the flour.
• Continue to stir and cook for another minute
• Turn up heat to medium-high heat and pour the 4 Cups of milk.
• Add in seasoning salt and pepper.
• Stir consistently until gravy is thick. (Once the mixture starts to boil it will thicken very quickly. It will take 10 minutes or so. If the gravy gets too thick, add a little more milk)
• Add more seasoning if needed. Serve over warm biscuits.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Hand Print Ornaments

 

 

Later that day me and little man did something artsy, I think he had fun! He didn't want to stop.

I let him play with the leftover dough, it was kind of messy but love seeing him having so much fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you need:

• 1/2 Cup salt
• 1 Cup flour
• 1/2 Cup of water
• a rolling pin
• a cooking sheet with parchment paper (optional)
• something to cut handprint size circle with, like  bowl or a glass
• a straw (for the ribbon hole)
• an offset spatula if you have one

 

Directions:

 

• Making the dough is really easy, First mix it in a big bowl with a big wooden spoon. At first your dough will seem to watery but it'll clump up right away. If it stays too moist add a little flour until it's the consistency of play dough or water seems too dry. but usually these measurements work out just right.



 

• When your dough is a nice big clump, flour up a clean surface like your table or cutting board and get ready to roll.

 

• Roll the dough until it's about a quarter inch thick.
• Once you have your dough rolled out. use your circle cutter to cut circle. You should be able to get four or five ornaments out of this recipe and some leftovers for little hands to play with.
• You can roll the dough out again and again to make sure you get the most ornaments.



• After you have your ornaments cut, use the straw to push through a small hole that you will use for your ribbon string later. Wiggle your straw around a little so the hole is nice and big.

• Now the fun part, Hand pressing! You might have to do this step a couple of times if your child is over excited and wants to grab and squish the dough. Not too hard and not too soft but just hard enough to leave a small imprint.

 

• Gently lay your ornaments onto your cookie sheet. A very think metal spatula will be great for lifting them if you have trouble with the ornaments being too malleable. Parchment paper is handy too but not required.

• Preheat your oven to 250F bake for two to two and half hours. You'll know the ornaments are done when they feel nearly solid in the middle. When they are done, remove from the oven and let them cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now time to paint!

All you need is acrylic paint, brushes and ribbons

 

 

 

 

 

This is definitely a must do Christmas tradition, it's really easy.

 Hubby did the painting part, I just didn't want to mess it up, and he did an awesome job!

 

xo-Jen