Kale Chips ~ Easy Does It!

A Few Days Ago I Made a Soup That Called For Kale, But Only 1/4 Of A Bunch, So I Was Left With All Of This Kale & No Recipe...Until I Remembered Kale Chips!  So I Google Recipes & Found This One On All Recipe's Website. 

 

 

So Easy & It Turned Out Pretty Good!

 

 

Here Are The Steps....

 

 

Cut The Stems Off The Leaves

 

 

Rip The Leaves Into Small Pieces & Wash Them Really Well

 

 

Next You Will Dry The Leaves Well.

I Happen To Have A Salad Spinner Which Was Perfect For Drying The Leaves!

 

 

Lay Them Spread Out On A Parchment Paper Lined Baking Sheet

 

 

Drizzle Olive Oil & Salt Over All The Leaves (I, Unfortunately, Put WAY Too Much Salt On It, So Remember, A Little Goes A Long Way!)

 

 

Bake Them In The Oven At 350 For 10-15 Minutes

 

 

And Wha-La!  You Have Kale Chips! Perfect For The Little Ones Too!!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Another Christmas Card Holder

After I Made My Star Christmas Card Holder, I Saw This One On www.Shanty-2-Chic.com

 

 

Fortunately, My Friend Needed A Christmas Card Holder & Since She Lives Caddy-Corner Behind Me, We Had A Craft Day & Made Her One!

 

Here Is How It Turned Out...

 

There She Is With Her Son (who happens to be a few weeks younger than my daughter!!)

 

It Turned Out Sooooo Good!!!  And Can I Just Tell You How Easy It Was?!

 

Great Job Cat!

Easy Christmas Card Holder

Every Year We Get A Bundle Of Photo Christmas Cards & Every Year I Struggle With The Best Place To Put Them.  I Have Seen Christmas Card Card Holders In The Stores, But I Haven't Liked Any Of Them, So I Googled It & Found This One I Liked On Etsy. 

 

Cute, Right?!

 

So, Instead Of Purchasing It For $32, I Made One for $8!!! 

 

All I Had To Do Was Purchase The Star (which was on sale at JoAnn Fabrics)!  I Had The Rest One Hand!!

 

Here is What I Did.....

 

 

My Supplies Consisted of Burlap Ribbon, Light & Dark Jute Twine, A Star, 1 Jingle Bell, Ribbon & Clothes Pins

 

 

 

I Couldn't Decide Up Front Which Ribbon To Use, So I Pulled Out These 3 & Played Around With Them

 

 

 

These Jingle Bells I Had Already Purchased From JoAnn Fabric's for $5 For Another Project & They Worked Perfect For This One!!

 

 

 

I Started With The Star...

I'll Be Honest With You....I Hate Doing Bows!!! I'm Not Good At Them & They Take Me Forever....This One Took Me 30 Min!!! Just This 1 Bow!!!

After I Finally Finished The Bow, I Glued It On & Then Glued On My Jingle Bell

 

 

 

My Jingle Bell Conveniently Came With Jute Twine, So I Just Cut Off The Part Where It's Tied Together & Used It As Extra Decor To The Piece!

 

 

 

  Then I Cut The Ends of My Ribbon At An Angle & Trimmed Up The Jute Pieces

 

 

 

I Cut My Burlap Ribbon by Measuring Out How Long I Wanted It To Go, So Basically, I Eye-Balled The Length & Cut

 

 

 

 

Then I Laid Out The Light Jute Twine & Cut It To The Length of The Burlap. I Chose 2 Pieces of Jute Because I Liked The Way It Looked, But You Can Do 1 or More Depending On Your Preference

 

 

Then Using My Hot Glue Gun, I Glued The Top Of The Light Jute Twine Pieces To The Burlap Strip

 

 

I Then Glued The Whole Burlap Strip To The Back Of The Star.  I Love Hot Glue Because It's Easy & You Can Spread It Around With The Tip Of The Gun!

 

 

I Trimmed Up The Corners So There Wouldn't Be Any Burlap Showing Out of The Sides 

 

Then I Cut The Bottom Of My Burlap Strip So Each Side Came To A Point

 

 

 

The I Hung It & Ta-Da!!!

 

 

Turned Out Pretty Good!