stuffed pumpkins

So the other day I got together with a friend and we made these pumpkins! They are so fun and festive for the holidays! They were also super super easy to make! I got the idea from pinterest and this site!  The tutorial and everything is on that site. She gives the measurements and everything. For these pumpkins I made, I used the small, medium, and large. Give or take a few centimeters from her measurements

 

 

shopping flowers

Before I show more headbands I have made I want to talk a little bit about buying flowers. When I first started looking around I did not realize you can get a lot of things without breaking the bank. 

Lilys Flower Supply shop I absolutely love. She has everything you need to make headbands with flowers all in one spot. A lot of shops just have one or 2 different types of flowers, not this shop she has many different kinds.

I have found that buying them in bulk is the best way to go. Like I said before when I first started I was looking around and seeing like $3 for 1 flower. And that was a cheap flower. I remember thinking to my self holy cow my daughter will only be able to have a few headbands. 

So anyway wholesale/bulk flowers. This shop has amazing deals. Let me give you a few examples of the deals you can get with each of the different flowers I have listed. 

These ones are the satin puff flowers! She has a lot of great deals on these! For example there is this grab bag deal where you can get 10 of these flowers for 8.99. Keep in mind a lot of flowers are more expensive so some grab bags are different prices but still great deals! The white and light pink also has a deal of 10 for 7.50.

 

 

These rolled rosettes you can get 10 for 10 dollars here or you can get 20 for 15 dollars here These are made out of satin also. So they are a little bit more expensive as well!

 

 

 

Now for the shabby flowers!! You can find great deals on these a lot of places. But the key to getting a lot of stuff is buying it all from 1 shop! That way you will have to pay the minimum on shipping!  She has a great deal where you can get 50 shabby flowers for 12 dollars! here That is a great deal! Now you might think holy cow I don't need 50 flowers. But if you think about it if you double them up on headbands that only gives you 25 headbands. She has other deals for smaller amounts also. She has 25 flowers for 6 dollars or 12 for 3 dollars! She has all kinds solids or prints! They are all so cute! She also has petite flowers of all kinds! She has a deal on her petite shabby flowers 50 for 5 dollars! here. The petite ones are really cute to double up on one headband!

 

She also sales embellishments that you can put in the center of the flowers and tiny little rosettes. You will just have to check out her shop to see all the different kinds of rhinestones she has!

 

 

These are probably one of the more expensive kinds but they are super cute! You can get 2 of these kinds of flowers for 2.50 here. Which really is a good deal!

Now I didn't show the elastic that she has yet that will be for another post! But she does have elastic. So seriously you can buy every thing you need to make headbands all from this shop! She even has the felt backing for the flowers. Really go check out her shop! Its great you wont be disappointed!

~Everything from this post was provided by Lilys Flower Shop, but the opinions and ideas are all mine!~


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Headwraps

Apparently these are the new things! My sister has been wearing them forever and so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon. I tried them out one night and I actually liked them alot! I was super suprised when my husband said he even thought they were ok.

 

The top picture is out of knit fabric i had left over from a skirt I made. The bottom picture is just cotton left over from a quilt. I would definately reccommend the knit. It forms to your head a lot better!

 

The top one I just tied in a square knot in the back.  The bottom one I put an elastic on the back. I will do a tutorial on how i did it coming up. I was just so excited about these that I wanted to share!

 

 

 

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Headbands

 

As you know I had a cute baby girl about 10 weeks ago now and I have been obsessed with making headbands for her. At first when I started looking around, on pinterest and other places I got overwhelmed because I thought there would be no way I could afford to make her all the cute headbands and they all looked hard. I never realized how simple they are.

 

First of all etsy is the way to go. There are so many shops that you can find great deals. The headbands I am showing today all came from the etsy shop Tutu Chic Supplies. She has the elastic, flowers, felt backing, cute jewels for the center of the flowers, and more. She has everything.

