Bubble Burlap Wedding Wreaths

My friend who is getting married in October was talking about wanting burlap wreaths for her wedding and me being the crafter that I am offered to make them for her! I finally gave them to her last week at her showers so now I can share them with y'all! Let's start from the beginning...

Supplies...two 12 inch wreath forms, 2 yards of red burlap, 2 1/2 spools of red ribbon, sewing pins with the big heads.

I then cut the the burlap into 4 inch strips.

Then the strips into 4 inch squares.

Then it was time to make and pin the "bubbles" on to the wreath form that I had already wrapped with the ribbon. I took the right top corner of the square and brought it down to the bottom left corner. Then you take the right corner and fold it to the center and repeat with the left. Stick the sewing needle through all the layers and then on to the wreath. Repeat until your wreath is nice and full!

Yay! All the burlap is on! Now it was time to start gluing rhinestones onto the wood letters. I gave y'all a sneak peak of this process a month or so ago.

Before I glued the rhinestones on I had to make sure they would all fit right. So this picture that I previously shared is of the unglued rhinestones. Once I figured out the placement of all the rhinestones (over 1,160 5mm rhinestones) I glued them all on using E6000 glue. Unfortunately, during the gluing process some shifted on me so they don't look as perfect as before...ha ha. Once all rhinestones were secured I glued small wood beads on the back of the letters and ran jewelry wire through them and tied the onto the wreaths. 

Drum roll please.....I present you the finished wreaths!

I can't wait to see these hanging on the doors of the wedding venue...I may just have to get my picture taken by them!! ha ha.

3 Ingredient Healthy Pancakes

Another recipe from another pin! I don't know why I thought it would be a challenge to complete 5 pins this year (aka one of my goals from my 13 in 2013 which you can find over on the right).

This recipe comes from the Undressed Skeleton...which is a tumblr account so my peeps at work, we can't click on the link.

The pancake batter consists of 1 banana and 1 egg. You pour that into your skillet and then add a few blueberries.

I had some difficulties flipping the pancakes and finally realized the smaller the better and the less blueberries the better. Those suckers like to roll!

Overall the taste was pretty good. A couple of bites tasted a bit egg-ish, but other than that I think it mixed fine. However, I could tell I wasn't eating a real pancake...mainly because I make my pancakes pretty thick (my dad calls them man-cakes) and these were super thin. Also, instead of blueberries I will probably use mini chocolate chips in the future.

One last thing...these don't fill you up for long (or at least they didn't for me) so I would definitely add a side of bacon or breakfast sausage.

Birthday Card for the Future SIL

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My future Sister-In-Law's birthday is the day after mine, so even though we were celebrating mine a week or so ago we were also celebrating hers. So of course I had to make her a card! Once again, I think I got the idea for this card off Pinterest, but didn't actually Pin it. There were suppose to be cut outs at the bottom, but I made a boo-boo and did the punch one too many times so the bottom was chopped off, which is also the reason the card can't stand...ha ha. The "happy" I cut out using my cricut.

I have 3 more card posts coming soon and none of them involve my cricut!! I can't believe it!!

July Meal: Turkey Tacos with Clean Eating Taco Seasoning

I actually thought I missed making a new meal in July, but turns out I did and didn't even realize it. I'm sure we've all seen the make your own clean eating taco seasoning floating around Pinterest and after realizing I had nothing but turkey meat to make for dinner one night I decided to give this taco seasoning a try.

All of my ingredients minus chili powder (turns out I didn't have any) but I added red pepper flakes instead.

Note to self...next time just mix it in the container you are going to keep it in to avoid extra dirty dishes...ha ha.

2 T ground cumin, 1 tsp paprika, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/4 tsp black pepper and 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (should have been chili powder). Once blended, I used 1 T of this mixture for my 1 lb. of turkey plus 3/4 cup of water.

I let it boil for a few minutes and then simmer for few more and ta-da your done.

Like I said at the beginning of this post...I didn't have much in my fridge, freezer or pantry. However I did find two tortillas left over from my chicken enchiladas. So I had turkey soft tacos with no extras...ha ha.

