Cheesy Dog Treats

I found this on Paula Deen's web page and thought we would also give them a try since I know they love love cheese. They I would have to say smelled the best going into the oven  and I think they will be the favorite overall.

Ingredients

1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 cup all Wheat flour
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk
2 teaspoons garlic salt
1/2 cup water

How To

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

- In a large bowl, mix cheese with oil. 

- Stir in flour, dry milk, and salt until blended.

- Add water and knead until dough comes together. 

- Roll out the dough and cut into shapes or like I always do I placed it in the brownie pan for about 25 to 30 minutes.

Enjoy!!!!

Gimme Kisses Cookies

The next set that we worked on were called Gimme Kisses Cookies. I am not sure how they will go over with them.  They are the ones I am sending down as the "odd ball" due to they don't really have anything they really love in it. I will let you know what they think of them.

More treats for us!

INGREDIENTS

2 C. whole wheat flour

1 C. rolled oats

1 Tbsp. dried parsley flakes or fresh parsley

2 large eggs

1/2 C. water

1/2 C. non-fat dry milk

1 C. peanut butter

INSTRUCTIONS

- Preheat oven to 300'

- In large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients then in a separate bowl, beat the eggs lightly add in water and peanut putter butter.

- Gently add the wet to the dry ingredients

- Then you can roll out the dough and cut into different shape or as I have done in the past placed in my brownie pan for about 20-30 min.

Enjoy!!!

Cheddar and Applesauce Dog Biscuits

Second batch that I will be sending south to my favorite four legged friends are Cheddar and Applesauce Biscuits. I know that they love cheese however they don't have that much in it and with the mix of applesauce I hope they go over well with them.

What is needed -

- 2 tablespoons water

- 3 tablespoons applesauce (I just bought one jar of baby food)

- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese

- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour

How to make Cheddar and Applesauce Biscuits -

- Place all ingredients in large mixing bowl

- Mix well and then you can cut them how ever you would like, I placed them in a brownie pan just like I did for the Sweet Potato Dog Treats.

- Place on oven at 350' for about 10-15 minutes and then let them cool for about an hour so they will harden.

Sweet Potato Treats

My sister and her boyfriend, Nick, both have four legged friends that I love love to spoil!!! As Lilly knows and Bailey is coming to find out when I am around they get lots of belly rubbing and more then usual treats. Also around the holidays get their fair share of gifts in the giving as well. After looking on Pinterest I (with Kevin's help) decided that I was going to make them some homemade treats and ship them down. I am also going to try and make Lilly a frozen Birthday cake when she is back in Iowa to see me next - I know scary. I will let you know how it comes out!

For the Sweet Potato Treats you will need the following - 

-Whole Wheat Flower

- 2 4oz. jars of Sweet Potato Baby Food

How To-

- Empty the Sweet Potato Baby Food and 2 cups of Whole Wheat Flower until mixed well together. 

- Next on a lightly flowed area Knead dough.

- I like to use a brownie pan so they all come out the same size and they don't fight however you can cut them into different shapes if you would like.

- Place in oven at 350'F for about 20-25 Minutes.

Then let you pup enjoy!

I will be sending mine off in a box in a few days - let me know how your pup likes them if you decide to try and I will let you know if "my" dogs like them!

Lemon Plant

I saw on pinterest how to do a lemon plant so I thought I would give it a try in the cup that Kevin and I made on our date night a few months back. Well it has been growing strong and can't wait to show you all! This is how you would do it...

1. Collect lemon seeds and you will want to soake them in water for a few night to get the coating off you will need about 20-30 seeds.

 2. After they are "soft" peel off the coating to just get the seed out.

3. Then take the cup / planter and fill almost to the top till you have about one inch left, and then place the seeds in a circle. I did one small one and then a larger one around the outside.

4. After that then place small rocks on top, NOT dirt. 

5. Water 2-3 times per week in the start.

My plant just starting out.

