4th of July wreath

This wreath was so easy (and cute...right?!?).   All you need is 1 foam wreath, about 6 small sheets of felt in each color (red, white and blue ), some hot glue, siscors and a pen.
Use the top of a cup or can to trace circles onto felt.  Cot out about 30 circles for each color. To place them on the wreath I folded the circle in half and then in half again.  Then place the pen in the center of folded circle and push the pen into the wreath. I just pulled the felt back out and then hot glued it and pushed it back in with pen again. That way it is more permanent.  I then just eyeballed where I wanted the colors to be place and continued around the whole wreath. Add a couple of stars and you are done.

M is for Moss

I saw this Moss letter on a blog the other day and loved it. I finally got around to making it.

Here is a quick and easy tutorial on how to do it.

I used sheet moss. Laid it out with my letter and trimmed the excess.

Cut slits in between openings in the letters.

Fold the moss over and glue.

And walla! So simple.

Menu Plan Monday 5/16

I know that I have not been very consistent with my posting...Sorry. My husband and I are trying to eat healthier so I feel like our meals are not too desirable. As I searched for more healthy recipes this week I realized that there was a lack of them on blogs. So I am going to make an effort to share some of them with you.

Monday- Healthy French Toast

Ingredients

• 8 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup skim milk
• 4 slices whole-wheat bread
• Cooking spray
• Sugar-free syrup

Preparation

Whisk egg whites, vanilla, nutmeg and milk together. Dip each slice of whole-wheat bread in the egg mixture and brown on each side in a nonstick pan sprayed with cooking spray. Top with a little sugar-free syrup and serve with turkey sausage or scrambled eggs.

Tuesday: Salmon, Roasted Asparagus and Baked Potatoes

Wednesday: Grilled Rosemary Chicken, Salad and Sweet Potato Fries

Thursday: Turkey Burgers (Costco Premade), Roasted Black Bean and Corn Salad

Friday: Healthy Egg White Omlets

Saturday: Free-day...Eat out or whatever is around the house.

Sunday: Whole Wheat BBQ Chicken Pizza

I will try and take pictures this week and include some recipes that I have planned. Have a wonderful week.

My Favorite Banana Bread

Over the years I have tried many banana bread recipes. I received one from my sister in law a couple of years ago that I have been using and have tweaked along the way.

So without further adieu here it is...

Tamber's Moist Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (Or 1/2 cup blended light colored beans*)
1 cup Sugar
2 eggs (beaten)
4 bananas, finely crushed
1 3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup crushed walnuts or mini chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:
1.) Cream sugar and butter together.
2.) Add eggs,crushed bananas and vanilla.
3.) Combine well.
4.) In a seperate bowl sift (or wisk) flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture.
5.) Pour into greased pans.
6.) Bake at 350 degrees. For mini loaves 20-25 minutes, full loaves 60 minutes.

Ruffle Bum Onsie.

Here is the Ruffle Bum Onsie in use.

A simple headband.

I wanted to make a quick headband for my daughter.

I started with a 30" strip of fabric.

I cut the ends thinner so that they can tie behind her head.

Make sure both ends are the same by lining them up and cutting them together.

Then I hemmed each edge about 1/4" all the way across. You could just use that as your headband, but I found a few scraps that I made a flower and two peddles with. Just sew them right on and you are done.

ps... are you sick of the black polka dot fabric yet? I have been using it on all of my projects lately.

Monogram Onsie

I wanted to add a monogram on the front of my ruffle onsie so that it would add a little color and fun in the front as well.

Here is how I did it.

First I cut out a pink circle and the letter 'L'. Then I pinned the 'L' onto the center of the circle.

Then I sewed the two together around the edges of the L.

Next I pinned the circle into the center of the onsie. Then sew the circle onto the onsie.


And here is the final result...

I love it....'L' is for Lilly. Hopefully she makes her debut in the next couple of days.