Apple Salad

Today's winning recipe...
3 cups salad
2 tablespoons each feta, sliced almonds, cranberries, and balsamic vinegar dressing
1/2 green apple
1/2 Gala apple
Mix together and enjoy!

Oatmeal recipe

I started the new Weight Watchers Points Plus Program today. I think it looks like a great program and I look forward to loosing 35 pounds on it. Here's my first yummy breakfast recipe.
Fruitalicous Oatmeal
1 cup cooked oatmeal
1/2 banana
1/2 apple
1/2 oz walnuts
Cinnamon to taste
7 points plus
I loved the taste. Did not miss the sugar because the fruit had plenty. My daughter is not quite sold yet. She wanted the kind in the package. Hopefully I can get her on board as I'm trying to cut the sugar consumption at our house.

Have Been Creatin, Just Not Postin

Well, just by chance that you've happened by my blog and think that I haven't been taking time to create, it's not true! I've just been a loser when it comes to posting, plus my camera is broke again. Here's a few things that I've accomplished so far this summer and the sites where you can see my idea inspiration. The first two sites are two of my new favorites.
- Scrappy Clutch
- Buttercup Bag (This was so easy to make and it's a FREE pattern. I am going to pay for it to get the bigger version though)
- Fabric Flowers
- Pillowcase Dresses (These aren't the exact directions that I used, but pretty close minus the elastic. I just used ribbon like a drawstring)
- Busy Pads
- Invites to my sister's baby shower
- Invites to another baby shower
- Wands and crowns for my daughter's birthday
- lots of SMART Board lessons for my district

That's so far. I'm blessed to be a teacher so I can do a little more in the summer. My next round of fun includes...
- party favors for two baby showers
- more purses
- whatever else I see on the web that I think I have to make

Even if you don't have tons of time, take time to create. I think handmade shows that you care about someone and for the most part creating is a great stress reliever. Recipes, paper crafts, sewing, whatever your craft, just take time.

Hugs,
Jennifer

Easter Baskets

I enjoy giving friends little things to celebrate holidays. For Easter, I made these cute little Easter baskets with eggs. I found mini-plastic eggs at Hobby Lobby. The eggs are filled with Hot Tamale Jelly Beans (yumalicious!!), Life Saver Jelly Beans, and some other yummy kind of bean.

I got the idea from Split Coast Stampers and altered it to dimensions that fit the eggs I bought. I cut 6 x 3 1/4" paper for the basket and scored at 1" on all sides. I'm taking a guess at the handle, I believe it is 6 x 1 1/4".

Hugs,
Jennifer

Weekend Fun

Spring Break is almost to an end and I used most of it up keeping my house clean. So, I decided to have a crafty weekend. Here's what I've accomplished so far...two Secret Sister gifts, a boss gift and a hubby gift.

Chocolate Box and Candy Wrappers

I got the box idea from Kay at Creations on Paper. I used her dimensions exactly. The candy wrapper idea is from Barb at Stampin is my Job. For three Snickers or Muskateers, I used a 5X6" piece of paper. For two Kit Kats I used a 5X7" piece of paper. The longer side goes around the candy.

For this wrapper, I used a 5x7" piece of paper.

I used 7x7" piece of paper for this wrapper.

I'm always looking for inexpensive gifts to let my friends and family know that I'm thinking of them, hopefully these will do the trick.

Take some time to create,
Jennifer

Birthday Tea Pics and Projects

I think the birthday tea may need to be made into an annual event. We had a lot of fun eating and creating. Instead of presents I asked all my friends to donate a box of granola bars for students who don't always get to eat breakfast at school. As a thank you, I planned three projects for my friends make.

Here's a pic of the table setting. This is at my mom's house with her china. We had scones with Devonshire cream and jam, cucumber sandwiches, tuna salad sandwiches, and chocolate cake.



Projects
This is one of my favorite stamps from River City Stamp Company. The inside says, "God watches us at all times, let's try to be entertaining."

This is another favorite stamp that I found at Hobby Lobby. The inside of the box holds six Treasure chocolates. Each of my friends brought a bag and we swapped flavors. Each chocolate is wrapped in a stamped address label.

The flower on this bag is the new big flower punch from SU.










Make sure to take time to create this week.
Hugs,
Jennifer

Chocolate Boxes

I'm always looking for quick and easy (but cute) gifts to give. The directions for this cute little box is on SplitCoastStampers. You can sign up for their weekly emails or just search their site. I enjoy searching their resources and galleries. Tons of my ideas come from SCS. The paper flower is my new favorite accent. So simple to make! My last post has the link to the directions.

Hope you have a great week. Hugs to you all!
Jen