Purex Giveaway Winners

I apologize for the delay in posting the winner. I kind of forgot about it! Anyway... Congratulations to my two lucky winners!

Comment #10 - Kaity at Kaity-Bug Crafts
Comment #8 - Alyssa

Thanks for entering everyone!

Garlic Biscuit Bites

The other night we had spagetti for dinner and were wanting some garlic bread or breadsticks. Sadly, we didn't have any. But we did have four cans of Grands biscuits that I had bought on sale. So I decided to try something new. I'm calling them Garlic Biscuit Bites (I don't claim to have created this idea, but it's new to us).

You will need:
1 can of Grands biscuits
garlic (we like 3 cloves, but you can change this to suit your taste)
1 1/2 sticks of butter or margarine

Preheat your oven to 350°. Spray a round or square baking dish with cooking spray. Then peel the garlic (ignore my well used cutting board!).

And dice. I like to use my Pampered Chef chopper for this.

Slice your butter/margarine so it melts faster. Then add the butter & garlic to a saucepan and set to medium heat.

While the butter is melting, separate the biscuits and cut each one into four pieces.

And place in your baking dish.

By now your butter should be nice and melted.

Coat your biscuits generously with the garlic butter mixture. Don't use it all though, reserve some to add when they come out of the oven. Pop them into the oven and bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown and done in the center.

Here they are fresh out of the oven.

And now finish them off with the rest of the garlic butter mixture and enjoy!

They are light and fluffy and full of flavor, without being a greasy, soggy mess. We all love them and have eaten them at least three times in the past two weeks.

Linked to: Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home, Project Party Weekend at Bubbly Nature Creations, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, Friday Favs at Nap Time Crafters, Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello, Delicately Constructed Friday at delicateCONSTRUCTION, Watcha Got Weekend at Lolly Jane Boutique, Saturday Night Special at Funky Junk Interiors, Think Pink Sundays at Flamingo Toes, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Creative Bloggers Party & Hop at Homemaker on a Dime, Market Yourself Monday at Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming, Tasty Tuesdays at 33 Shades of Green, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife, Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog, What We Wore & Made Wednesday at Rae Gun Ramblings, Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style, Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts, Look What I Made at Creations by Kara, What's Up Wednesday at Sew Woodsy

Valentine's Round Up

I've seen a lot of people posting round-ups of their previous Valentine's Day posts, so I thought I'd do the same. I haven't done too many in the past, but here they are.

First up, my Valentine's decorations for this year.

My most recent project, the love yarn wreath.

Juice Pouch Valentine's make a nice alternative to all that candy.

This little hair clip was quick and easy. It would be great as a pin, too.

This banner was very inexpensive and easy to make.

Linked to: Market Yourself Monday at Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Too Cute Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife, What We Wore and Made at Rae Gun Ramblings, Home Decor & Organizing Link Party, Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design

Valentine's Decor 2012

It's almost Valentine's day, and I don't see myself making anything else this year, so I'm going to go ahead and share our Valentine's decorations for this year. Of course we have the wreath that I just posted about. It's hanging on our front door.

I have an old window hanging in our hallway, so I hung up a small bunting I won in a giveaway a few years ago.

I apologize for the lighting in these pictures, it's really hard to get good light in there. I stuck some of those gel clings to the mirrors in the hall.

In the living room I added a heart card I got free from Tiny Prints a couple years ago.

This is a shelf in our living room. I made this heart banner a few years ago from pages out of magazines.

Another free card. This time from Cardstore.com.

I made these wooden glitter hearts previously but couldn't find a branch, so I hung them from the embroidery hoops in the living room.

This is on top of the tv.

More glitter hearts.

And a leftover Lego snowman! (He's not for V-Day, not sure why my daughter stuck him there!)

But I did add this Lego heart a few days ago.

And this little guy came from Hallmark. There is also a pink dragon and they both sing. Morgan loves them!

Linked to: Think Pink Sundays at Flamingo Toes, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming, Creative Bloggers Party & Hop at Homemaker on a Dime, Market Yourself Monday at Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife, What We Wore and Made at Rae Gun Ramblings, Home Decor & Organizing Link Party at Organize & Decorate Everything, Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design

Purex UltraPacks Giveaway & FREE Sample

Recently I was given the opportunity to review the new Purex UltraPacks. And I loved them! We do a ton of laundry and these made it so easy. No messy measuring. Just toss one in and done. And our clothes came out fresh & clean. So now it's your turn! Two lucky winners will receive a coupon for a FREE bag of Purex UltraPacks!

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Valentine's Yarn Wreath

I never used to decorate for Valentine's Day at all - but seeing all the cute projects everyone has inspired me to start. So this year I'm adding to my decor with a yarn wreath. I needed something new on the door anyway!

I started with a foam heart form that I found at the thrift, some batting and some chunky red yarn.

I cut strips of the batting and wrapped the form with it. I glued it using tacky glue, but hot glue would have worked, too. However, I now kind of wish I had either not used the batting, or not used such a chunky yarn.

And then start wrapping. And wrapping. And keep wrapping till it's all covered. As I mentioned previously, the points on this thing were a lot harder than I thought they'd be. Then again, I think that also has something to do with the combo of batting and thick yarn.

Eventually the entire form will be covered, and you will have something like this. Looks a little wonky to be, but I decided to keep going.

I gathered up some sheets of felt. I knew I wanted to include some turquoise, but that's really all I had planned at this point. It's hard for me to take pictures of making the flowers, etc, because I didn't have a specific plan. I just kind of play with it until I get something I like.

For this little bunting I used some red & white bakers twine, white felt, some very old Making Memories letters and some turquoise brads.

I thought it needed something on the side, so instead of flowers I did this little banner.

And of course, felt flowers. It was my first time making the ones with the little petals. Super fun & easy!

And here it is! This is outside so I could get the best light.

And here it is on our ugly door. It's not crooked - it's meant to hang at an angle. I really was unsure of this thing when it was just wrapped in yarn, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Maybe I'll do a St. Patty's Day one next!

Linked to: Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife, Talent Tuesday at Vintage Wanna Bee, Home Decor & Organizing Linky Party at Organize & Decorate Everything, Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design, Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts, What's Up Wednesday at Sew Woodsy, Look What I Made at Creations by Kara, Hookin Up with HoH at House of Hepworths, Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Creek Cottage, Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home, Catch-as- Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life, Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest, Delicately Constructed Friday at delicateCONSTRUCTION, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, Friday Favs at Naptime Crafters, Watcha Got Weekend at Lolly Jane Boutique, Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots & Jello, Saturday Nite Special at Funky Junk Interiors, Think Pink Sundays at Flamingo Toes, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming, Creative Bloggers Party & Hop at Homemaker on a Dime