My notes on this...the original recipe says this has a little kick to it...um not to me. I figured it was because of the lack of chili powder so I just recently tried this seasoning again but made sure to pick up some chili powder before hand. But still...not enough kick for me. Since I still have some seasoning left, next time I use it I'm going to add in some more red pepper flakes.

Oh yeah...here's the pin I got the recipe from... The Gracious Pantry

#MB20GoosTour!

Tuesday night Barrett and I saw The Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox 20 in concert. This was actually his birthday gift from me even though his birthday is still weeks away...ha ha. It was an extremely hot Texas summer night, but the performances were definitely worth it!!

Kate Earl opened the show

I couldn't really understand her so I can't say if she's good or not

Right before the Goo Goo Dolls came out someone in a bear costume came out and did a little dance for everyone

Goo Goo Dolls

Goo Goo Dolls

Goo Goo Dolls...the sun finally went down!

my favorite instagram picture!

Matchbox 20

Well hello there Rob...

By this time the sun was completely gone so that means the spotlights came out and washed him out...so the best pics I have of him are when he's at the back of the stage.

Crazy eyes!

Piano

The concert was awesome! I didn't know many of the newer songs, but I sure did like them!! Of course the old stuff was still just as good!

Weekend Recap: Birthday Edition

What a weekend...I'm gonna go all the way back to Thursday morning even though I still had to work the rest of they day...

The day started off with some delicious Funfetti cookies thanks to Erica! I may or may not have eaten the majority of them..I mean seriously how does one resist the fluffiness and sprinkles?!?! Tell me how?!?!

Then it was up to my desk to find Elizabeth decorating my cube with streamers in two of my favorite colors! Since I don't put my eye liner and mascara on until I get to the office she had to work around me...ha ha...next time I'll try to get to work a little later ;)

After work, Amber and I hit up the closest movie theater to see The Conjuring! Finally a scary movie that is actually scary. The lady in front of me jumped back in her seat so hard at one point she actually hit my foot! And the chica next to me...ahem Amber...squealed. Me? I was calm, cool and collected...ha ha...ok maybe I did jump a time or two.

Friday, after a massage that hopefully won't leave bruises this time, I hit up Ooh La La to pick up my free birthday cupcake and some measuring spoons to match my new cupcake measuring cups from Bethany. I'm starting to get the feeling people have picked up on me liking cupcakes...ha ha. The rest of Friday I worked on/finished my shutterfly book of mine and B's trip to SF last fall and then my man took me out to TX Roadhouse where I would not let him tell them it was my birthday because I was not getting on that saddle...haha.

Saturday morning I woke up and attended a free/my first ever Crossfit class. They were holding a free session for people at work who signed up during our health fair. However, only 3 of us actually showed up...go us...you know who you are. I think all of us got our butts kicked and felt exactly like that e-card up there. Then it was off to lunch with an friend I hadn't seen since Christmas.

Saturday night was dinner and a movie! First up on the agenda was the movie...we saw Grown Ups 2. Hilarious!! Granted I like the first one too. I mean they aren't the best movies ever, but if you wanna laugh go see it! After the movie we hit up Los Cucos...cheese less nachos are always a win in my book.

Sunday = morning movie (don't know where my ticket stub is so no picture). I know, 3 movies in one weekend...whaaatttt??? This time we saw Wolverine. I thought the movie was pretty good despite what other reviews have said. Sunday night consisted of dinner at my parents. Every year I ask my dad to cook for me because he is better than any restaurant. This year he made me crawfish etouffee and sweet chipotle chicken to take home. I was soooo stuffed. But of course I still had room for a piece or two or three of cookie cake!

And finally, the birthday celebrations came to a close after lunch yesterday. Elizabeth and Erica took me out for Italian food to celebrate and "someone" told them we were celebrating my birthday...ha ha. The restaurant brought me a cream puff (complete with a lit candle) that, as you can tell, we destroyed!

Thank you to everyone who made my birthday so special. I really do have the best family and friends!!

Puppy Love

Last night I got to hang out with these cuties! I was over the moon...I bet you can't guess which one I wanted to take home?!?!

Oh yeah...my puppy date went in my planner!

This is Tres...he is a huuuuuge golden retriever

This is Gus...9 year old (I think) chocolate lab



This is Doc...he is 4 months old!! As you can tell by his face he didn't want to be held.