Yummiest Salsa Ever!!!

I came across this recipe on another blog and gave it a try...and let me tell you, it is soooo good!! And super easy too!! (Makes it even better!!)  It's a Pioneer Woman recipe that was posted on I Heart Naptime...those are two of my favorite crafty/cooking people!!

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1 large can whole tomatoes
2 cans Rotel tomatoes (the recipe that I found used 2 cans original...I used 1 can original and 1 can hot)
a big handful of cilantro
spoonful or so of minced garlic
1 whole onion (small/med) diced

Optional
1 jalepeno (I used this one time when I made it with 2 cans original Rotel, but it's easier to just use the hot/original combo above)
dash cumin
dash chili powder


You dump pour all your ingredients into a blender or food processor and pulse a few times (maybe 8-10...I've never actually counted).



Pour it in a bowl and viola!!  (I forgot to take a picture of this step but I think you can all figure it out ;-) LOL)
Be sure to have plenty of chips on hand!!

I'm a slacker....

Please forgive me!!  I've been busy getting the house all clean and pretty for our company.  We have some friends staying with us for a conference our church is having so I've spent the last couple of weeks cleaning all the nooks and crannies of my house!!  Even the inside of my fridge is sparkling clean :-)  Imagine a picture of a nice clean fridge here...lol!

I have had a little more time for crafting the last 2 days and I've been working on some new hairbows and headbands for my shop (which will be back up and running as soon as I finish some bows for it)!!  Here's a little sneak peek...I made this one for Lily this morning since she didn't have anything purple to match her sweater (and yes, sadly, it's mid March and we still have to wear sweaters).

This one doesn't show the headband very well but is sure does show how cute my Lily Bug is!!



These fabric flowers are EVERYWHERE lately!!  And I just ♥ them!!  I've found lots of tutorials on various blogs so I don't have one in particular to link you too but if you're interested in making them I'm sure you can google instructions.  I'm seriously addicted to making them!!  I should have taken a picture of all the ones I've made so far...there's a ton of them!!

Anyway, that's all for now.  Oh I also made a tie for my son from Lil Blue Boo's pattern but forgot to take a picture...maybe next time!!

I'll try to post more often now that my cleaning frenzy is over...lol

Have a great day!!



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Snow white cake

It seems like I've been pretty busy with cakes and goodies lately and not much time for sewing or crafting. I had another cake to make last weekend...this one was a Snow White cake for Madison's friend's birthday. I really like making the doll cakes and can't wait to make another one!!



I hope you all have a great weekend!!

Most Awesome Giveaway!!

Manni over at I Bake Cakes is having the most awesome giveaway!! If you've never been to her blog you need to check it out...she does amazing work!!

It's the Cat in the Hat...

Of course now I have that song stuck in my head...lol. Camden's birthday was last week and my in-laws came to visit over the weekend so we had a little celebration for him. He loves the Cat in the Hat cartoon so I decided to make a Cat in the Hat cake!! This cake was somewhat of a nightmare...lol. Things just weren't working out for me...but in the end it turned out ok. For dinner we had deviled eggs with green centers and ham sandwiches...among other things.

Here's our green eggs and ham


Camden with his cake (Don't mind the goofy face...that's what he does when you tell him to say cheese...lol)


And opening all of his gifts


He had a great time at his little party!!


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Better late than never...

I'm finally getting around to sharing all the goodies my girls and I made for Valentine's Day...lol!! Things have been pretty busy lately so I haven't had much time for blogging. Madison and I made lots of goodies for her classmates for Valentine's Day.

We made all of the goodies the Saturday before V-Day. To get everybody in the Valentine's mode I made some pink heart shaped pancakesfor breakfast that morning. Just add pink food coloring to your pancake batter and pour carefully!!



The first thing we made was chocolate dipped strawberry marshmallow pops. These were super easy and lots of fun!!

We stuck a stick in each strawberry marshmallow. These sticks can be found at your local craft store...I bought them from Hobby Lobby. I ♥ Hobby Lobby!!!


Then we melted some chocolate candy melts.


I dipped the top of the marshmallow in the chocolate and Madi sprinkled some V-Day sprinkles on. I then stuck them into styrofoam until the chocolate hardened.



When they were all hardened we wrapped a little piece of plastic wrap around each one and tied it with a red ribbon. Madison signed her name on a bunch of hearts we had cut out with the cricut and then slid the heart onto the stick. ( I made 2 slits in each heart to slide the stick through)


Using a similar process we made cookie pops. These were made using oreos :-) We dipped some in melted pink candy melts and some in melted chocolate.


Once all of the sticks were gone I just made regular chocolate covered oreos. These were soooo yummy!!!


We packaged some of the cookies up in little boxes for her teacher and her Sunday School teacher. We also made a V-Day sock cupcake for her teacher!! This was super easy!! I'll have to take pictures as I make it next time, but here's the finished project. I sewed the beads on very loosely to look like sprinkles.


We also made cupcakes....strawberry with chocolate frosting. I made some cupcake picks with my cricut and we sprinkled some sprinkles on the cupcakes.



Well I think that's all!! I had tons of fun with Valentine's Day this year and I'm looking forward to next year already!!

Sorry for the lack of posting...

I've been super busy lately and haven't had a chance to post. I wanted to apologize for that!! I've been working on some more Valentine's stuff that I'll be posting soon!!

♥
Amanda