We are coming back!

Lonely lonely blog has been lonely for too long. I think life hit all of us sisters at the same time. It has been busy. Jen had her baby boy Blake, and then Morgan got pregnant with her third and had him today, and then for me....I got really sick with my Crohns which took me out for a long while. Wish I could say that I was out from having children and what not haha but it just isn't my time yet. We apologize for keeping you all waiting on posts. Hope we haven't been forgotten. Time to come back and share what we love.

I am going to post a new aspect of my portion of the blog. I am starting my own business of repurposing and refurbishing furniture and décor called Ramshackle to Rubies 😃 I am so excited to get started and share my projects with you all. So stay tuned...

Sweet Chicken Salad

Today I would like to share with you the easiest yet most delicious salad with you. Never thought I would crave a salad until now :)

Sweet Chicken Salad

Ingredients: 

grilled chicken breast, cubed/sliced

handful of baby spinach

sliced strawberries

blueberries

walnuts

honey

Throw all the ingredients together in a bowl with desired amount of honey. I put a lid on mine and shook it all together to get a nice coating.

I dont think it gets much healthier than that. I definitely would say that I would share this salad at any event or potluck. So delicious!! Hope you Enjoy and Happy Saturday :)

Fabric Flowers.................. baby gift/gift wrapping embellishment!

Looking for an easy baby gift!? 

OR 

What about some fun kids room decor??!

Fabric Flowers

A lady in my ward that I worked with in the Nursery gave these to me as a baby gift (for Linkyn---my first boy) and I just will always think it was so clever! 

What a fun idea for a baby gift/gift wrapping embellishment :)

What you'll need:

* a pair of fun colored/patterned socks (and age or size) (the dollar store has some in packs! ;)

*some fake floral stems with a couple leaves for each flower you decide to make (fake flowers at the dollar store as well ;)

*some green floral tape

Steps:

1. Roll your socks until satisfied with the look, then wrap the base until tight enough
2. then, do not cut the tape yet!...hold flower to the stem and continue wrapping the tape to secure it to the stem
3. do this with each flower you make, then wrap the floral tape all the way down the stem when you have finished your last flower to finish it off!

It's that easy!

Back Into Action

Those of you who have a blog will probably understand how difficult it can be to keep it consistently updated, especially through the holidays. Jen just had her 4th baby which is very exciting. Unfortunately, we probably wont see a post from her for a while. My holidays were great! I wish I could have permanently had time off though haha I am back to work again. 2014 is going to be a great year. So many new goals and plans. I hope all of you have written down some resolutions. I have learned that it is not about completely achieving your goals but making steps and trying for them. To start off the new year, I would like to share a breakfast recipe.

I like to use ground pork to make my own breakfast sausages. I decided, instead of making patties, I would just cook it ground up and add all my seasonings, and kind of make a breakfast hash. Keep in mind that you can add potatoes and what not to this. I cannot have grains so I left them out :)

Quick Hash

Ingredients:

Ground Pork

Diced Onion

Fennel Seed

garlic powder

red pepper flakes

salt/pepper

cayenne (if you like it spicy)

eggs

Avocado (optional)

Ground the pork adding all the desired amounts of ingredients. (If using potatoes, dice and cook in a separate pan before adding to drained pork.) After browning the pork, drain the excess fat. In an another pan, scramble up your eggs. 

Scoop the sausage and place in a bowl or plate, add scrambled eggs on top (if you can have dairy, top with cheese) and then add avocado slices if you so wish. I love avocados with eggs so I couldn't resist.

Maple syrup drizzled on top would be very delicious but for those of you who are like me and can't have maple syrup, honey definitely does the trick. :) There you have it, simple and easy. Hope you enjoy!

EASY window Snowflakes [recycled]

To make your own recycled snowflakes, you will need:

1. clear packing tape
2. white paper (or color of choice)
3. scissors
4. window cling hooks (like picture) or just plain ol' scotch tape!
5. creativity :)

steps:

1. Simply cut circles of the size snowflakes you would like to display (or many sizes, as I have done)
2. Then fold your circles a couple to few times...and cut shapes and things to create a unique snowflake :)
3. Once all snow flakes are cut, lay strips of packing tape across the top of your flake, slightly over lapping to create a nice good home-made 'lamination'.--making sure to have your strips of tape being slightly longer than your flakes, to allow for room to cut off the excess tape, creating a nice circle finish.
4. Once all flakes are laminated, either use a few rolled up pieces of scotch tape and stick to your window, or buy some suction hooks[bought mine at a 'Honks' store here in provo...for 88 cents! (as I did in my pics for this year), both options look very nice :)

Have fun, and enjoy the winter and holiday season!!

Smoothies in the Fall

It is definitely getting chillier in my neck of the woods but that definitely doesn't stop me from making a delicious smoothie! I absolutely love this smoothie! I hope you guys like it too. I tend to make it for breakfast but it is easily a healthy lunch substitute.

Peanut Butter and Apple Smoothie

1 apple, cut up into cubes

1 banana

1/4 cup of apple juice (no other ingredients, read the label)

1 tbsp. of peanut butter (check ingredients, should only have salt and peanuts. No added sugars)

1 tbsp. of honey

12-15 ice cubes

 

 

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend well to get all the ice chunks! Serve in your favorite glass ;)

 

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!

The 'I am Thankful' Wreath!

So I got the idea for this craft from lasts years november family fun magazine :)

Here is what it looks like:

I thought the white writing was just adorable, but my white colored pencils just weren't making much contrast on my paper, so If you wanted that same look i would suggest maybe using a white out pen of some kind or a fine tipped white marker...?

So I decided to just use a black inked pen, and I am very happy with its turn out :)

Ideas: This is such a great thing to have up at the beginning of the month. 1 Each day, as your family goes about their days... I am sure many things that you find yourselves grateful for comes across your mind :) When you are home or arrive home, make sure to jot them down and add them to your wreath, by thanksgiving you should have a beautiful decoration! 2 Each new thanksgiving you can start a new wreath, or keep up the old one and reminisce on your past gratitude wreath ;) 

3 Use this wreath as a fun family activity, whether for a thanksgiving party, or a family home evening!

Here is what you need to make your own:

1.  Fabric of choice, although I had a festive (neutral) patterned fabric scrap laying around that was perfect for this! 
2. And a this green floral/foam wreath I found at the dollar tree.
3. Also some sewing pins (to secure fabric to wreath and then many for attatching leaves!)
4. Pen and scissors
5. ribbon + good tape  or some way of hanging that you like (I used some thicker ribbon and taped it to the back side of a door or cabinet!)

Wrap your fabric around until you like it ;)

pin the ends 

hang in desired spot, and start 'being thankful' and pin on your leaves !

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!