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What I Wore Wednesday:
Linking up again with Lindsey at The Pleated Poppy.

 My goal for this week was to be inspired by other people's outfits.
I kept seeing lots of mustard, polka dots and stripes.

1. MUSTARD
Mustard Cords - Old Navy
Brown Cardigan Top - Limited
Brown flats - Target
Square silk scarf - vintage/permanently borrowed from my mom
Leather button earrings - Pollka-Dotty Place

2. POLKA-DOTS
Dress - Willi Smith
Turtleneck - Limited
Red belt - gifted
Black ankle boots - Payless

 Orange sweater - Banana Republic
Polka dot blouse - Thrifted
Green wool skirt - Thrifted
Green belt - GAP
Sherbet flower earrings - Polka-Dotty Place
Camel Mary Janes - ??

3. STRIPES

Striped cardigan & Belt - Forever 21

Turtleneck - Target

Sweater tights - macys

Skirt - Willi Smith

Shoes - Born

Turtleneck & Jean Jacket - GAP
Turquoise earrings - Polka-Dotty Place
Black Cargo pants - Express
Gray Converse - Macys

My goal for next week is the same:
check out all the other 200+ people who linked up and be inspired! :)

Happy Birthday Sissy!

Happy 28th Sis!

My sister and I have some things in common...

we like to take pictures.
 we both married a Kevin.
we are bloggers.
we L.O.V.E to bake.
we both have 2 boy cats.
she loves Shylers just as much as I do.
we both love sparkly rings.
Krista cuts our hair.
we both love cruises.
we were each others maid of honors.

She is unique because...
she is 2 years younger than me.
she lives in Newburgh, IN.

is taller than me.
likes Zebra hot chocolate from Starbucks.
she enjoys fishing.
she likes snow cones.
she is a mom to Hayden & Allie. 
  

These are some of my recent, fave pictures:

Bad Influence

My sister and I live 1,500 miles apart 

and she is still a bad influence on me!

She posted an irresistible post detailing some

Peanut Butter Cookies that she just made.

Naturally, I had to give them a try.

When I see a desert recipe, I always think:

"I wonder if I could add chocolate chips to this?"

So I made the PB cookies & added chocolate chips.

This was the result:

See if you can resist :)
Tips:

These cookies are MUCH better the next day.

They are fine warm but turn into a delicious bunch of chewy goodness on day 2.

You can easily cut the recipe in half.

I made half a batch of plain and half with chocolate chips.

Under Attack

 Christmas is under attack at my house...
Here are my favorite, naughty cat shots of the season.

 I'm linking up with Darcy at Sweet Shot Tuesday again this week.

Ornament Cocktails

How cute are these cocktails?

Go here to find out how to make your own.

DIY Gingerbread House

 We enjoy making gingerbread houses each December.

We had always purchased gingerbread house kits in the past.

Last year, I decided to learn how to make a homemade one.

 I start saving candy around October 

so that we will have plenty to decorate with come December.

 I found a recipe that came with templates.

Baked it and voila!

 Made some royal icing and starting building.

 The roof.

 The front of the house.

 I was SO pleased with house this turned out.

I'm excited to give it a try again this year.

Stay tuned for our 2011 gingerbread house.

Mountainy Monday

Reindeer Transformation

 I came across this activity on Pinterest

via Babbling Abby and knew my students would LOVE it!

I took head shots one day, printed them on the color printer the next

and then they transformed themselves into little reindeer.

 Here are the templates that I used.

Hot Chocolate Bar

Who doesn't like hot chocolate??

I was at a party last year where they had

an entire hot chocolate bar!

They served hot water in a dispenser, powdered hot chocolate mix, 

and LOTS of tasty stir in items.

Once you had your hot chocolate mixed up you added in some more goodness.

There was crushed peppermint, chopped Andes mints, white chocolate chips,

peanut butter chips, mini marshmallows, and toffee bits. 

There were l-o-n-g handled twirly silver spoons in each square jar.

Each jar was labeled with a festive ribbon and tag.

Ornament Must Have

I found this idea on Pinterest a few weeks ago

and decided I had to start doing it this year.

When we were at the tree lot, they trimmed 2 slices off the bottom 

of the tree trunk when we purchased our tree.  

I asked if I could keep them and then man 

(who looked at me like I was a little nuts) said sure.

I brought them home, let them dry for a couple of days

and pulled out a Sharpie to write the year on it.

Added a little ribbon and voila! a great keepsake of our

2011 Christmas.

Looking forward to doing this every year.