S'more Krispy Treats

I have a confession to make y'all. I am seriously addicted to sugar. My sister has been on a sugar fast for 2 weeks... TWO WEEKS with NO SUGAR! I tried to think if I had gone a day recently without any, and I seriously can't remember a SINGLE ONE. So while I'm trying to decide if this means I should do something about this addiction or not, I'll just share another amazing sugary goodie... Mkay?

{Also... please don't judge me for how horrible this actually is for you... we usually eat organic, whole foods, but hey- life is short right?}

 
S'more Krispy Treats
10oz box of Golden Grahms (or the target brand version)
10oz bag of marshmallows (which I usually hate)
1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips
1/2 stick of butter
1tsp vanilla

This recipe is so easy that even my non-baking friend Raylene can totally handle this! {Love you Ray!} It seriously took 5 min to make.

Grab a pan and melt the butter over medium heat. Add the marshmallows and stir until creamy. dump in the cereal and stir until evenly coated. Dump in 1 cup chocolate chips, stir. Pour into a greased 9x9in pan and sprinkle the other 1/2 cup of chocolate on top and press. Stick the pan in the fridge for 10min or so, to set. Use a sharp knife to cut into squares. Then share with someone you love, or eat them, or both.

You're very welcome.

Chevron & Vintage Cars {A Baby Shower}

I seriously love to throw parties/showers. If push came to shove and I needed a profession... this would be it. I love the crafting, organizing, cooking/baking, and just opening our home to people. It warms my heart. Amen? So when my Aunt and her daughter-in-law's Mama came to me asking if I'd like to help throw a shower for my cousin and his lovely wife {and the sweet baby boy soon to be here}... I was so excited!

We rented the chairs and linens, and used our open floor plan to set up 2 long tables. I sewed the bunting using Riley Blake's Chevron fabric and Birch organic circa 50 cars, purchased HERE and HERE.

 

I bought the trucks for the centerpieces at Hobby Lobby and filled the truck bed with Hydrangas, using floral foam. I sewed the bunting with leftover fabric and bakers twine.

We used my Aunt's Matchbox cars as the rest of the tablescape. I bought the adorable chevron cupcake wrappers HERE, and made the flags using washi tape, purchased HERE. I used the Hummingbird Bakery's recipe for Red Velvet and Pioneer Woman's recipe for Creamcheese frosting, adding more powdered sugar to make it easier to pipe. 

 

I bought the stripy straws HERE, and used twine from HERE to wrap the mason jars. I cut small tags from scrapbook paper and we wrote each person's name on their glass.

For the banners, I bought chalkboard contact on Amazon, Inspiration found HERE. I used a liquid chalk marker to draw around the photos, after using removeable scrapbook stickies to put them on the contact paper. FYI... I used comand strips to put up the paper... hubby did NOT want to contact paper our newly painted walls!

The adorable chevron sporks were bought HERE. Unfourtunately, pictures of all the yummy food didn't happen... but goodness did we have quite a spread! The menu included biscuits and gravy, monte cristo sandwiches, cheesy potatoes, breakfast casserole, crescent rolls filled with; cinnamon and sugar, strawberries and creamcheese, peanut butter and chocolate!

We opened gifts, and spent the afternoon being excited for the little one that will be here soon!

Insta-Friday!

I just have to say how much I seriously LOVE Instagram. I know this may sound completely cheesy, but I really love how it helps me to capture the little moments of my life... the ordinary stuff, and the really good stuff too. I want my baby girl {and future kiddos} to know how I spent my days with them... playing and laughing and enjoying our sweet days together. I also want to remember what was important to our family... things I enjoy, and the importance of still dating my hubby!
So here's a little peek into our lives recently...

Because he loves me...

Yummy Mexican food on a date with my Man!

 

Lovebug could spend all day at the park!

 

Daddy took the day off to spend it with his girls!

 

I sew bunting ALL the time. Seriously thinking of opening an

Etsy shop. Thoughts?

 

Happy girl at the Art Fair with my love!

 

This is my FAVORITE Beth Moore study so far!

Seriously. Following along with Beautifully Rooted &

a lovely group of ladies at My Church.

 

My girl... only wanted to nap with Mama. I was

happy to oblidge.

 

Play-date at the park... adorable little friends.

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Scenes from my craft room...

So I finally decided that since I'll hopefully be spending a lot more time in my craft room, I will need something on all these blank white walls! So I put up some pretty fabric scraps in embroidery hoops...

and strung up some pretty bunting...

all while my child did THIS to my craftroom floor...

Apparently pillow inserts are for pilling up and jumping on and mason jars are for filling with legos?

