Valentine's Gift Ideas for the one you love

Do you need something special for the one you love for Valentine's Day?  You can view the entire collection of pieces that are all about LOVE  HERE. 

Make your Wine taste better...

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For Christmas I purchased a Rabbit Aerating Pourer for John.  I have heard about these but was always skeptical.  So we gave it a taste test and we both noticed a difference, what I also noticed is fewer headaches, which I get sometimes from certain wines.   Now this is my opinion  and my opinion, so you will have to judge for yourself.   

Cheers Friends and please always remember when you drink to be responsible. 

New in the shop You Capture With Digital Camera Stamping

New in the shop the popular Capture Life necklace with a digital camera stamping.

Product details:

 New in the shop the Capture Life Necklace with Digital camera stamping. This necklace is the perfect gift for the avid photographer whether amateur or professional or mommy blogger.

The Capture Life necklace is a 7/8th inch sterling silver disc that has been stamped around the outer edge, the piece has a 1/2 inch sterling silver disc that has been hand stamped with a digital camera stamping and has been attached to the larger disc. Both discs share the same ring and hang on a 18 inch sterling silver bead ball chain.

You can find the Capture life necklace HERE.   and find all other Capture Life pieces HERE.

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Yummy Pizza Casserole

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Oh Pinterest how I love you!  I found this delicious Pizza Casserole recipe. I substituted Turkey Pepperoni for regular and I used curly egg noodles.  You can find the recipe at For Mamas blog HERE.  

Owl love you forever

I don't what it is about Owls but I happen to really like them.  And just in time for Valentine's Day the  Owl love you forever necklace has the sweetest little owl and a very special message for that special Valentine.  You can find it HERE.

Valentine's Ideas For Your Kiddos Classmates

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Just a few ideas for Valentine's Day, these are all so cute.  We haven't decided what to make yet but I like the You Rock Valentine.  I remember being a kid and passing out Valentine's cards so fun!  Click on each image for more details. 

Back in stock the I love you to pieces necklace

Back in Stock!  The I Love You To Pieces necklace is a perfect necklace to show the one you love how much you really love them.

The I Love You To Pieces necklace is a 7/8th inch sterling silver disc that has been hand stamped in lowercase font and includes a pewter puzzle piece charm, both charms hang on a 18 inch sterling silver bead ball chain.

You can find it HERE. 

New addition to our family

Meet Dudley our new addition to our family.  Dudley is a Labradoodle from a local rescue, he is so sweet and such a nice addition to our family.  He loves just about everything and Will is enjoying him since he really likes to play.  He has a haircut since he was so matted but will get really furry, I think I like the short look!  I think rescues make the best pets!

Loving Pandora Radio

I think I am in love with the Pandora app on my Iphone.  I love how all you do is put in your favorite artist and then it plays other similar artists.  I can put it on and listen to it all day.  I picked Adele and discovered Yael Naim, One Republic, Lenka, The Fray and Forence & The Machine just to name a few. 

Happy Listening friends!

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Pistachio Crusted Chicken

I picked up a bag of shelled Pistachio's from Costco and wanted to make Pistachio Crusted Chicken and found this recipe at allrecipes.com and it is just yummy, add some raspberry jelly on the side to make it extra yummy.

Pistachio Crusted Chicken:

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped pistachios (I used my pampered chef chopper to make them extra small)
1/2 cup plain bread crumbs
2 tablespoons Dijon Mustard (I used Stonewall Kitchen Maine Maple Champagne Mustard)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
salt and pepper to taste
3-4 large boneless chicken breasts (it called for 2 but I was able to do 3 large and had leftover nuts)

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.  Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2.  Mix together pistachios and bread crumbs in a shallow bowl.  In a separate bowl, stir together mustard, olive oil, honey, salt and pepper until smooth.  Dip chicken into mustard mixture to coat, then coat with bread crumbs.  Place onto prepared baking sheet.
3.  Place into preheated oven and turn the oven down to 375 degrees F Bake until the chicken is no longer pink and the pistachio coating is golden brown, about 25-30 minutes.

Enjoy!

Bethenny's Skinnygirl Workout... I am loving it!

I picked this workout DVD, Bethenny's Skinnygirl Workout, on a whim at Target and have to say it is one of my current favorites.  It got me through the holiday season.  When I was stressed and my body ached I would pop this in and do one of the 10 minute work outs.  I can't say this is going to make you break a sweat but it really stretches you out.  There are a few short yoga rountines and a bonus stretching section.  I find the moves challenging but really good.  For me if work outs are longer than 20 minutes I won't do them.  I am going to check out a few of Bethenny's other work out DVD's.  Namaste friends! 

2012 already???

The holidays have come and gone and I can hardly believe it is 2012 already.  We are enjoying some family time and Will has just a few days until he is back in school.  I have decided not to make any New Year's Resolutions as I never keep them, but one thing I am on a mission to do is declutter... but I will say we may need to put on an addition just to house Will's Lego collection.  Wishing all a very Happy New Year! 

Welcoming 2012 Inspiration Via Pinterest

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Just a little inspiration for welcoming 2012 with a bit of style via Pinterest.  Do you pinterest?

Visit With Santa

Every year Santa is a little bit less scary for Will.  This is the first year Will would actually tell Santa what he would like.   Will told Santa he wanted a Santa Lego guy, kinds seems like he is brown nosing with the big guy.   Happy Day friends!

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Paul Frank Winner Announced

The winner of the Paul Frank giveaway is Susan.   Congratulations Susan! 

Nestle Crunch and Paul Frank Holiday Giveaway

NESTLÉ® CRUNCH® AND PAUL FRANK PARTNER FOR THE HOLIDAYS
NESTLÉ CRUNCH is partnering with Paul Frank for the holidays to offer a limited edition NESTLÉ CRUNCH bar package sold exclusively through Target. The Paul Frank NESTLÉ CRUNCH bar is candy bar and greeting card rolled into one – a perfect stocking stuffer! Check out the NESTLÉ CRUNCH FacebookPage to enter the Stocking Stuffer Sweepstakes for your chance to win weekly prizes.

Giveaway: 

Enter for your chance to win this very special holiday package, one lucky winner will be chosen.

One lucky winner will win the following:   A limited edition Paul Frank NESTLÉ CRUNCH bar, plush toy, Story I Love coloring book and a bag of NESTLÉ CRUNCH Jingles.

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Snowmen inspired by Pinterest

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We have our first bit of snow so I thought I would share some Snowmen inspired treats, don't they all look yummy!  


Do you love snow or hate it?

Personalized Holiday Gift Ideas

The Teach, Influence, Inspire necklace for that very special Teacher available HERE.

The Imagine, Believe, Achieve necklace will provide inspiration for that college student on your list, you can find it HERE.

A custom hand stamped keychain for Dad or Grandpa you can find it HERE.

A custom initial necklace with a hidden message, you can find it HERE.

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