A New Cooking Blog!

Well, new to me at least......

I walked into work this week and found a co-worker looking at

Mommy's Kitchen

Ooooh, Leave that up!

I knew I needed to take a look. My menus have been in a rut lately, just waiting for cooler weather to make delicious soups and chili's.

Let me tell you what! I am excited to redo my menu for this coming week. I didn't finish my shopping yesterday and now I'm glad!

Her blog runner is just my style. Family meals, country style hit a nerve for me as well.

Then I scrolled down to find....

Homemade lunchables!

Then we had to search for a Peach Cobbler

ooh, my mouth is watering already! Fresh peaches wrapped in a warm flakey crust. Add a scoop of French vanilla ice cream! Peach Cobbler A la Mode!

My boys are eating school lunch (we are blessed to have a GOOD school lunch, homemade style) but these are good enough to tempt me to return to my old ways...

School Lunch Box ideas

Blackberry Dump Cake

Comfort food... Turkey & Stuffing on a weeknight!

Okay! ENOUGH ALREADY! My belly is growling and I've got work to do. Dinner is still a ways off. I would love to show you more but I just can't handle it. Take a look for yourself. A peek just won't do.

In the VERY unlikely event you can't get enough check out her Sunday Potluck! So many additional recipes linked up. You will definitely have enough to fill your menu!

Check her out! You will be in love!

Feather Headbands

This was another project that lets me live vigariously through my sisters and friends little girls.

Feathers are all the rage right now. So we made some headbands with them. 

We got the feathers from Micheals and the metal headbands from Walgreens.

The feathers are already grouped together so all we had to do was glue them to the wire then add a matching piece of felt to seal it in. It also helped to keep hair from getting stuck.

I am actually holding 2, a black and white and a pink and white one.

I wasn't sure how to get a good picture of headbands. I didn't think my boys would model them for me.

Putting these up for another Christmas gift. Hopefully they will be as big a hit as they were with my friends daughter.

Super Saturday Projects

I was asked to help come up with simple projects for our Super Saturday. It's a giant craft day for our Church. Anyone is welcome to join the fun.

My goal is 4 or 5 projects for $5 or less.

Scrabble Tile Pendants

These would be inexpensive if I could find a scrabble game at the DI. I will have to check tomorrow.

Crayon Art would be fun.

I would have to get the canvas on sale and stock up on crayons soon.

Mason jars would also be low cost.

A jewlery stand is easy and fun. I would have to get several different styles from the DI for options and some paint, just in case.

There are several options for using bead board. 

or...

I will have to price hooks but this is a possibility.

another scrabble tile idea

Or maybe something with chalkboard paint and vinyl lettering.

Magnets of various sorts.

Washer Necklaces

A little Thanksgiving decor

Some fun with vinyl

WOW! Looks like we could have lots of choices......

Toy Story Pendant.

 I made this pendant a while ago. When I put it up Mr. M spent the night ooohing and awhing.

 I originally put it up along the seam in the ceiling but when we added a fan I had to move it.

I just used felt for the pendant.

Then printed the pictures off on dark iron on printer paper.

Worked beautifully!

 Now Buzz, Woody and the whole gang watch over the little boys heads!

Mr. M. still LOVES it.

Necklace hanger....

 My friend and I have been working to add to her daughters room decor. I had this oval plague waiting for something to be done with it.
I decided to add a bit of paint and some stars.

 We touched the edges with black to age it. 

I wanted a bit of bling to it so I  used some pink glitter paint for the sparkle.

Finish up with some hooks and VOILA. 

Now she has a bit of wall art and someplace to hang her necklaces.