Valentines Wreaths

So with Valentines day fast approaching I decided to do some crafting, all of it from Pinterest of course! 

First up is a valentines wreath! I adore wreaths, I want to make them for every holiday, birthday, special occasion, season change, or just a Tuesday! With that being said, I should divulge that I have only attempted 4 wreaths in my Pinterest crafting adventures, a Halloween yarn wrap, a 4th of July felt wreath, a vine wreath with fabric flowers, and a vine wreath with fake flowers for my moms door.

So this is the cute yarn wrap Halloween wreath. Now if you're like me and you hear "yarn wrap" you think, heck yeah I can TOTALLY do that and you can, but hear me when I say this.....it's a whole lotta yarn people. I guess I didn't fully grasp what wrapping yarn around a little styrofoam circle would encompass buuuut, I do now! After hours, I literally mean hourS, of wrapping the yarn, my hands and arms were killing me. It did turn out super cute though so I guess it was worth it.....all in the name of crafts! The original pin linked me to Esty (another obsession) and the Etsy asking price was $45! I will lose all feeling in my hands and fingers for a few days to avoid that kind of price!

Happy July 4th! So just when I regained feeling in my yarn wrapped ravaged fingers, I stumbled across this Pro-American flag on Pinterest and just knew I had to make it for a friend who's son was getting ready to leave for the Marine Corps, she is just the best gal and deserves good stuff! You use small pins to secure each tiny square that goes onto the wreath.....I was smart with this one though and spread the work out over a week so, I don't think I have permanent wreath damage in my fingers. It is a lot of work but I think it's so pretty that I will be making one for my own house this year!

This was MUCH easier than the yarn wrapping and felt pinning.....I went to our local Goodwill, grabbed this vine wreath for $3, I also found some sheets at the Goodwill that I thought would look great turned into the flowers so I grabbed them too. I found the "M" at Joann Fabrics and yep I wrapped it with the twine, glutton for punishment? 

And the one I made my beautiful mamma! Don't tell her, but this was the easiest wreath ever! It involved very little effort, LOVE THAT! Again, I hunted this vine wreath down at the local thrift shop for cheap, I like cheap! I also found the fake flowers there. I went to Michael's for the "family" wooden sign, a little paint, hot glue (aka the crafters best friend) annnnnd done!

So now, now I am attempting this beauty......

AND maybe this one too

This weekend I will hit up my local craft stores to gather the materials and then I will let the crafting begin!! If anyone wants to join me, come on over....bring with you.....glue sticks, wine, felt, wine, straight pins, wine, heart shaped styrofoam wreath, wine, coordinating medium width ribbon,wine, burlap, wine, and more burlap. If you can't come over, or can't come over with wine, I will be posting a tutorial with pics so you too can have a lovely wreath ;)

Egg Cups

I made something this morning that my girls LOVE and I love even more because they require minimal effort, time, and ingredients.....that should be my motto in life! Ya'll may not know this about me but, I am not a great cook. I mean, I manage because well my kids have this thing about needing to be fed, but I don't like cooking and really it's just not my thang. I'm a baker. I love a good cake, cupcakes, pies, casseroles.....If I can toss it in my oven, I pretty much like it.

Today's lunch was inspired by that thought, ovens are my friend!

Egg Cups
12 eggs
1 cupish Cheese (cup...ish...b/c I didn't measure)

Fthe rest of the ingredients it's up to you!
You can throw in some scrambled sausage (about 1/2lb works great but add more if you really want it meatie....that's a word in my house)
Bacon, Diced ham, Onions,Green peppers,         Kale, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Asparagus, Fresh, Basil, Olives, Sun dried tomatoes
You can even use smooshed tater tots in the bottom! *see note at end*
I mean seriously the options are endless so I am just gonna stop now....

Lets' make em'.....

Preheat the oven to 350...hello oven, my friend.

Spray a regular muffin tin with non-stick spray.

I started with my sausage, just scramble over medium high heat until browned, then drain and set aside.

While the sausage was cooking I tossed 12 eggs into a bowl and scrambled them (I also used a little milk because I like the fluff and taste better).

Then I chopped up my spinach into small enough pieces that my kids couldn't pick it out, that should be an official measurement in the cooking world!

I threw the spinach and sausage into the eggs and mixed it good, mixed it real good. Sometimes my words turn into songs, in my head, and out loud.

I used a 1/3 measuring cup as my scoop and literally just scoop the egg mixture into the muffin tins one at a time. For some reason I only ended up with 11, I hadn't had coffee yet is my only guess. (my muffin tins have been used more times than I can count, hence the dark tops)

Now, I like to add the cheese once I have the egg mixture already in their muffin tin homes BUT you can add it when you mix the other ingredients in if you want. You can't mess this recipe up, trust me! So anyway, I add a little cheese to each egg muffin tin....maybe a tablespoon or so......get the cheese all nestled in then put the muffin tin in the oven. Cook at 350 for about 20-25 minutes. Mine cook for 20 minutes and are perfect :)

So now you have the base recipe of eggs and well eggs and you can do whatever you want from there! Add all your favorites! We use these for breakfast and lunch! 

*if you want to use a tater tot bottom....grab 2 tater tots per muffin tin and smoosh them into the bottom of each....pop them in the oven to precook for about 7 minutes....now add your egg mixture right on top and cook for normal 20-25 minutes*