This post brought to you by KRAFT Natural Shredded Cheese and Safeway. All opinions are 100% mine. One of our absolute favorite meals is a simple grilled chopped chicken salad. We like using different marinades to season the chicken, but the over-all method is always the same. A variety of our favorite toppings all laid out for the kids and ourselves to layer into the perfect salad. I especially love salads like this in the summer. I hate heating up the kitchen and my husband loves to grill so ... Read More about Grilled Chopped Chicken Salad
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DIY Window Bags
These DIY Window Bags are so easy to make. They turn a basic white lunch bag into a darling gift bag in just a few minutes! You can use a template, trace the shape on your bag, and cut out your shape with scissors, but today I am going to show you how I used my Evolution machine to make mine. Either way works just fine! Supplies Needed for Bag: Paper Bags Evolution Machine Nesting Dies Sticky Thumb or packing tape Clear Cuttable Sheets or Celophane Supplies Needed for Closure and ... Read More about DIY Window Bags
Simple Hand Stitched Cards
   Hand Stitched CardsHomemade cards are something I love to receive as gifts, but I don't always have time to make them myself. After I had a baby a friend gave me a stack of handmade "Thank You" cards as a gift. It was one of the most practical and appreciated gifts I have received! I loved them and was sad when I used the last one! I thought it would be fun to make some homemade cards to give as gifts too. My husband's grandmother has a birthday coming ... Read More about Simple Hand Stitched Cards
Quick and Easy Chinese Chicken Salad
Today I'm sharing one of my favorite go-to lunch items. I love salads and could them every day! Sadly, I'm the only one in my family who enjoys a variety of salads. This Quick and Easy Chinese Chicken Salad comes together so quickly and the recipe can be duplicated to feed a crowd. The key ingredient is the dressing, and it isn't homemade. I took a short cut and used a store bought variety that a friend shared with me. It is so much better than any homemade dressing I've made in the past.This ... Read More about Quick and Easy Chinese Chicken Salad
Simple Preschool Craft: Fingerprint Poppies
My girls adore flowers. So much so that it is a constant battle to make sure they aren't picking any flowers they see when we are in public! I told them that they can have any flowers laying on the ground when we go to garden nurseries and they think that is the best thing ever.When we moved here to California they were so disappointed that they couldn't pick the beautiful orange poppies that grow everywhere like weeds (poppies are the state flower). So we planted some in our garden ... Read More about Simple Preschool Craft: Fingerprint Poppies
Old Fashioned Chocolate Milkshake Recipe
Milkshakes should be made with real ice cream. Plain and simple. Our old fashioned chocolate milkshake recipe uses chocolate milk along with real chocolate ice cream for the best shakes in town! This post contains affiliate links.Recently we saw that one of our favorite fast food joints was having a sale on their shakes so we decided to treat the kids to a fun dessert! After waiting 45 minutes (it was so busy and they were way under-staffed) we finally got our shakes. And we were SO ... Read More about Old Fashioned Chocolate Milkshake Recipe
Simple Spring Ruffle Dress
So I've been sewing again. More spring dresses and this time I added some pastel ruffle fabric! As you can see above, she was much more interested in Toby than having her photo taken. I'm not sure I blame her! I've used this peasant pocket dress pattern many times. Recently I shared the Easter dresses I made as well as my first dress from this pattern. I decided to switch things up and add a layer of ruffle fabric to the dress. I purchased several yards of this ruffle fabric from Pick ... Read More about Simple Spring Ruffle Dress
Make Your Own Chocolate Candies With Caramel Filling
Make your own chocolate candies in 3 easy steps! These delicious and decadent caramel chocolates are easy to make and perfect for holiday gift giving! This post contains affiliate links. What would you make with a 5 lb. brick of delicious caramel? My husband would probably eat it plain and it would be delicious that way, but I ordered it to make homemade chocolates to bring to church for Mother's Day. And you don't have to use caramel. You can also use this delicious peanut ... Read More about Make Your Own Chocolate Candies With Caramel Filling
Personalized ABC Book: Make Your Own With Photos!
Create a personalized ABC book full of photos of family and your child's favorite things! I'll even show you how to bind it yourself! If you like this project you'll love this DIY photo collage canvas! This little gal loves photo albums. She found her baby book and was just giddy, sitting on my lap, going through the pages. I don't mind her looking at her scrapbook, but I wanted something that was durable and that she could carry around with her. And so I made her a Personalized ABC Book ... Read More about Personalized ABC Book: Make Your Own With Photos!
