Valances

I've been wanting some valances for our kitchen, but haven't found any that I love. So after finding some fun fabric, Pants and I made some valances! They took about 20 mins and only cost as much as the yard of fabric since we already had foam board. I used foam board left over from a home improvement project, less than a yard of fabric and straight pins!

First I measured the window, and we added 2 inches. We cut a piece of foam to go across the front of the window, and one inch pieces to box it in. Like in this picture:

Once the pieces were put together we ended up with this:

I then laid these on the fabric and cut it to fit and pinned it to cover the foam. I forgot to take pictures of this step, sorry! Once the fabric was pinned I ended up with this:

It was super easy, took no time at all, and we like how they turned out!

Week of 7/22/20113

What a  busy week so far! Goose started school (first grade!) and Pants started a new job, yay! I've been finishing up some projects (shirts for the girls, a bench for the entryway and a wall hanging) which I will post soon, and yesterday I opened an etsy shop! I really need to work on it some more but to check out what I have so far, click here.

I'm working my way through my to do list, keep your eyes peeled for some of my projects!

Stuffing mix meatloaf

I will start out by saying, I am not usually a fan of meatloaf. I just don't care for the tomato/ketchup/bbq sauce topping. I like the meatloaf but not the topping..and my mom and Gram always have that on top. Pants mentioned how much he likes meatloaf though, and so I thought I should find a recipe to make for him and the girls. I don't want to not serve them a meal because I can be picky.


Here goes:





One lb ground beef (or turkey!)
One egg
One cup of water
One box of stuffing mix (I use Stovetop Turkey Stuffing)


Mix together, put in loaf pan and bake at 350 for around 45 minutes. It was a hit! Plus it was super easy, yay!


*I was making this using ground beef but I've started using ground turkey and it's so good, better for you, and plus the ground turkey is cheaper than the beef! Now that I'm challenging myself with our grocery budget, that's an even bigger plus!


I hope that you'll try this and let me know what you think!