★Recipe Wednesday★

Broccoli, Rice and Cheese Casserole

Ingredients:
butter-flavored cooking spray
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 jar American cheese
2 (10-ounce) boxes frozen chopped broccoli, partially thawed
1 1/2 cups instant rice
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Spray 9x13 inch casserole dish with cooking spray

3. Add soups and cheese to bowl, stir until well-blended. Add remaining ingredients and pour into casserole dish.

4. Bake uncovered 35-40 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown.



Super easy and yummy! With 2 kids, I'm all about the quick stuff :D Let me know if you made it!

xoxo,
Lindsay

P.S Only 28 more followers until my next HUGE giveaway!!! :D

Surprises, Bracelets, Paintings, and Garlands

The mailman really loved me today. I got so many amazing things from my crafty and talented friends :D I got a package today from my good friend Carol who surprised me with my very own Crocheted Octopus Ornament. I have been raving about them for awhile now and she made me one! She also made me this super cute spool of thread ornament! Isn't she the best?


I also got my order in from Polka Dot Robot! I ordered a bunch of these cute button cuffs. She surprised me with a bow cuff!! LOVE IT!! Thank you so very much!! Next thing on my list is this amazingly cute Panda Hat.


My Magical Journey painting on a wooden block came in too!! It's a series that Faith from Leaves and Feathers put together. I absolutely love it, it will be the focus point in my craft room. This series is so inspiring to me. Faith is an amazing painter! She is so talented, I wish I could buy all of her paintings.


She put in these beautiful note cards which will most likely end up hanging on my wall too :D


I finally got pictures of my finger-knitted garland, I still have room on the sides for more Christmas cards! I added pom-poms to the tops of it, thanks to Ashley for teaching me :) I think it turned out really cute. I will most likely be keeping it up after Christmas (minus the cards) because I love it so much, and it matches my decor! Can you spot my Hayden with the reindeer antlers?




It took me 4 hours to write this post because I got distracted by my favorite ladies!
Just had an awesome video chat with them. I look forward to girls nights even if it's only via internet! I was planning on finger-knitting, and button-sorting but was having so much fun I didn't have time! I am so grateful for each and everyone of you :D Hope everyone has an awesome Christmas, can you believe only 2 more days!?
xoxo,
Lindsay
P.S I FINALLY finished wrapping presents tonight...thank goodness...

Gingerbread Houses and Reindeer

Today has been a VERY eventful day, I finished the 2 treasure boxes for the giveaway and they are all packed up and ready to be shipped off tomorrow. Yay for Mandy and Carrie!! I love making them so much that if anyone wants to do a trade, I'll be more then happy to customize one for you. I would also like to say that I had a BLAST with this giveaway, I've already started shopping for my next one :D I am going to try and do one once a month or when I reach a certain amount of followers. They will all have their own theme as well. The next theme will be... SWEET TREATS!!! So anything that has cupcakes, candies, chocolates (etc) on it is fair game!! I will do another one once I reach 95 followers :D This one will be as big as my last one, if not BIGGER!!!!

I also went on another button shopping spree. I bought around 500ish buttons... hey I had an excuse, I needed them for my treasure boxes... Tonight I'm organizing them by color! fun fun! I got my embroidery kit in the mail, so excited to start that project next with Bri :D I also got the hat Mandy from Miss Indie made me, I'll post pics once I get the matching scarf. The hat is gorgeous by the way, I wish I could buy her entire shop!

This weekend Hayden decorated a gingerbread house, it turned out really cute. The only thing we did was put the sides up for him, he did the rest. My little artist :)


Tonight Joseph and Hayden decided to make a Lego reindeer to surprise me with. It turned out super cute! I was in serious painting mode when they placed it on the table. I thought it was so sweet I had to take pics :D



Off to watch Bruno with the Hubby


and eat the huge pile of chocolate covered pretzels we made together (while sorting buttons hehe)


Hope everyone started off their week great! Only 4 more days until Christmas!!!!!! So, anyone interested in a trade? Custom treasure box for something cute and fun :D
xoxo,
Lindsay

AND THE WINNERS ARE....

I had 233 entries for this giveaway! Thanks to everyone who participated! Since I had such a huge response and had such a fun time doing it, I'll be having another one soon. Maybe when I get to 90-100 followers? Not sure yet, I'll post as soon as I get it all figured out! After writing out 233 names my hand felt like it was going to fall off. I originally wanted to make a cute video pulling the winners but I was looking like a hot mess today. So I recruited my Hubby to pull the names while I took pictures. He could barely fit his "man hands" as he likes to call them, into the jar. hehe.

The FIRST place giveaway winner will receive:
*custom treasure box
*donut jar filled with their favorite chocolate/candy
*ice cream scoop kitchen timer
*AE skinny scarf
*AE necklace
*AE chandelier earrings
*2 Christmas books
*Cookie recipe book

SECOND place giveaway winner will receive:
*Donut jar filled with their favorite chocolates/candies
*ice cream scoop kitchen timer
*custom treasure box


Here is a pic of all the names in the donut jar :)



Pulling......


FIRST PLACE WINNER IS.......

MISS INDIE!!! Congrats!!!


Pulling.....


SECOND PLACE WINNER IS.......

CARRIE!!! Congrats!!!

Ok ladies, I need addresses, the wooden letter you want on front, 2 of your most favorite colors (your box will be contrasted) and your most favorite chocolates :D
You can e-mail me at mezmerized814@aol.com. Hopefully I will get it sent out by Wednesday, if it's later I will let you know! Going to Hobby Lobby for the supplies I need tomorrow :)

Here is a picture of all the names after I dumped them out of the jar...can you see why my hand is killing me???



Hope everyone had an awesome weekend.
Can you believe there is only 5 more days until CHRISTMAS??
xoxo,
Lindsay