 

When I first got my package immediately started sitting the flowers on the headbands deciding which flower I wanted to put on which elastic and so on. I decided that I wanted to put clips on the flowers so that I could trade out the elastic and flowers so they could go on any elastic. So I had to make my elastic so i could clip different flowers on and off.  There are many different ways to attach flowers to the headbands so I will show you a couple different options.

 

So what I did was cut about 1 inch off and then hot glued the inch around the elastic ends holding it together so the clip could slide on and off. ( see below pictures)

Now there are tons of different clips out there. I honestly like these ones the best because they dont make the flower stick way far off her head. I like it to look like the flower is perminately attached. It is kind of tricky to get them glued on without gluing the clip together. I learned it was easier for me to put a dot of glue on a bobby pin from my hair and then spread it on the parts i wanted to glue down that way i wasnt getting glue everywhere and it wasn't making the other part of the clip glue shut.

 

 

Now i think this is the most common way to attach a flower. This is more perminate though so if you dont want to trade the flowers then you can do it this way. On the back of every flower is a felt circle. you would lay the elastic over the back and then hot glue another felt circle on top of it so it sandwiches the elastic in the middle.

If you put the flowers on clips there are many different varietys that you can come up with. Which equals many different outfits to match.

 

 

The last way I like about attaching. If you just take a needle and thread and you can stitch a few stiches in the back. Going up to the felt on the back of the flower back down through the elastic. Just do a couple stiches to make it secure. Then when you are done just use an unpicker and your flower comes off. That way it looks like it is perminately attached when it is not.

 I love this elastic because it is super soft and it doesnt itch my daugthers head. She will actually keep these headbands on. I have been looking for a grey color for a long time now and I haven't liked any of the ones I have. But this grey matches really well and i like it alot!

If you like this kit that i got it comes with 5 elastics. 2 skinny and 3 5/8 inch. and 5 flowers with felt backings and 4 jewels to go in the middle of the flowers if you would like. The link for this kit is here.

Fajita

Pork Fajita's

 

 

This is one of my very favorite things for lunch. Lucky for me my husband gets to come home everyday for lunch so I try to come up with good things to eat other than a sandwich or something like that. I will admit I love these a lot more than he does. They are super simple and fast, lets face it having 2 kids taking up my time i look at the clock and think oh crap i have to cook lunch so this is usually my go to meal.

Ingreadiants;

Pork (i sometimes use chick or beef just depending on what i have)
Green peppers (or red sometimes i use both)
1 onion
bacon
tortillas
cheese
ranch dressing

Directions:
-Brown meat and cook bacon however you like it.
-In a separate pan simmer onions and peppers in a little bit of olive oil until tender.
combine with the meat.
-Add favorite seasonings. I make my own up or you can just use the packet that you can buy at the store.
-Add 1/4 c water and let simmer for 3 minutes.

I warm my tortillas up on the stove for a couple minutes. Then i add my cheese and lay the bacon down then add the meat pepper mixture then add salsa ranch or whatever you would like and eat! Super good and fast

Its a light meal perfect for lunch. I am going to try to post more lunch ideas because that is the worst thing to come up with I think personally. I can usually come up with dinner ideas because there are so many out there but not many people blog or post about lunch. So I will. :) Enjoy

Frito Casserole

 

Frito Casserole

 

 

To be honest I didn't think this was going to turn out. When I was younger my mom use to make something like this all the time. Of course she didn't remember the recipe really so I kind of made it up. But let me just tell you it was delicous! Plus it is super fast to throw together. My kind of meal!

 

Ingrediants:

1 lb of burger

1 onion

Garlic (i used about 6 cloves)

1 can of cream of mushroom soup

1 can of corn

1 can chopped green chillies

1 red pepper chopped

1 can of inchalada sauce

cheese (i used motzerella)

Frito chips

 

Directions;

Brown burger with onion and garlic

 

In a separate bowl add soup corn chillis, red pepper.

 

Once the meat is done add the soup corn chillis and pepper to the meat mixture.

 

Layer in an ungreased pan the meat then inchalada sauce then frito chips and keep layering until it is all gone. Top with cheese

 

Cook at 350 for 10 minutes or until warm in the middle.