Recipe – Oven Baked Chicken Parm

I found this recipe from Feed My Temple on Pinterest.

Skinny Chicken Parmesan {recipe}

I followed the basic instructions and made a tweak and I must say it was absolutely delicious. You might ask…well what did you do?

Simple…I stuffed it with cheese.  I pounded the chicken breasts out with a meat mallet, put shredded mozzarella inside, folded them back over and then followed the instructions for breading and cooking. I realized I should have taken a pic, but I didn’t think about it. I just figured I would share this yummy recipe with you and fill you in on my little tweak that made an awesome dinner. The same night I also used the left over breading to make some fried zucchini…I was quite yummy too, so keep that in mind when you make this yourself.

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Fashion Show Inspiration

Since the weekend is upon us, and my weekends are now spent preparing for my fashion show I figure I would show you some the inspiration that I have collected from around the internet and pinned on Pinterest.

I love the cutouts on this dress

 

 

 Love the leather accent on these. I’ve actually already made some out of a pair of gray dress pants and black faux leather. The shape of my accent is different as well. I just free handed it and had fun with it.

 

Love the idea of bleaching them then just going crazy with a design.

The mini with the sheer coming out is fabulous, but I think I will take mine in a grungier direction.

You can see the full board here. Some of these images actually link to DIY’s, so go check it out!

DIY Layered Haircut

Yep….you just read that right…DIY haircut….as in I cut my own hair!
It really wasn’t that hard, and it was super quick. I have seen tutorials around the web where you basically pull all of your hair straight up and chop off a few inches in one straight line leaving you with a long layered hair cut.

I also found this video on YouTube where she pulled it into a ponytail, chopped some off and voila…same effect.

I’ve actually done this in the past when my hair was shorter and it worked just fine. Now my hair is down past my bra in the middle of my back and it is stick straight. It has no body what so ever, and the weight of all that length was making it be so dull and lifeless.  Curls wouldn’t last, they would just fall out. I knew something had to be done, and simple long layers would not be the solution. I created a variation of the ponytail hair cut, and here is what you need to do it.

• Hair cutting scissors
• Brush
• Ponytail holder
• Mirror

Basically I cut my hair in sections pulling each section up in a ponytail on the top of my head. This diagram will help you out.

I started by pulling everything up into a ponytail, brushing it straight up and then cutting 1.5-2 inches.
Then I created a section from about the middle of the ear up, pulled it up into a ponytail and left what was basically zone 4 down. I chopped off about another 1.5-2 inches.
I continued on going from about the temple up, leaving zone 3&4 down and cutting 1.5-2 inches off the ponytail.
For zone 1 I actually pulled up a 1 inch section surrounding my center part, leaving zones 2,3&4 down, and cutting 1.5-2 inches off of the tiny zone 1.
By the time I finished I pretty much taken 6-8 inches off of zone 1.
Here is the result with a bit of curl from the curling iron this morning:

It’s still a bit flatter than most peoples hair, but if you saw what it looked like to begin with you would see that this is an improvement.

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DIY Tutorial Link – Sweater Dress

If only I weren’t so tall, I could actually make me a dress out of an old sweater.

She how she did it here.

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Bad Blogger

I suck….I’m a bad blogger. I’ve been sucked into Pinterest and planning my upcoming fashion show. I promise to get better. Seems like I’m making a lot of promises lately…hmmm.

Pinterest – DIY Projects and Tips

I finally got sucked into the world of  Pinterest. At first I was thinking that I wouldn’t really be into it. It just seemed like another thing to maintain, but once I realized I could pretty much pin anything I saw online I was in love. Often times I see things that I would love to feature on my blog, but I don’t have the time to actually write a post right that second. I had started a method of saving these things, but it was still a bit time consuming. Pinterest to the rescue! As I scour over the internet all I have to do is click my nifty little Pin It button and voila….it is saved!

I currently have 7 different boards:

Say What?

– A collection of posters and sayings that I like.

Living Room Inspiration

– This is just what it sounds like. Since we’ve moved I have a chance to redecorate my living room again.  Many of the pieces are staying the same, but there will be some changes and definitely and updated post.

Recipes

DIY Home

- Various DIY Projects for the home.

DIY Projects and Tips

- DIY Projects not related to the home. Mostly fashion.

DIY Gifts

Loves

- Random things that I just really like.

Here are some of the first pins from my DIY Projects and Tips Board:

(All images are links)

Polo Shirt Refashion from Merrick’s Art

Bow Back Shirt by Inspiration & Realisation

Manicure Using Scrapbooking Scissors on Chloe’s Nails

DIY Halter by Wobisobi

 

Happy Crafting!

