Yummy Cinnamon Biscuits

I just made the best cinnamon biscuits!!! Here is the recipe:
*Adapted from Bisquick~tweaked by me :)

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups Bisquick mix
2/3 cup milk (I use almond milk)
(you can adjust the measure of the following ingredients to suit your taste)
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp nutmeg

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix all ingredients together until fully combined. Drop by spoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake about 10 minutes until golden brown.

Makes 9-10 biscuits.

My New Love!!!

OK, I have been turned on to this site by my sister-in-law, and it is FABULOUS!!! You might already know about it. It's called etsy.com. It's all handmade and vintage items sold by the individuals who make or collect them! You can also sign up to sell your handmade or vintage goods!

As someone who is interested in possibly breaking into the art/design field one day, I'm so excited to learn about this site :)

I might possibly start selling some of my goods under the shop name "PartTimeCreations" one day soon. But first, I have to build up A LOT more inventory. As soon as that happens, you'll be the first to know!

Will You Be My Thrifty Valentine?

I love changing the wreath on our front door for each major holiday/season, but I cannot afford to go buy one every time I want to. Since I am thrifty (and creative), I use existing wreath forms I already own and "recycle" them when the flowers and decorations on them start to look old or worn out, or when I simply get tired of them.

The most recent wreath I made was for Valentine's Day. Shown here is the pic of the finished product. Want one? You can make it! It's cheap and easy and here is the how-to:

You will need:
A heart shaped (or shape of your choice) grapevine wreath form (preferably recycled), 1 bouquet of artificial white roses and 2 bouquets of red roses (I got mine at Dollar Tree), 1 roll of red heart garland (also purchased at Dollar Tree), artificial ivy garland, heart shaped ornaments of felt or any other material, hot glue gun (optional) and green floral wire (optional), and wire cutters

Directions:
1) Remove any "old" decorations from your wreath form.
2) Wrap ivy garland around wreath form, securing with hot glue and/or floral wire as necessary.
3) Wrap red heart garland around wreath form, overlapping the ivy, and securing as necessary.
4) Attach heart ornaments to the wreath form to your liking and secure with hot glue as necessary.
5) Separate each individual stem of the 3 rose bouquets using wire cutters.
6) Arrange flowers around wreath to fill in areas around heart ornaments by sticking the stems into the wreath form and securing with floral wire and/or glue as necessary.
7) Hang up and enjoy!

Cost of Project:
wreath form = $12
ivy garland = $3
red heart garland = $1
rose bouquets = $3
heart ornaments = $6
Total = $25 (total cost of my project was actually only $9, as I "recycled" the wreath form, ivy garland, and white roses)

Happy Valentine's Day!

cheap stoop

Here is a project I did in just a couple of hours to make over my front stoop. I had a wooden bench, primed white, that a friend gave me about 5 years ago. All it took was two cans of lime green spray paint and about 1/2 a can of clear coat to make it look like new!

Next, I had a wrought iron plant stand from my wedding (also 5 yrs ago) that was also painted white, but it had started to rust. I decided to paint it black. This only took 1 can of spray paint. (I used the other 1/2 can of clear coat from the bench.)

After I did that, my stoop still looked really plain, so I went to Home Depot and purchased one small yellow flower pot, one petunia plant, and a bag of Miracle Grow potting soil so I could have a small plant sitting on the bench.

I also purchased a Gerbera daisy already planted in a nice pot and placed it on the plant stand.

Total cost of my small DIY porch project? (Not counting gas expense, sales tax, or time):

bench from a friend = FREE
2 cans green spray paint + 1 can clear spray paint = $3.44 each x 3 = $10.32
Plant stand = FREE
1 can spray paint = $3.44
flower pot = $5.99
petunia = $2.99
potting soil = $6.49
Gerbera daisy arrangement = $12.99
Total: $42.22

Hi, my name is...

Reading others blogs is interesting to me and I like to talk (a lot), so I figured it wouldn't be hard to start one. I figured my first blog needs to be one that tells who I am and my purpose in creating it.

I am a recent Interior Design graduate, who hasn't had much luck getting work in my field since the economy tanked right after I graduated. So, becuase of that, I work full time as a buyer for a Medical Supply distributor. I love my job and I am grateful for it, but because I am a creative person, I need an outlet. So here goes...

On the weekends, I love to collage and paint furniture, flower pots, canvases, on paper, (and other things that aren't bolted down) and would do more of it if I had the time, space, and money. I also read tons of design magazines and that allows me to live vicariously through others' design work.

I am learning how to be a better cook and gardener (very much so part-time), so I will probably throw posts in here and there with recipes, and helpful hints about those topics as well.

I will try to show as much of my own work as possible, but if I come across interesting or helpful articles in the many magazines I read, I will post those as well.

Welcome to my little blog...I hope you enjoy!