My plant today! Growing strong!!!

Teaching Wreath

My cousin is a school teacher and I wanted to give her something special that you can not just go out and buy this holiday season. I saw on Pintretst Teacher Wreaths as well I know someone that has one. I knew this would be the prefect gift for her, now I just needed to figure out how to make it. I could not find a How to on this so it was kind of going off photos I saw what I liked. The end product turned out amazing and I hope she will like it for years to come.

What you will Need:

-Box of Crayons ( I got 120 - Now I did not use them all but I wanted to make sure one I had enough and two I got all the colors I wanted - We had 48 left over)

-Hot Glue Gun

-Embroidery Circles (You will need two, one to fit in the other)

-School looking ribbon

Optional:

-Small Chalk Board

-Cut out letters (I went to a local scrapbook store and every Sunday they let you use the die cutters and all you have to pay for is the paper)

-Anything else you want to use to decorate the wreath with 

(For this I went to Michaels and found an Apple, School Bus and some Flowers made of harder wood all ready colored only 0.59 each, I also went back to the local scrap booking store and cut out a school house and books of paper)

How To:

1.) The first thing I did was to open all the Crayons and to put then in order from light to dark by color so when I put it on the wreath it would be in order.

2.) I then started lay everything out to make sure I had enough crayons selected and to see the spacing. I also had to put in small chalk board for placement as well.

Embroidery Circles - waiting for the crayons

3.) The next step would be to start to glue the crayons down after you lay it out with the hot glue. I lined up the back of the crayon with the back on the embroidery circles.

4.) After than you then add any of the optional things you wanted to add on. I have seen some where they put the name in blocks on the crayons - with her not being married I wanted to do a chalk board effect so that she could change it if she needed. I also added the books I cut and the school house.

5.) The final thing was to add the ribbon so she would be able to hang it and then it would be complete!

Happy Holidays!!!

Welcome….

My really good friend that I have known for a while is getting married next year. I wanted to make her something special for Christmas. I finally came up with it the other night after looking on line at a few things and just kind of thinking of a few on my own. The vision I had was something she could hang on her front door of the new house that her and the Mr. just bought with the numbers on it. 

This is what you will need:

-Numbers to the home

-First letter of last name

-Paint (I used Craftsmart - Outdoor Acrylic Paint - due to the fact it was made for out doors)

-Ribbon

-Hot Gule Gun

-Paint Brush

- Brackets to hang it with

How to complete the project:

1. First thing to do would be to paint the letter and the numbers and to let them dry.

(I let them dry overnight to make sure I had them good and dry and ready to go the next day)

2.Next you will want to Hot Glue the number to the letter.

3. You will then want to add to the back the brackets for the ribbon.

4. For the final step add ribbon so it will be able to hang on the front of the door.

All done and ready to be hung on the door for al to enjoy!!

Noel

Since we are getting close to Christmas all the stores have put out their holiday decorations. I have been seeing this Noel sign at a few shops that I like however the price has away been crazy. Now I love Christmas however I'm not one to spend an arm and a leg for a decoration. After taking a look at a few I thought I would try and make one I also got Pinterest to see what they had to offer. I love the finished product!

This is the look I am going for - This is currently for sale right now at Pottery Barn for 148.00

What you will need -

Can of spray paint (I used sliver, however you can pick what ever color you would like)

Hot Glue Gun

Letters that say NOEL (I chose 9 1/2 inch ones you can pick what size you would like)

Support Rods

(I found all of this a Hobby Lobby or Michel's)

How to:

1.) To start I glued the "L" and "E" together I also added the support rod in place to add the extra support to keep it in place.

2.) I then added the "N" and "O" with the extra support.

3.) I let the glue dry and then it was ready to be painted.

4.) After applying the paint and letting it dry I set it up in the living room and it fits perfect. Great addition for the holidays and the best part is that it was less $8.00 as opposed to paying high dollar.