New Studio/Craft Room

I’ve been working hard getting everything unpacked and in place. The new place is still a disaster, but we’re getting there. While I was off work during Christmas I spent 3 days on and off working on my new Studio. I usually call it a craft room, but I’m liking the word studio better. See, when we were unloading all of our crap a lot of it just got dumped in this room, and there was still a Bowflex type thingie, a chest of drawers and  a nightstand in this room that my brother had yet to move. This is more or less what I started with:

I did quite a bit of straightening, rearranging and furniture moving to get to this point:

I simply could not get that Bowflex thingie out of there by myself. It’s heavy, awkward, and actually would not fit down the hallway as is. Finally my brother helped me and we got it out and everything looked much better.

The more and more I stared at the green walls I simply couldn’t take it. I knew those babies would have to get painted. So, I headed to the store the next morning, got a gallon of turquoise paint, supplies and went home and got busy. I also had to get some more curtains, so excuse the creases. They’re straight out of the package. The turquoise is actually showing up a bit more blue than it really is. It’s actually a lovely turquoise called Caribbean Sea.

I also accidentally dripped some paint on one of the pieces of furniture, so I accented it with some Caribbean Sea as well. I still have to do one more coat on the bottom part.

 

I still have some unpacking to do, but I at least have the essentials put away and I can get some work done.

Recipe – Super Quick Chili Cheese Dip

You might be thinking ewwww what is that, but I can assure you, if you like chili cheese things then you will like this.  This is one of my random concoctions that I came up with one day when I wanted some junk food.

Ingredients:

1 can of Castleberry’s Hot Dog Chili

4 slices of American cheese or 8-10 cubes of velveeta

Now, you may ask, are the brands and types of cheese important….yes. Different chili tastes different, but feel free to experiment with your favorite kind. As far as cheese goes, you need to use something that gets creamy when it melts, hence the Velveeta or American, not stringy like cheddar. You could try out something like Mexican dipping cheese, not sure how it would taste though.

Directions:

Microwave in one minute intervals stirring in between until the chili is hot and the cheese melted. Typically 2-3 minutes total depending on your microwave.

You can be a piggie and eat it all by yourself, make just enough for you, or eat what you want and put the left overs in the fridge for later.

Christmas Revisited

I have been a slack blogger, sorry, but with Christmas and moving…well I was tired. What did you do for the holidays? Here’s my little rundown.

December 23rd – I work for the state so I was lucky enough to start my Christmas Vacay, but I had to spend it finishing pack up the old house. We almost got done.

December 24th – Christmas festivities began. We had to go to my parents and the husbands Grandmother’s house. Oh…be fore we even left I managed to drop a glass bowl full of melted white chocolate on the floor. HORRIBLE. The bowl shattered, the glass was covered in chocolate, I cut myself, and of course the chocolate set up before I could clean it all up…yay me! I did however get this cute picture of my parent’s rotten cat in a box that night.

December 25th – Lazy day pretty much…we had brunch at my parents, went to the mother-in-laws for dinner and then went home and vegged out on the couch.

December 26th – I started unpacking the massive amount of boxes…fun

December 27th – Unpacked more boxes…more fun

December 28th – Spent the day with my bro running errands. I had to get some tees for orders. We needed to return and exchange some things, and I bought stuff do DIY Chalkboard Paint.

December 29th – Gave the kitchen a nice DIY Chalkboard Paint accent, and worked on a new light fixture since it is nearly impossible to change the bulbs on the one currently in there. Here’s a sneak peek of the two projects below.

Oh, I also bleached the husband’s hair so that I could dye it some crazy colors. Please note, this was at his request!

December 30th -  Started unpacking the craft room/studio. After working in the room all day I decided I hated the color and had to paint. Here is what I started with:

December 31st – Got up and headed straight to the store, picked out a gorgeous turquoise called Caribbean Blue and came home and painted. I also dyed the husband’s hair previously mentioned crazy colors. He was supposed to have Royal Blue, Turquoise and Raspberry Magenta hair, but for some reason only the blue and magenta took. After that I actually relaxed for a bit, and then enjoyed a night out with the best friend and my bro at the bar while the husband was working. I even worked a little bit too. I had to help pour the champagne for the midnight champagne toast. Check out a preview of the craft room.

 

The turquoise shows up a bit more blue in the picture than it actually is.

January 1st- I did some touch ups on the paint, added some turquoise accents to a chest of drawers, and was lazy the rest of the time.

January 2nd -  Yay for this still being a holiday! I moved all of the furniture back into place, brought the rest of it in, and attempted to finish unpacking everything. I still have some boxes with stuff in them, but the major stuff is unpacked. The fabric, and clothing to revamp is all pretty much put up, all that’s really left are odds and ends.

January 3rd – Returned to work….booo.

So, again I ask….what did you do?