Easy Peezy Pizza

Wow. It's been forever since I blogged. Hubby and I went on a really great 30 day road trip and set up a blog for that on his website. That got me thinking, whatever happened to my blog. Well, I jazzed it up and will start using it again.

I'm about to share something very personal. Are you ready? I'm a visual person. Okay, it's not that personal, but it is the truth. On my quest to cook more and increase my recipe repertoire, I've decided to start blogging the food I'm making. This way on the nights when I can't figure out what to make, that is of course if I haven't been doing my meal plan..which I do, this blog will give me a place to quickly look at the picture and decide.

Please know that I don't claim to be a chef. I try and make food as healthy as possible, but I've noticed that we are limited by the healthy recipes I know. I'm sure that will change as I gain more recipes. Most of the recipes I use come from somewhere/someone else. I'll try and remember to make note when it is actually my very own recipe.

Here's the first one:

Quick and Easy Pizza

2 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour

1 Packet of Yeast

1 Cup Warm Water

1 Teaspoon Granulated Sugar

1 Teaspoon Salt

2 Tablespoons Vegetable or Olive Oil

1 1/2 Cups White Cheddar Cheese, finely shredded

1/2 Cup Marinara Sauce

Half Medium Onion, thinly sliced
1 Pepper, thinly sliced
3 cloves of garlic, minced

2 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning

Directions:

In a large bowl or mixer dissolve the yeast in warm water, then add sugar and stir. Let the mixture sit for 10 minutes until foamy bubbles appear sporadically.


Add salt, oil, and flour; mix well until dough is smooth.



Cover the bowl with a towel and let the dough rest for about 10 minutes. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray, and place the dough onto the sheet and start working out towards the edges of the cookie sheet.

Spread on marinara. Sprinkle evenly with cheese, and top with onions and seasoning. Bake in a pre-heated 425 degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until cheese starts to turn golden brown.

Garage Sale Finds

Beautiful fake plant. Is that an oxymoron?
$3

These are the awesome bases of the slide out drawers that come from the Container Store.
$5

I later have purchased 3 other ones, again at $5 each.

Considering the Container store has them for a TON more, not to shabby.

Thread holder $2

$3. I had walked away b/c she wouldn't come down on price. I liked it, but I didn't have to have it. When she went down to $3. I had to have it.

Foliage $4

More foliage; this one cascades. $4

This came from Goodwill $2.50

My crystal collection:

Goodwill $1.75

This one was from Goodwill. $1.50

$2

Bowls. These were hard to find. Most people want to much for them. I believe I got this one for
$3



This piece was so heavy and cute.
I will flip it over and use it as a candle holder.
Best part $.50 cents.

I got two of these lamps at a garage sale. $5 each.
The wine holder I got for free.

My husband convinced me that this would replace the all expensive bind it all. I'm not so sure yet, but we'll see. She wanted $20. However, it was the end of he garage sale and so she practically begged us to take it at $5.

I don't necessarily love this print. I do love the frame. $2.

This was free. I added the tea lights. It is a fountain as well so I need to find a power cord for it.

Nice black lamp. $5.

A couple of items in this picture are garage sale finds.
The lamp which as a beautiful base. $3.
The plant in a basket. $5.
The table TV trays with the rack that holds them all. $7.

$3 for this really cool piece. I also got a TON of decorating books at this sale that were hardcover and $2 each. I regret not spending more time at this sale. It was mostly girl stuff so hubby was ready to get other sales.

Garage Sale Finds 2

I love wrought iron pieces. I had a wooden one but love this one so much better.
$4.
I splurged on this one.

Ice Tea Maker. Completely brand new in box. This was a steal at $2. I had wanted one of these for a while, but never made the plunge. Now that I don't drink Diet Soda anymore, I need to find other ideas for what to drink. It was so funny because Dave said, "Oh, do you really need that"...LOL Well guess who is the biggest fan of this revolutionary ice tea system... that's right - Dave... :)

I got two of black decorative shelves. They remind of large scallop edges. And, as we know scallops are hot right now.. These were $3 each.

Apparently, I'm not a good blogger

So it has been a few months since my last confession...lol

Things have been crazy hectic, but in such a wonderful way.

I haven't had much time to scrap lately.

I was so excited to do this layout. I was missing my Mom, who lives on the east coast, and remembered that scrapbooking reconnects me with the people I love. They might not know it, but it warms my heart to dedicate a page (or more) to them. I think that is why I've taken to this hobby. Me and my wallet....LOL

I don't know if you'll be able to read the captions. They talk about why my mom is my BFF. My favorite thing I wrote for the journaling is, "We talk at least 3x a day and yet somehow that isn't enough". That statement is so true.

I can't wait to do some more layouts.

Thanks for looking

My first card challenge

So, I like to read blogs. This weekend I thought why not create a blog myself. So I did.

Besides scrapbooking (although lately it's more like scrapshopping :) ) I've been really into making cards. I know, I take a lot longer than Hallmark. And, I know I put a ton of my heart into it. Sometimes I even hate to give them away, but I know I must.

I had to make a thank you card for my bosses (my regular day job) and figured why not try a challenge.

With that said, I decided to try Beate's weekend sketch challenge.

Here is a copy of the card I made based from her sketch/tutorial:



I wasn't sure how to properly photograph this. This first picture is it laying on my kitchen table.

This is it sitting on a pretty stand... Does it look prettier? LOL

The inside...

Part of a baby shower Gift

I made this for my friend, Michele, who is expecting a beautiful baby at the end of July.
She, along with the rest of the attendees at the baby shower, loved it.
That makes it all worthwhile.

This is boquet I made for my mother in-law....

Of course, this was made using the cricket. I just love that machine.

First Post

Act and Scrap!!!

My two favorite things to do, act and scrap.

I created this blog so that I may post comments on all the sites of the wonderful, amazing, talented artists.

Scrapbookers are such artists. For me, it's almost like a meditation.

This is some of my work: