Pinteresting Thursday!

Here's what I've been Pinning this week....a mix of a little of everything!

My next DIY item? I think so!

 A couple of quotes to live by....

 Snack to make this weekend? Sweet and Spicy Chickpeas-Yum

How cute would this be on my desk?!  

Carb Loading

Don't get me wrong I know that eating healthy is a big part of staying healthy, and processed sugars and starches typically don't do much for my waistline but what can I say I have a weakness over carbs!  In particular pizza or anything pizza-like and pasta (hence Rene's purchase of the past maker for me).

As I go into Day 4 of my detox I figured it was time to reminise about my tasty treats from last weekend.  Mainly the carb loaded delights that we aren't eating right now...First up! Fresh pasta and homemade marinara.  Don't get me wrong I am no  Italian so I make the sauce the way Rene and I like it!

The necessary ingredients, oregano, basil, garlic, onion, red pepper flakes, onion powder, garlic powder, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, and tomato sauce...

 And then cook low all afternoon.

 Then the pasta dough-2 cups of flour 3 eggs-pretty simple!

 Refrigerate and then roll and cut and allow to dry!

I will say the first batch was pretty good but next time I will have to make the pasta bit thinner.  For those of you who have never worked with fresh pasta when cooked it expands to about 3 times it's natural thickness...so while it wasn't quite right I'll be working on it for the future.

Then we made pizza pull apart bread - Rene even helped out!

 It only takes 5 ingredients! 

Premade pizza crust

Mozzarella cheese cut into little cubes

Garlic (we bought the pre-minced)

Pepperoni 

*optional marinara or ranch for dipping

Roll out small balls of the crust and flatten into a disk

 Next place a pepperoni in the center (folded works best)

 Add cheese

 Roll and secure

 Repeat and then place in a bunt pan and brush with melted garlic butter.  Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.  

We learned a couple of lessons from our first try.  As you can see this isn't the ideal turn out.  First we need to press the little pizza bites together more so that they hold a firm shape when removed from the pan.  Second my pan was new and therefore super non-stick and the shape kind of flopped onto the plate and didn't look too pretty and third our oven here at the apartment is awful and it got a little extra crispy.

Nonetheless, it was amazing and we will be making this again for a non-healthy day for sure!

Are you hungry now?

Weekend of Crafts-Card Tree

The first of my weekend projects turned out pretty cute the Holiday Card Tree idea that I found on Pinterest.

I started off by taking our holiday cards and tracing circles of different sizes onto them, cutting them out.

(some with fun edges and some with plain straight edges).  

Then cut away a triangle piece so that the circles can be rounded into cones.

Cut a Styrofoam ball in half to serve as the base, and stick a small dowel rod in the center.  Then start placing the cones (largest to smallest) on the dowel and top with a bow!

You can shift the cones around on the rod to ensure that it is spaced out correctly.

  And this is the finished product-super easy and a cute way to keep cards each year! And it can now serve as a decoration.

It took a total of 15-20 minutes to finish it up and at the same time you cut down on the clutter post-holiday!

Next up? a revamp on an old pair of heels (to replace the cape project-let's just say that project got started and just didn't come together quite right....)

To Dos for the Weekend

 I know it's New Years weekend-but lets be honest....between working and school Rene and I really just look forward to lazy weekends and this is just like the rest!  Though we did grab 2 bottles of bubbles to celebrate the new year.  Fun fact--enough New Years Eve back at UCF was really the start of our relationship when we rang in the new year together in 2006! So this marks the 6 year mark of our relationship too!

Anyhow...I've created a bit of a crafty to do list of things that I want to make/try this weekend.

First and foremost if you remember a previous post Pinteresting Thursday on a Friday I had 2 items that I wanted to make. 1. the cape and 2. the little Christmas trees made from holiday cards--both of these will be made this weekend (hopefully)...

Next up is a little treat for New Years eve....Pizza Monkey Bread...yes another Pinterest find!

Doesn't it look tasty?

I'll also be trying my hand at homemade pasta tonight compliments of my new pasta maker from Rene!

Get ready for some follow up posts this weekend about all these great little creations!

Happy Friday!

Pinteresting Thursday -- on a Friday

So I am all confused this week as to what day it actually is, and I missed my Pinterest post yesterday...so here are some of my newest finds on Pinterest on a Friday instead of Thursday.

If only I could find some clothes pins!  We keep checking Michael's but they are sold out!  I will make this for next year though.

A DYI Cape?  It looks easy enough, hopefully now that I have some time I can whip it right up

Using old cards for next year's decorations?  Such a cute and eco-friendly idea!

Perfect napkin look for Christmas dinner this year I think!

Have a Great Friday and Weekend!

My Next Project

Another of my recruiters has a birthday coming up this Sunday and since I made a wonderful cake for the last one I decided that this time I am going to bake some cookies for her birthday.

And who doesn't love a basic sugar cookie? But I found this on Pinterest and thought that since it's fall why not go with a little theme right?

I'll be making a batch of these this Thursday while Rene is off playing basketball with Deloitte I'll be sure to post how they turn out!

Pinteresting Thoughts&Finds for Thursday

So since I spend roughly of say 10-14 hours a day on the computer I often spend hours at a time on Pinterest looking around for fun new ideas. Most recently I turned a find on Pinterest into one of my recruiter's birthday cakes--it was a huge success the office loved it!

Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Icing, surrounded with KitKats and topped with M&Ms...Chocolate Delish if I may say so!

So I figured why not share some of my favorite finds on Thursday's blog, especially since I've been slacking when it comes to my Friday Book Club since I am slllllowly making my way through Freakanomics still.

So here's the official First Ever "Pinteresting Thoughts&Finds for Thursday"

Thanksgiving Ideas!!

A thought for changing up the dining room decor for turkey day!
A little idea of something to make for the office
A new twist on leftovers? I love turkey pot pies and turkey and dumplings...but little springrolls/egg rolls type goodies...why not?

I know it's not even Halloween yet and I'm jumping into Thanksgiving but trust me I'll be updating you soon on our Halloween costumes for this year....Disney themed of course!