Happy Monday!

My new favorite lunch! {Green Smoothies!}

I know that there's been a lot of hype in the blogosphere about these green smoothies, and it took a long time for my sister to convince this Mama that pulverized spinach could be really delicious! I knew that it would be a great way to get extra nutrients into my diet and that it would probably help get those last 10lbs of baby weight off... but I actualy LIKE food and usually don't eat things that don't taste good. So when I tell you that these really are good... well, you should trust me.

Most days this summer, I drank a smoothie made with with plain greek yogurt, spinach, flax seed, a whole banana and mixed berries. It was very fruity and refreshing during those long hot months! Now that Fall is finally here, I needed to switch it up again. 

My new-found fav tastes totally un-healthy [even though it really is!] It's  Peanut Butter Banana and I eat it almost everyday. Seriously.

Here's what you need...

Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie

1/2 cup greek yogurt
1/2 cup (heaping) frozen spinach (or fresh if you have it)
2 Tbsp peanut butter
1 whole banana (broken into four pieces)
1 cup of vanilla coconut milk
1/2 cup of ice

Blend it all together for a few minutes until everything is a uniform pale green color.

I love that it's really easy for me to throw everything in the blender while I get my toddler and hubby some lunch. It's also great to throw in a to-go cup and drink while driving to playdate or other errands!

Have a great week!

Insta-Friday!

Happy end of the week! I know I'm ready for relaxing with family, and a hot date with the Hubby Saturday! Here's what our last two weeks were like...

Daddy-daughter Bonding time... they make me so happy.

 

My parents bought her a sock monkey... I think she's in love.

 

 

First Pumpkin Spice Latte of the year... amazing.

An afternoon alone... even better.

 

We caught a cold... and spent the rest of the week cuddled

up together, making the best of it.

 

It's Mizzou football season y'all... and apparently that

means that "cheese product" is allowed in my house.

 

Some much needed fresh-air and a glimpse of  fall weather.

I played at this park as a kid and now I walk there with my daughter.

 

Running errands with this adorable kiddo always brightens my day!

She brushes her teeth now... no biggie.

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Keeping Busy, Always. & {and a House Update!}

So I'm not too good at just sitting around... not exactly a news flash, for those who know me well! I'm usually either reading blogs, taking photos of my sweet girl, blogging, crafting, cross-stitching, decorating, painting, party planning, digital scrapbooking, cleaning, doing laundry, or some other way I've found to keep myself busy.  Rarely will you find me just siting around. In fact, until recently I didn't even put my feet up during nap time, and the minute our Lovebug goes to bed, we get busy on some DIY house project, or paint another room. I forget sometimes that I just need to REST. To get refreshed by doing something I enjoy, and that doesn't neccesarily need to be something PRODUCTIVE... which I'm pretty sure is my favorite word. Just ask my Hubby.

All that to say... I haven't been very present on this little piece of the blogosphere because I wasn't feeling too inspired... mostly due to the fact that I was running around like a chicken with her head cut off... not to say that won't happen again THIS week, but I'm sure gonna try to rest some more.

So here's a little update on our new house... since you had to read through all of that first.

We've been working our way through our little home room by room. I'll do a full home tour when we're done. Sorry for the poor quality pictures... they were all taken with my iphone, since a DSLR is definitely on my Birthday list!! 

Here's our cozy living room so far...

We painted the walls and the backs of the built-ins and filled the shelves with loved items. We'll be getting a new couch soon and the well-worn red sectional will be headed to the downstairs family room.

The walls are obviously still pretty bare. I feel like all we do is paint lately... room by room we're getting it done, and then Mama will start to hang up some wall decor!


This is our little breakfast nook...

 

This room badly needs something on the wall... maybe next week. This picture is terribly dark... the paint is the same slate grey as the living room... Martha Stewart's Driftwood Grey.

and this is our kitchen...

The nursery is the closest room to finished, but I still need to add a gallery wall. HERE's the original nursery post from our apartment. 

My cousin and uncle were wonderful... they painted and put up the chair rail before we moved in, so that the transition to a new room would be easier for our sweet girl! I love this room... and I can't wait to put up all the things I've been collecting for the wall above the dresser.

 

I'll slowly put up pictures of the rest of the house as we finish all the painting and furnishing! Bri's finished up the Dining table... YES, my hubby is building a beautiful farmhouse-industrial table... that post with in the next month or so! The Master Bedroom is waiting for new lamps and some baseboard where we ripped out an ugly built-in, so that post will be soon too! October will be for getting the downstairs family room done and then hopefully we'll get this place cozy for the holidays!

Hope y'all are having a great week!