Just sharing some of my Fav layouts, cards and projects!

Here is my take on The Creative Type's new Prompt 18- T-shirt insiration. I saw this Converse T and was instantly inspired!

Come play along! You have until June 28th and there is an AWESOME prize involved from this Beautiful Etsy Store!

Life has been busy with finishing up the school year, Matt transitioning into his new job and well - I guess for me- I am continuing to juggle a whole bunch of stuff.

I was very excited to see my neice Michaela graduate last week from Middle School.

And the following day - I hosted a baby show for my tennis friend Suzanne! She is so cute pregnant! The yucky color of those walls do not do her justice.



For the shower I made paper flower centerpieces. I first saw this idea from my friend Sylvia. It is super easy to create and you can change the color of paper to fit any kind of celebration. I added the butterfly lollipops (I think they are called Twinkle candy). I liked that addtion because they are "boingy" and add some cuteness! I also added the circulare cardboard flowers.

I knitted Baby Zoe her first tennis dress and I realized after I gave it to her that I did not take any pictures of it. But I was proud of it because it was my own design and it had a ruffle at the hem!

But I did take pictures of baby's first tennis shoes! I LOVE how they turned out and I think I will be adding these to my Esty shop. Suzanne shared the pattern with me and it is really easy to knit up. It goes row by row so there is no way to really mess it up!

Here are the layouts for Picture Me Perfect this Month. Got to play with fun product from Jenni Bowlin and Creative Cafe! This is for my neice Hannah that is going to France this summer (which I am freaking out over BTW)!

This one is of Tyler at Easter!

This one is of the boys from one of their theater productions!

EEEEEE! So excited! My blog will be getting a makeover soon! Stay tuned......

Just showing off some knitting/crochet projects I made for my MIL and SIL Mother's Day gifts. Matt's Mom requested a lilace summer scarf. I used cotton lilac yarn that had a thread of siler running through it. I used the Tweed Silk Scarf pattern from 101 Designer One Skein Wonders (but if you use this pattern I could triple the amount of chains you start with- the book has the final measurement at 35" long which is too short in my opinion). I also made my first attempt at using beads with knitting and made this Scallop Edged Beaded Necklace from the same book.

Okay -for those of you that know me - I am so NOT the cook but I have been forced to the last 10 weeks or so due to Matt being away at band camp and famished when he comes home. Can't really ask him what's for dinner like I normally did! So I am slowly getting better at cooking - it it still not my favorite but it kind of clicked for me the other week. I think all the cooking competition shows I had been watching have rubbed off.

So here is a YUMMY recipe for Italian sausage sandwiches. I actually am not a fan of the sausage. Not sure what drew me to this while I was in the meat section at the grocery store but I did and do not regret it. It is even better the next day as leftovers!

1 package of Italian sausages (I think there were 6 in mine)
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 orange pepper
1 onion
1 can of diced tomatoes
Sprinkle of Oregano
Sprinkle of Basil

1.Brown the sausages in a skillet on all sides. Remove from pan and set aside. (Took me about 15 minutes)
2.Slice up all the peppers and onions into thin slivers and add to same skillet sausage was in (so the vegetables can cook in the grease left over).
3.Saute peppers and onions until soft. (This took me longer than I thought - 20 min).
4.While peppers and onion are sauteing, cut up sausage into about 1 inch sections (the meat will not be cooked through but it will cook the rest of the way later).
5.Add sections of sausage back to pan and continuing cooking.
6. Add can of diced tomatoes.
7.Let mixture simmer for 10 minutes or so until juices get thick.
8.Spoon onto sweet french bread rolls.

YUM!!