Dear God, the last thing I have time to do today is blog.  Yet here I am.  I have a few things I want to share, and after today, The Big Dog is off for 5 days, it's family time, and I don't know when I'll get back to the computer for blogging purposes. I am super excited for the holidays this year!  But first, a few happenings here...

Last week I shared few peeks at some projects I was working on.  I can't wait to show final products!  We "sprinkled" my sister-in-law last weekend!  They've already given us a beautiful niece, and in January, we'll be adding another little boy, my first blood nephew!  I'm so excited for them to become parents of a little boy, since, obviously, I am partial to little boys!  So, she already has a lot of what she needs, so I wanted to do something I knew she didn't have!  I decided to make monthly onesies for him to have his picture taken in, so they can watch his growth, and also just to wear.  I found a link to a blog on Pinterest which led me to the free downloadable files for the months.  I printed them onto transfer paper.  I bought 3 onesies sized 0-3, 3 size 3-6, and 6 size 6-12 months.  I also got a cute basket that will match the trim in "Nugget"'s room.  Here are some pics of the process.  By the way, I have the onesies laying on an ironing board, but you have to do this on a hard surface, so I actually did them on the counter.  It took all day because I learned quickly that you have to iron the onesie, let it cool, iron on the paper, let it cool, then peel.  So, letting everything cool completely took a while.

 I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out.  I will post the link later when I can figure out exactly how to do that!  They also have links for colors that are better for girls.  Now I am totally obsessed with making things with transfer paper! 

The other project I was working on is not nearly as fun, yet it's something I've used daily since it's completion.  I had these extremely cheap picture frames and I wasn't really sure what to do with them.  So I grabbed my chalkboard paint and went to work.  Here's one of the things I made from the frame. I haven't ever had an actual calendar in our office.  I'm not sure why...isn't that something you really should have in an office?  So, I thought this would be great.  While it is a little difficult to write on,  it does serve it's purpose since I am pretty much constantly wondering what day it is!  So, I'm pretty happy!






The other frame is similar, but it's broken into a week so that I can write what we're having for dinner each night.  So far it hasn't really gotten a whole lot of use, but I think it's cute!  Total time for these chalkboard projects was about 5 minutes to paint them (I did two coats, letting the first one dry completely first) and then maybe about 5 minutes to draw on the month/week. 



Another project that we did in our house last week was our "Thankful for Our Family Turkey".  Once again, got the idea from Pinterest.  We had fun picking the colors of our turkey and tracing our hands.  Even the Big Dog didn't mind doing this!  Here's our turkey.

 I absolutely LOVE our turkey.  Here's my plan.  For Halloween this year, the boys made footprint ghosts and we used this same white frame (an old, ugly frame painted white) to display them.

.  'nuf said. 

This came from Cooks.com

• 2 pkgs of crescent rolls (I used the seamless dough sheet seen above!  Cause it's AWESOME!)
• 1/2-3/4 lb. of baked ham sliced thin
• 1/2-3/4 lb. sandwich pepperoni sliced thin
• 1/4-1/2 slice provolone (I found that 10 slices worked perfectly!)
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Grease 13 X 9 inch pan.  Beat eggs and stir in Parmesan cheese.  Layer 1 package of crescent rolls in pan.  Then layer 1/2 of ham, pepperoni, and cheese.  Pour 1/2 of egg mixture and spread it as best as possible.  Next, layer remaining ham, pepperoni, and cheese.  top with remaining egg mixture.  Put second package of crescent rolls on top.  Bake at 375 degrees for 35-45 min.

Snip with his Indian hat on after his program