Italian Parmesan Chicken Bake

This has got to be the easiest chicken recipe in the world. And it is supper yummy too!

Italian Parmesan Chicken Bake

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

1/8 tsp salt

1/4 cup Italian dressing

Chicken breasts, skinless

non stick spray

Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl or shallow pan. Spray pan with non stick spray. Coat chicken in dressing. Coat chicken in bread crumbs. Place in pan. Bake at 400 for about 30-40 minutes.

I like to set everything up in order so that I have as little mess as possible.

Here it is before it is cooked...

and after.

Serve alone or with spaghetti and marinara sauce.

My kids love it!

I have also used this to make chicken nuggets. Same process, just use chunks of chicken. They freeze well.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday Dad!

This is my Dad. He is the best Dad in the world {no offense}.

Today was his birthday and blah, blah, blah...to make a long story short, I didn't call him!

I know! I am horrible! What kind of daughter am I? Well..no excuses. So here I am at 11:30pm at night writing.

My Dad is the best example a girl could hope for. He is loving, understanding, FUN, handy to have around, and most of all he is THERE. Do you know what I mean? He is always there when I need him. There to listen. There to talk. There to give advise. There to support. That is the most important thing isn't it? YES!

So...I love you Dad! I will call you tomorrow.

Pumpkin decor

This pumpkin was made at a church craft several years ago. It is really cute on my door or just on the wall.

I still need to put a saying on the banner...and now that I have a Cricut I can!

This is made from half inch plywood and wood scraps. The banner, leaf and pumpkin were drawn out and cut with a jigsaw. Holes were drilled in the corners and connected together with rebar wire. The leaves were purchased pre-cut from Joann's.
It really was an easy craft and if you have a jigsaw it can be duplicated easily.

Now I just need to cut that vinyl. What should it say...

Happy Halloween!

Spiders!!

My kids and I made two of these cute spiders last Halloween. I think I got the idea from Family Fun? Not sure. I just pulled them out of the garage and they need a little TLC, but are in pretty good shape.

They are made from:

Milk jug

4 pipe foam cover thingies

duct tape

plastic scraps

Just cut the top off of your milk jug and cover in duct tape. Tape your legs in the center of the pipe foam. You can see in the picture below that I need to repair a leg.

The eyes of mine are from milk lid, The mouth was a can lid cut in half. I painted the teeth and pupils on with craft paint.

They can be hung, perched or draped form anywhere and a really fun to make.

Cut an upside down V shape out of the center of each leg to make the legs bend and tape them so they stay. {I ran out of duct tape}

I was lots of fun and super cheep! Try it!

Hair bow Holder Re-Do

My daughter had a bow holder in her room I made a few years ago. I decided to spruce it up a bit so that it would match better with her room makeover.

This is the original. I really like it but it was a little to busy. To much pattern, especially when all the bows were on it.

Here it is redone.

It is made from a foam project board that you get at the drug store.

I covered it with purple fabric and glued it on the back. Then I strung ribbon on it and glued it in the back as well.

Much better! Not so crazy, and it doesn't give me a headache like the old one.

Show Off!

Leanne, from Organize and Decorate Everything showed off my Chalkboard Clipboard To-Do list on her We're Organized Wednesday Party!

Thanks Leanne!

Fabric covered Boxes UPDATED

UPDATED POST!

Another object for my daughter room makeover.

Fabric covered boxes. I don't know if I am actually going to use them to put stuff in or just use them as decorations. We'll see.

This one is covered in felt. I love felt!

This one is covered in pale green fabric with a pick lid. I did a basic ruffle with ribbon to add some detail.

This one is covered in purple with a cute pink rosette.

It started with these boxes I got from my previous work. They were going to be tossed and I thought I could do something with them. They have sat for about a year in the garage waiting for the perfect project. They are about 7 in x 7 in.

I used some of the rooms fabric to cover them. Just a basic present type wrap. I just glued it right on the box.

Cute, cute, and so easy!