Hello Creative Friends,
Tried another recipe from online for dinner yesterday.  It turned out pretty good.  This was a Chicken – Spinach – Pasta Bake.  The recipe calls for a 9 x 13 pan and my pan was almost 12 x 9 and 1/2 so I don’t think the amount of cheese should have made much of a difference but I used what it called for (1 and 1/2 cups) but next time I may just use the whole 2 cups.  My kids like everything covered with cheese.

Before we got a new computer recently, I wasn’t able to visit the recipe sites or any sites that had a lot of photos very well, so now I’m having fun looking up some new things to try (and actually be able to have the pictures load fully).

You can find the Chicken Spinach Pasta Bake recipe over on the Saving Money Living Life Website.

Have a creative day,

Good Morning Creative Friends,
I’m participating in the Verve Sketch Challenge this month.  This is my May Week 2 card.  For my stamped images I used some of the stamps from the Small Celebrations Verve Stamp Set.  My flower is layered with a couple of the images.  I ended up punching out the larger size and cutting off some of the image but I liked how it turned out.  I slit around the edges on those and curled them up a little.

The paper is Stampin Up! Attic Boutique and the cardstock color is Pool Party, which is also Stampin’ Up!

Now let’s hope I can finish the rest of the challenge for the month.

Have a creative day,

Hello Creative Friends,
I went over to Kayla’s house (my oldest daughter) the other day to help her with her yardsale and needed to return one of her baking dishes that ended up at my house.  I decided to bake something to take to her and my son-in-law and return that dish with something in it.  I had found this honeybun cake recipe online and tried that out.  We had a piece after lunch, and yes, it was yummy!  I was amazed how much it did taste like a honeybun and looked like one too.  Of course as I poured the glaze over top of the cake, it ended up with crators.  But hey!  Those are the good spots with lots of glaze:)

You can find the recipe over at The Country Cook website.  Of course that photo of theirs shows a much more dignified looking cake than mine. My daughter and son-in-law liked it and that’s what matters I guess.   I just recently found that website and I must tell you that there are lots of delicious looking things over there that I want to try out.

Have a creative day,

Hello Creative Friends,
Sharing a thank you gift for volunteers.  Wouldn’t these be fun to have for your next team member (committee – or whatever you call your helpers) meeting?  Also this would be good to give as a teacher gift.  This is a play on words for a Mountain Dew Bottle along with a mini size Mounds Bar.  “Mounds of thanks for all you Dew”.  I used a 20 oz Mountain Dew bottle.

I made a hanger for the Mountain Dew bottle out of card-stock (similar to the water bottle hanger), only for this I made the measurements 7 and 3/4 by 3 inches and scored at 2 inches at each end.  Fold one end down and the other up, making a pocket on one end and punching a hole in the other end as a hanger for the bottle.

I used a  1 and 1/4 inch punch for the hanger but you can use one a little larger if you wish.   Mine was snug on my Mountain Dew bottle.    For the pocket I adhered the edges with sticky strip.  I think this is the best adhesive for this unless you opt to use brads on the corners (example here).

I’ve made a circle printable for you.  You can punch this out with a 1 and 3/4 inch punch.  For mine, I edged the printable with some bright green ink I had.  Thought it would give it a boost.

Important: To place in the Mounds Bar, you need to squeeze the sides of the pocket of the holder just slightly to give it a little give for it to fit inside.  Squeeze gently:)

For those of you who don’t have the correct paper punch for the printable, I’ve made a square one for you.

Click on the style of printable you wish to save or print.

Circle Mounds/Dew Thank Yous

Square Mounds/Dew Thank Yous

For more volunteer ideas on the main website.

Volunteer Appreciation Devotional

A Vision for Volunteers Article

Volunteer Banquet Theme Ideas

Candy Sayings for Volunteer Gifts

Have a creative day,