Kale Chips

The other day I was watching Ellen, and Gwenyth Paltrow was on the show. They talked a little bit about kale chips, and I was intrigued. Sounded yummy and interesting at the same time. I like kale and I know how healthy and nutritious it is. So, I thought I'd take a stab at making some myself.

First I ripped my kale into chip size pieces, rinsed it off and spun it in my salad spinner so that it was mostly dry. Then I lined a baking sheet with tin foil and spread the kale out. I could only fit about half of it on they sheet so that it was in a single layer.

Next I drizzled some olive oil over the kale and tossed it around so that it was evenly coated. I also added some garlic salt and tossed the kale again.

I put it in a 350 degree oven for ten minutes. I checked the kale and it wasn't quite as crunch as I wanted. So, I turned the kale over and put it in for another 3 minutes and it came out looking like this! A yummy and healthy snack.

Baptism Cupcakes

I made cupcakes to serve at the brunch after Adelaide's baptism. Since, we were celebrating Addie's baptism the had to be white. So, I made white cake and topped them with this delicious frosting (minus the almond extract) and topped them off with some home made cupcake toppers. I bought 3 packages of these stickers and just stuck them on some left over card stock from the invitations. Super easy and super cute!

Muffin Display Card How-To

This is pretty basic, but I thought I'd show you guys how I made these cards.

You'll need:

• Paper Cutter or Scissors
• 2 different types of card stock
• One of these Templates (It's available in several colors)
• Adhesive

1.  Open up the pdf file of the template. You can either print from here and hand write in the types of muffins (or whatever else you may be using the cards for) Or you can be a little more complex and do what I did. Right click on one of the templates and save the image. Then open in Word, and insert a text box and type the information.
2. Now, cut out each box as well as the card stock. Since you can really make these print any size that you'd like I don't have exact dimensions for the size the card stock will need to be. Just make sure that your textured or patterned card stock is 1/4 inch larger on each side, and the other piece of card stock is 1/4 inch larger on each side plus twice as long on one side since we will be folding it in half to form a card. EXAMPLE: If the printed box is 2X3, the patterned card stock should be 2.5X3.5, and the other card stock should be 6X4 (I hope that makes sense!)  

3. Mount the printed box on the patterned card stock with your chosen adhesive. Fold the larger piece of card stock in half and mount the printed card stock on that and voile!

Halloween Countdown

A couple of days ago, I decided that I needed to make a Countdown to Halloween. I really wanted to get it done that night. So, I just had to make due with what I had at home. Here's a little tutorial.

You'll Need:
1 12x12 sheet of solid cardstock
apx. 2 sheets of 12x12 printed cardstock
2 or more different types of ribbon (not sure how much I used, sorry)
2 bottle caps
hot glue gun
paper trimmer
stickers or number/letter cut-outs
adhesive
hole punch

Directions:
1. Cut the printed cardstock into 2x3 rectangles. You'll need 12 rectangles.

2. Punch 2 holes in the top of the 12x12 cardstock, and 2 holes in the top of each rectangle.

3. Feed a large piece of ribbon in the holes of the large cardstock. Tie knots on each side. Also, feed ribbon in the holes of the rectangles. I tied these in one knot at the top.

4. Glue numbers 0-9 (plus an additional 1 and 2 for 22 days and 11 days) to each rectangle, and decarate your large cardstock with letters and stickers.

5. Place the rectangles where you would like them to lay on the finished calender. Hot glue the bottle caps in the appropriate place to hang the numbers from.

6. Hang on a door, and enjoy!

Baby Shower Cards Tutorial

I made these for my friend Danielle's baby shower which is in September. They're super easy to make, and look super cute!

You'll need:
-Coordinating Cardstocks (I used Nana's Nursery )
-Cream or White Cardstock
-Adhesive
-Pink Ink (I used A La Mode )
-Paper Cutter
-Baby Feet Stamp (Or other cute stamp)
-Letter Stamps
-Vellum Envelopes (optional)

Step 1 Cut: Cut one piece of cardstock into a 5x5 in square. Cut coordinating cardstock into a 5.5x11 in rectangle. Cut White/Cream cardstock into 2x2 in square.

Step 2: Fold the rectangular piece of cardstock in half. Stamp baby feet or other stamp on 2x2 square and glue to center of 5x5 in square. Then, glue 5x5 in square onto the folded piece of cardstock.

Step 3: Next, stamp either "It's a girl!" or "It's a boy!" on the front of your card. For a finishing touch stamp the baby feet on the front of the envelope!