ice ice …coffee! Momma’s pick me up iced coffee recipe

spilledbeanssmall

iced coffee: coffee, sugar, cream . Right? Well it’s the logical thing to do . But, it just doesn’t hit the spot like when I purchase it through a drive-thru. Plus , no matter how strong I brewed my coffee I couldn’t get that strong coffee flavor that I craved. I started reading through a [...]

baby steps and my attempt at “chalkboard” typography art

Since moving into our fixer-uper in October I feel like we are sitting still on our renovation journey. I’ve started many of projects , as you well know, and none of them are complete. We’ll get there one day, I hope. Since Spring arrived most of you have been Spring Cleaning the inside of your [...]

Easter traditions

It’s almost Easter and I haven’t done any Easter related crafts, decorating, or cooking .  Creating the edible Easter egg nest recipe fore FOLK magazine in January really threw me off! edible Easter egg Nests I kind of feel like it already came and went.    Miss Mustard Seed always cracks me up when she talks [...]

Homemade Pizza egg roll and pizza sauce recipe

pizzarollsmall

This is one of my favorite ways to have pizza. Crispy ,crunchy ,salty perfection. Store bought pizza rolls are scrumptious . But, trust me , they wont come any where near these home made pizza egg rolls. They are quick and easy too! Starting off with my no-fail homemade pizza sauce , add chopped pepperoni [...]

Outdoor Spring faux Mantel and a sneak peak of my living room makeover

Happy first day of Spring!!  All of my living-in-a-fixeruper-house-blues is quickly fading away. All these beautiful Spring-like days have given us a chance to get so much done. We’ve been sprucing up the outdoors by getting rid of nasty over grown weeds and vines. The flowers and trees are blooming creating a beautiful backdrop for [...]

Living room update

Phew, an update. finally. I didn’t think this day was ever going to come. With some unexpected expenses this winter we couldn’t really do too many make-overs. Little by little the living room is finally coming together and I couldn’t be more excited. We are cramped in our make-shift living room right now and it’s [...]

WhateverWednesday link party

Spring is in the air. You know what that means, spring cleaning! Giraffe Legs has already jumped to the opportunity and cleaned out her sons closet and it looks great! Life at 2810 has the right idea: Work with what you have. My favorite motto! She created this super cute wreath with scrap fabric she [...]

Can you paint cultured marble?

I received an e-mail earlier that I really didn’t have an answer for. I was hoping you guys , my readers, can help her out! Hi there! I came across your blog when searching for painted marble – GREAT job with your bathroom update!!! I have been wanting to try this in one of my [...]

Kale chips

kalechips

Today’s post is inspired by my pregnancy craving of the week: Kale chips. I’ll admit the first time I made these and tasted them my thought was, ” eh, their okay.” Then I couldn’t stop eating them and then days later I madly craved them! I compare the taste of kale as very similar to [...]

WhateverWednesday and a FOLK subscription winner!

Thank you everyone who entered into my FOLK magazine subscription giveaway last week! The winner was Nancy Drazga! Nancy, if you are reading this : Please send me an e-mail to mommahenscoop@hotmail.com with your shipping information so we can start your subscription! I also had some great linkers last week on WhateverWednesday Petites Passions: Old [...]