Mini Apple & Sweet Potato Pies

Oh my!

Simple Mirepoix

My quick mirepoix. Prepping for my Chef!

Dinner This Week

Music Shelf

This is an old shelf I had lying around and no longer needed.  My sister in law & I are working on redecorating her room.  It will be a musical themed room.  I can’t wait to share the finished room.  This was the first step.  She painted a cream base coat then we ripped up musical paper and Mod Podged it on their.  She did an awesome job and it looks so beautiful in her room.

Custom Apron

This adorable apron was a custom order that I shared a while back.  Here are some customer appreciation photos.  I loved this customers idea to have a little baking birthday party.

Baby Butt Cake

 

This was for a baby shower.  This one was a lot of fun!

Camera Cake

Now Mr MadManCheffer did this one special for his cousin. 

http://madmancheffer.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/camera-came/

My Little Pony Cake

Lego Cake

The Mr MadManCheffer & I had some cakes to do recently that I’d love to share. 

This Weeks Dinner - Week 7

Monday: Toasted Salami & Bacon Sandwiches on Sourdough, Sweet Potato Chips & Salad

Tuesday: Grilled Salmon, Sauteed Spinach, & Fired Roasted Vegetables

Wednesday: Shredded Pork & Calabacitas

Thursday: Potstickers, Stir Fry Vegetables over Quinoa

Friday: Creamy Garlic Pasta with Spicy Shrimp Salad

Saturday: Turkey Sliders with Sweet Potato Fries

Sunday: Chef Danny's Zuppa Toscana

This Weeks Dinner

Pie Anyone?

The top 5 are apple pear.  Absolutely delicious.  The bottom 5 are apple.

Cheer Bows

My daughter was in the Itty Bitty Cheer Committee this past week.  I made the girls bows for their final performance.  They did such a great job!

Bow Tie Baby Shower

These are bow tie napkin holders for a baby shower.  The 3 bows to the left are photo props.  This was a custom order out of Texas.

This Weeks Dinner - Week 5

Monday: Asian Fried Rice
Tuesday: Cheese Crusted Baked Spaghetti w/ Garlic Bread
Wednesday: Super Chicken Salad
Thursday: Spicy Pork, Spanish Rice, & Corn
Friday: Noodles Romanoff
Saturday: Smoked Turkey Wraps
Sunday: Steak Stir Fry over White Rice

Manicotti & Garlic Bread

Wednesday nights dinner.

This Weeks Dinner - Week 4

Monday: Tortilla Pie 

Tuesday: Peachy Chicken over Rice

Wednesday: Manicotti & Garlic Bread

Thursday: Turkey Wraps with Bacon

Friday: Shredded Pork Burritos

Saturday: Left overs

Sunday: Pizza

I'll start posting some pictures of my dishes, I promise.

This Weeks Dinner - Week 3

Monday:  Panko Crusted Salmon, Gnocci in a garlic, butter & wine sauce & salad
Tuesday:  Vegetarian Quesadilla w/ sauteed squash & tomato
Wednesday:  Bruschetta Chicken Salad
Thursday:  Pizza
Friday:  Chicken Pita w/ slaw & mango sauce
Saturday:  Chicken Enchilada Casserole, Rice, Beans, & Corn
Sunday:  Creamy Tortellini & Garlic Bread

Cake

My son's beach themed cake that the hubby & I put together.

This Weeks Dinner - Week 2

Monday:  Gazpatcho style pasta, w/ custini & salad
Tuesday:  Italian sausage pizza, left over custini & marinara
Wednesday:  Chicken salad wrap & veggie straws
Thursday:  Turkey meatloaf, mashed potatoes & corn
Friday:  Take out
Saturday:  Pulled pork hoagies, broccoli slaw & baked beans
Sunday:  Left overs

This Weeks Menu - Week 1

Remember this Kitchen Chalkboard?  Recently, I've been trying to put it to better use by writing up my full weeks dinner menu vs. a daily one.  Most Mondays I sit down and create my menu for the week.  My family loves it.  This also helps me.  Something about having it up and written down makes me feel more organized.  Even if you don't follow it completely, it's nice to have a plan.

So, I've decided that I wanted to start sharing this with you every Monday.  By doing this I'm hoping that my most Mondays turns into every Monday.  This helps keep me more accountable.

Also for my kids, school starts tomorrow.  They bring lunch from home.  I will be putting together a lunch menu for them as well.

What do you pack for school lunches?

Custom Order

I recently had the pleasure of creating this custom order for a gal in Texas and thought I'd share it with you.  I LOVE doing custom orders.

Pet Adoptions & all sorts of goodies

I <3 Baseball

I just ordered this from http://www.etsy.com/shop/PerfectPretties can’t wait to get it.  It’s just adorable.  My life has been overwhelmed with baseball lately and I LOVE it.  It’s almost end of the season BBQ for the JR League and guess who gets to make the cake?!  Me!  I can’t wait to share it with you.  The hubby says to make a giant bat and ball.  I want something similar to this one:http://kraftykreationz.blogspot.com/2012/04/cake-pops-for-baseball.html  But not to similar.  We’ll see.  Any ideas?

Shabby Salvage

I have always had an infatuation for vintage furniture or anything vintage for that matter.  I have recently been working on quite a few projects and wanted to share one that I finished a while back.  This bookshelf was once a worn brown.  Sorry I don’t have a before picture.  It currently sits in my room.  It was a yard sale find.  Can’t wait to share more. 

Pardon my dust!

Not the prettiest picture but wanted to share it with you.  If you ask me, that looks like a clear sign of production.  I am currently getting ready for a show this weekend and have been so busy.  This little mess is only part of it.  I started feeling some creativity blockage and decided to clean up.  Doing a quick clean up can sometimes help get my creative juices flowing.  How about you?  What helps you get your creative juices going?

xoxo

Renee

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