Baked Cheese Dip

One of my good friend's mother makes this for parties, games, hanging out.... and we LOVE it.  She shared the recipe/website with me and I've been waiting for my chance to make it! LOL
Trust me, you'll love this as much as I do.

• 1 cup Cheddar cheese grated
• 1 cup Monterrey Jack cheese shredded
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese grated
• 1 cup Mayonnaise
• 1 small Onion chopped pretty fine
• 1 clove of garlic minced
• 1 can Artichokes chopped
• 1 10″ round sourdough bread hollowed out

Before you get in a huff, you don’t need to exactly measure the cups of cheese.

Mix all the ingredients together and hollow out a round loaf of sourdough bread. 

Spoon the mixture into the bread, put lid back on and bake for about 1/2 hour at 350*F

Eat with a spoon or like a sandwich. Just kidding. Dip ‘em if you got ‘em.

$2 Brush holder.. Like the Pros!

I love walking into the make up store and looking at the displays (I'm weird - I know) but I have always ♥'d how the brushes are set up. I took a trip to the Dollar Tree and picked up a glass bowl/vase and a bag of black beans, both $1 each. When I got home I rinsed the bowl and poured almost half the bag of beans into it. Picking through, I tried to get most of the split beans out. After that I just placed my brushes and a few tools in the beans... Neat, huh? Now they wont get ruined sitting in a drawer!
I saw something like this somewhere around the net a long time ago, I think they used pretty glass beads which is an awesome idea too!

I'm inspired by Lima Beans?

I found this fantastic project and cannot WAIT to try it out! Thanks lilpinkpocket! :)

Lima Bean Wreath

     I've been wanting a larger version of my small lima bean wreath and I've had all these ideas floating around in my head for this one. I wanted this one to be more versatile so I chose to paint it Krylon Ivory. I can change the ribbon and add different embellishments to change it up for the different holidays. We're making this wreath for our super Saturday in my ward so if you live by me come sign up to do it and if you already have the supplies bring them and we'll make it together! Enjoy!

Here's what you need

• 12 inch styrofoam wreath - I picked mine up at Roberts and used a 40% off coupon so it ended up being around $3.75
• baby lima beans - 1 16oz package
• hot glue gun and glue sticks - had on hand, I used 15 small 4 inch glue sticks
• Krylon Ivory glossy spray paint - had on hand
• ribbon - had on hand
• initial - I was going to make my own, but found this one at Hobby Lobby for just over $3.

Start by gluing around the edge of the wreath on the outside and inside circles. The beans have a flat edge so I glued those to line up with the edge of the wreath. You'll see this in the picture below. Do this also on the outside circle of the wreath.

Continue gluing beans to completely cover the wreath. For this wreath I really tried to not overlap any beans, but to make sure all beans lay completely flat. Turn on a good show or some music and keep gluing. Here's how mine turned out. Absolutely love how it turned out!

Also, you can spray paint the wreath! This is great, thanks again!

Rock on! By BEYOND THE ZONE

I bought this powder a couple of months ago at Sally's Beauty for about $5 and fell in love -after  I figured out how to use it. I love "BIG Texas hair" I can achive the look without a ton of teasing and harmful sprays.
Directions are simple for this ingenious product just follow as directed until you figure out how it works in your hair.

Taco Soup

Ingredients:
2lb. ground beef
1 med yellow onion, chopped
2 cans creamed corn
2 cans stewed tomatoes
2 cans Rotel (I use 1 hot & 1 medium, either is optional)
2 cans pinto beans, drained
1 envelope dry buttermilk ranch
1 envelope taco seasoning (you pick the heat)
1 1/2 cups water


Directions:
Brown ground beef & onions, stirring occasionally. Drain well.
In a large soup pot mix everything together.
Bring to a boil on medium heat; remove heat.
Let pot cool down just above room temp. sit overnight in the fridge... again let it cool down because if you place too warm of a pot into the fridge it will cause the temperature inside to raise.
The next day reheat proportionally. Serve hot on top of a handful of fritos, shredded cheese & a do-lap of daisy :)

Notes:

Set a few servings aside for the freezer... for those days you don't want to cook. It freezes well for about 3 weeks.