Delicious and oh-so-easy gifts are what we need this busy season. Just make sure you make enough to save a jar for yourself! So pull the kids in the kitchen to help and gather your ingredients. All you need are two 8oz blocks of (room temperature) cream cheese, 1/2 can of whole cranberry sauce, 1 Tbl of frozen OJ concentrate, 2 Tbl. powdered sugar. I love using my food processor but you could use a mixer also. Add all your ingredients and blend until smooth and ... Read More about Cranberry-Citrus Cream Cheese Hostess Gifts
Pottery Barn Inspired Noel Tutorial
The blogosphere is loaded with Pottery Barn inspired goodies this season, especially their Noel letter sign. And with each blog viewing, I thought to myself, "Hey, I can do that!". Let's make a Pottery Barn Inspired Noel Sign for the family room! So the search began for ginormous letters to mount on my wall. Huge letters, I found, were more than I wanted to spend so I found some nice sized 9" MDF letters at Michaels . MDF Classic Font Wood Letters & Numbers 9.5" One of the things I ... Read More about Pottery Barn Inspired Noel Tutorial
ORB, Oh How I Love Thee
Magic in a bottle? I dare say YES! My new love is Rust-oleum's Universal Metallic (all surface- woot woot) paint collection. I had heard the praises of ORB (oil rubbed bronze) from oodles of bloggers and I had to put it to the test. So I scoured my home in search of spray paintable items. The searching certainly didn't take long. My home has many dated items that were screaming for a little ORB lovin'! Now take this guilded guy below, he's ok, but ...........add a little ORB and voila! Hello ... Read More about ORB, Oh How I Love Thee
Meet S&S
Hey there! I'm Kim. My family of 6 (hubs, 2 girls, 2 boys, and 1 dog) keeps my cup full to the brim! Soccer and kid activities occupy most of our time, but when I have a "me moment" I love to transform the boring into fabulous! I'm a trained artist in illustration and design. And even though I'm a full time mom, I try to apply my talents in our home, whether it be in decorating, crafting, cooking or baking. We live in southeast Virginia, just minutes from the gorgeous Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic ... Read More about Meet S&S
Go Fish!
It's 5:00 and the kids are asking "What's for dinner mom?". Ofcourse I have no clue. Well, I wanted REAL food for dinner but it had to be fast, the natives were getting restless. Anything I like, my kids turn their nose up to. They aren't huge salmon fans and I needed something we could all enjoy. So I popped in Costco's Ultimate fish sticks (quite yummy) for the kids and started to prepare a wonderful dinner for hubs and I. This fabulous gourmet meal was done in less than 30 ... Read More about Go Fish!
