Pinterest.

Yes. I'm an Addict. I can't help it when I see so many wonderful recipes, organizational tips, paper crafts, desserts with a twist or a make-over on a piece of old furniture. I just HAVE to pin them all!! And then it inspires me to get my creativity juices flowing, and that can be dangerously fun. With all the Valentine's floating around Pinterest, I just couldn't wait to do another paper project, or for that matter, bust open my new Sillhouette Cameo!! (*sigh*) I still have a LOT to learn, and thanks to a good friend for showing me the basics (similar to a cricut, but better in a sense that I can create whatever I want with the program it comes with!)

 I can't wait to do the next project! (picture found here.)

Happy Valentine's Day!

5 Ingredient Salsa

One of the easiest, most delicious salsa recipes is right here! My kids love to eat it and any one can make this, it's fool proof. You can keep two of the ingredients on hand year round. The other three will last about a week or so in your fridge, but I usually have these anyway...we love Mexican food in our home!  Ready for simple and delish?

The 5 ingredients are.....

1. Hunt's canned tomatoes, drained. You probably don't want to use any other brand....seriously. These are the most delicious, consisten flavor; you get the same yummy tomatoes every time. You can get the Whole Peeled tomatoes or you can get any others that you might like. I love these kind.
2. 1 Jalapeno....add as much or as little of the seeds as you like, that's where the heat is.
3. 1/2 bunch of cilantro
4. 1/2-1 tsp Garlic salt (to taste)
5. 1 freshly squeezed lemon. (I used these lemons from my Lemon Meyer tree I just picked yesterday! There is nothing zippier, tastier, fresher than from your own back yard!)

Put everything into a blender and mix til combined.

Today I added a bit more seeds, so its got a kick to it, but the fresh lemon is to DIE for!

Happy New Year!

Well, since I missed Thanksgiving & Christmas, might as well start with the present! January always gives me a fresh start for our family in keeping goals, and sticking to a better routine with scripture study, more family time and chore charts! With that said...It's been super busy here at the Perry household and quite frankly, I look forward to the days that I don't have much to do. That's when I can do all the fun stuff, like make baby blankets, or some craft.

Most recently I made "scripture bags" for the Sun Beams I teach. They were so much fun to make and extremely simple. (I can do simple!) I got the idea from www.sugardoodle.net, a wonderful source for my lessons and activities each Sunday.

I went to a fabric store and got clear plastic vinyl. (it was about 1 1/4 yards worth, we have 16 sunbeams! and I wanted a few extra to make for my kids, too!). I got felt, and by freehand just drew the first letter of their name and then sewed it on first.

 I also got matching ribbon for the handles and sewed them on each of the corners before stitching the sides up. The handles were the most time consuming, and once those were done, finishing the side seam was quick!

For the embellishing, I found some cute felt stickers to dress up the bags. For the girls, I found ladybugs, bumble bees and butterflies. For the boys I found fish and dinosaurs. I wished I took pictures of them all before I gave them away just to show the Ladybug bag...it was so cute with the red & black!

Now my kids have every excuse to remember their scripture bag and to get in the habit of bringing it to Church every Sunday!