Fall Recipe Link Up...

Fall/Winter is the time for all those "stick to your ribs" kinda meals!!

I LOVE soups, stews...all those hearty meals that put you in what my husband and I

like to call....food commas!!

I would have to say that Loaded Potato Soup is one of our favs!

My husband adores Fatz potato soup so I made it a mission to out-do theirs

and make him like mine better!  I got this recipe from a dear friend of 

mine who is an awesome cook!  She absolutely loves cooking!

2 bags of Real Bacon Pieces

3 Scallions (green and white part)<<can use more if you like

1 whole bag of Red skinned Potatoes

4 cups chicken broth

salt & pepper to taste
1 big block of Velveeta cheese (cubed)

2 cups half and half



Dice up bag of potatoes (skin left on), fill up pot half way with chicken broth and the rest with water to cover potatoes.  Let boil till potatoes are tender.  Smash some of the potatoes, not all, with stirring spoon.  Add half and half and stir, it will start to thicken up.  Next add the cheese (make sure it is cubed, it will dissolve faster).  Last add the scallions and bacon, salt and pepper to taste.  Let simmer and serve.

 Linked up with Alison for the Fall Recipe Link Up.

Princess Mirror...

This past Saturday we had a birthday party to go to. 

This lil girl is on my cheer leading team...her mom and i are the coaches. 

She is such a character and so full of life!!  When I asked her what she would like

for her birthday she said "a princess mirror...

they have them at Wal-Mart"...she thinks everything comes from Wal-Mart :)



Well I just so happen to have a cute mirror laying around my house that

was not being used and decided I would

transform it into her Princess Mirror....one that no other lil girl has!

The back of the mirror was not pretty at all.  I know I know "who's

going to see it anyway" but still...I had to do something with it. 

So I had this fabric left over from re-doing my older 2

daughters bedroom.  This would be the perfect backing.  So I cut

it to size leaving an inch hangover.

I covered up the mirror so I wouldn't get paint on it...or at least

try my best not to!

I ended up having to put about 3 coats of paint on the mirror.  I

wanted a heavy coating so I could scuff it up some...make it

look old...antiqued!!

After the paint was completely dry, I flipped the mirror over

and started on the fabric backing!  All I did was fold under

the inch overhang and hot glue onto the back of the

frame...making my creases sharp & crisp with the iron! 

This is one of the crowns that I made out of felt (2 in all)

that I glued directly to the mirror in opposite corners!

No Princess mirror would be complete without

a CROWN!!

On two corners of the frame, opposite each other,

I added some dark pink and light pink rosettes and a combo

light and dark purple pom!  To the back of the rosettes I added

baby pink tulle to add a lil flare!

She was THRILLED with her Princess Mirror!  It turned out adorable

I must say so myself...my girls are wanting one now :)

The pics really don't do it justice...in need of camera BAD!!!

And also this past Saturday I celebrated my 30th Birthday as well!! :)

Yeah the big 3-0!  My hubby was sooo excited to

embarrass me that he posted this outside our house...

Gotta love him...and I DO!!!  Happy Monday!

xoxoxox

Amanda

Fall Wreath...

I've been meaning to make a yarn Fall wreath.

I bought everything that I needed, started wrapping the wreath with the yarn

and about after 45 minutes of wrapping and not making ANY progress

around the wreath...I gave up!!

I had some burlap left over from my table runner on my dinning

room table.  **light bulb** yes, it came on...I'll cut the burlap into strips

and cover the wreath with that...took me all of 5 MINUTES to do

the WHOLE thing :)

I LOVE felt...it's an obsession of mine I will admit!  So I picked

out my colors that I wanted for my fall wreath and

started making rosettes and pompoms!  I thought it turned out really good!

Now I have to make my mom and 2 of my sisters one :)

These would make great gifts...you don't glue the flowers on, you pin them

on so that they are removable and you can replace

the flowers according to the seasons or holidays!!  BRILLIANT

Sorry, I didn't do a step by step, my camera is not the greatest

but this is my outcome...

You cant really tell the exact colors because my camera is not the best

but I used gold yellow, hunter green, red, cream, brown,

khaki and burnt orange!   

LOVE IT!!

Happy Monday

xoxoxoxoxox

Amanda