Spring Mantle

Pin It  I'm finally getting my spring mantle post together. Yay me! This is also the first post I've done in a while... My poor computer has been broken. But I finagled my sisters computer away from her so I could squeeze this in.

I really wanted my spring mantle to be fresh, and very... Springy. Yes, I said it. Springy. And how else to do that other than using white. Lots of it. I wanted the whole mantle to be white. And here is what I did with it.

 Fresh white flowers...

Mason jars that I spray painted white and then sanded them down to get an aged look... And of course had to add some jute twine...

 

A tin bucket that I got at Target for $1. I painted the burlap antique white, and then drew the 2 on there with a black paint pen. Then I put the whole thing on there with some spray adhesive. And Those candle sticks... Used to be green. Nough said.

And my word tree! Well, not really words. Just, letters. But I really like it. I have used these little branches in three of my mantles. My Halloween mantle, my winter mantle, which I painted them white for, and now my spring mantle.

Then I took these cute little tags, and stamped them with my lowercase typewriter stamps.

Aaaaand that's my spring mantle! You like? I love! pretty and simple. Yeaaaaahhh. 

So, did you do a spring mantle? What kind of color scheme did you go with?

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Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Tacos

Pin It I don't really care for chicken enchiladas. Yeah, I said it. But I think I found a happy medium. Enter crockpot chicken enchilada tacos.

Original recipe from here

What You'll Need:

1 lb chicken breasts

1 can enchilada sauce

1 cup Mexican blend of cheese

1/4 cup green onion

2 tbl spns. taco seasoning

I saw this recipe and decided to adapt it for the crock pot. Because the crock pot rules. I love knowing that I have dinner slowly cooking all day, and then bam, it's ready when I'm ready. So this is pretty easy. One of those, dump everything in and let it go type recipes. I put the chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot and then poured the taco seasoning over them. I bought one of those taco seasoning packets and used about half of it. Then pour in the enchilada sauce. Cook on high for about 4 hours. Shred the chicken with a fork and then add the cheese and green onions. Serve with tortillas and rice. Yum!

 To make this recipe even healthier, try using plain Greek yogurt instead of sour cream, use low fat cheese, and substitute whole wheat or corn tortillas instead of the regular white flour tortillas. 

Pretty easy huh?! And it's delicious. My hubby requests it all the time. Hope you like it!

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Creating With The Stars Competition

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Hey guys! So, have you heard of a little competition called Creating With the Stars (used to be called Crafting With the Stars)? It's now being run by the fabulous girls over at East Coast Creative! I just entered one of my projects... My most visited project on the blog actually. My post about how to turn any tray into a picture frame. It's one of my favorite projects!

Remember that one?! Well, if you have a few seconds, head on over to East Coast Creative, and give my little thumbnail a click. The 12 blog stars and East Coast Creative choose the first 11, and then the link that is the most "popular" will win the 12th spot! I would really love to compete in this competition, so just in case my fabulous little project doesn't make it, maybe all the love that you guys give it will help! THANKS A MILLION!!!

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Project Inspire Contributor

Pin It Hey lovelies! So, I've been contributing for a little while now over at Project Inspire. Which I loooove! Diana is so sweet and I love working with her! The other day she shared a post that talked about all of her contributors. And obviously, we're all fantastic. So go check it out, and pay the other awesome girls a visit!

 

So head on over to Project Inspire to check everyone out and say HI!

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Million Dollar Spaghetti

Pin It Million dollar spaghetti! There isn't really much to say about million dollar spaghetti other than you want to make this one. Trust me. I'll wait while you gather your supplies.

 

 

What You'll Need:

1 lb. of Ground Beef

1 jar of Spaghetti Sauce

8 oz of Cream Cheese

1/4 cup of Sour Cream

1/2 lb. of Cottage Cheese
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
8 oz. of Noodles
2 cups of sharp cheddar cheese



I found this recipe at Being Grown Up. Ok, so first things first, is you want to brown your ground beef. While that is cooking, mix up the sour cream, cottage cheese, and cream cheese. Once the ground beef is cooked, drain it and then pour you whole jar of spaghetti sauce over the meat. Let it simmer for just a minute.

Now you will pour half of the cream mixture on the bottom of your casserole dish, then put half of your noodles. Pour the rest of the cream mixture over the noodles, and then layer the rest of the noodles over the cream mixture. Now pour your beef and sauce mixture over the top of the noodles. It's ready for the oven! Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. Then, sprinkle the cheddar cheese over the top and bake for another 10-15 minutes.

Done! Woot! This is so good. And it makes a lot, so you will have leftovers, which I love. There could be lots of variations to this, so let me know if you try something different with it! I also paired this with some freaking amazing garlic parmesan pull apart bread. Stay tuned for that one!




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Chirstmas Mantle

Pin It Hello my dears! I finally have my post together for my Christmas Mantle! Woot! I've been running around really busy because I really wanted to get as much done as I could, as early as I could. I finished ALL of my shopping AND my wrapping on the 4th. Jealous? It's ok. Go ahead.

Plus, I have my Christmas party to get ready for this coming Friday, so I wanted the house to be all ready to go. I really love to decorate for Christmas, and it's all over my house. But I really strive to make it pretty and inviting, not tacky. Hopefully I got the job done!

 

I think its safe to say at this point, that I love doing banners across my mantel. Love. It. And I found the perfect chevron fabric at Hobby Lobby. Score.

 

I made this printable with one of my hubbys favorite Christmas song sayings. He was super excited to see that it made the mantle.

 

I guess one day I'll have to use something else to decorate my mantle with besides the window frame. But not yet!

 

You may remember my Halloween mantle in which I used these branches and vase filled with Spanish moss, for my crow tree. So for the Christmas mantle, I had this idea to do an ornament tree. I sprayed the branches white, and hung little ball ornaments on it. Then I filled the vase with some Epsom salt to give it a bit of a snow look.

 

I absolutely love this glitter ball garland. Its one of my favorite pieces to decorate with.

 

So, what do you think? How did you decorate your mantle? Traditional colors, bright colors? I would love to see!

 

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Baby Its Cold Outside {Free} Printable

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It's Printable Friday! YAY! Once a week, on Friday's, I contribute a downloadable printable post over at Project Inspire (also known as the Girl. Creative). So, here is the first of many Christmas/Winter printables that I will be doing. I love this sweet little saying from the song, and I have seen it turned into many different printalbes all over blogland. I hope you like my little version of it! (Yes, I know it's Mondy and am just now publishing this. Woopsie!)

 

 

 

Go to The Girl Creative to download

 

This printable is sized to fit in an 8x10 frame.

 

Do you have a Christmas or Holiday saying that you would like to see turned into a printable?

 

And Don't forget, if you have an idea or suggestion for a printable, you can send me an email at katiedidit77 @ yahoo dot com, or leave it in the comments. You never know if your idea will be turned into a printable! Hope you all have a great weekend! And don't forget to stop over and say hi at Katie{Did}It!

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