Baker's Review Wednesday 4: BBQ Chicken Pizza

You must think I have a thing for pizza:)  We had pizza Sunday night and I decided it was a good recipe for Baker's Review Wednesday.

So the first thing you do is make the pizza dough . . . no pictures of that;)

1. Spread the dough out onto a greased pizza pan.

2. Spread dough with bbq.

3. Sprinkle a bit of cheese on top.

4. Sprinkle on the chicken.

5. Put on a bunch more cheese.

BBQ CHICKEN PIZZA

Crust:

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. sugar

2 tsp. oil

2 1/2 tsp. yeast

1 cup warm water

Mix crust ingredients together in order given.  Cover and let raise for 10 minutes.

1 cup bbq 

2 cups cheddar cheese, divided

1 cup mozzarella cheese

2 cups cooked & diced chicken

Spread out pizza crust on greased pan.  Spread on bbq.  Sprinkle with 1/3 cup cheddar cheese.  Sprinkle with the chicken.  Sprinkle with mozzarella & remaining cheddar cheese.  Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 425 degrees.  Enjoy!!

I love, love, love this pizza!  So delicious and quite simple.  So if you don't know what you're making for supper tonight, now you have something to make:)  (That is, if you have everything to make it.)

Have an awesome day and go enjoy some delicious pizza!

More Copy-Cat Bags

These are a couple of bags people ordered from me.  I've enjoyed crafting them, although I've realized that for any customization, I will have to charge extra, so it's been a learning experience:)

This one is a brown & lime green copy-cat bag.  This one was custom-ordered to have two shorter handles instead of one longer one.  (In the picture, you can really only see one handle, but the other one's there:)

The other is a black & red copy-cat bag.  It's just like normal, except I added some lace to the ruffle, at the person's request.

I think they both turned out pretty cute:)  Tomorrow I'll have Baker's Review Wednesday up, and then I know I'll have a post Thursday, too . . . so maybe I'll start blogging regular like again . . .I'm not sure why I haven't been blogging much lately (maybe I haven't been crafting as much as fast?), but it does annoy me:(

If you would like one of these bags for yourself, I'd be happy to oblige.  They're $15 each, as of now, plus extra for customizing.  Contact me here.

Hope you all have had a wonderful week so far!  I appreciate all my faithful followers/readers and all your lovely comments.  I was just reading on another blog that the comments and everything are what keeps them going, and I know I definitely LOVE comments and that people appreciate what I do . . . . and no, I'm not the perfect example of commenting . . . I need to get better at that myself:)

Have a wonderful day . . . btw, It's supposed to be sunny and 70 degrees tomorrow . . . YAY!!!!, even if it's only for one day:)

Baker's Review Wednesday 3: Fudge Brownies

Sorry about no Baker's Review Wednesday last week . . . . I was just busy and we were getting meals and snacks since mom had her baby . . . we still are (thanks all you wonderful people who brought us meals . . . they were all DELICIOUS!!!).

Monday night I made these delicious fudge brownies.  I was planning on making cookie brownie bars, but we didn't have much of either butter or margarine, so I couldn't make the cookie dough part:(  Oh, well, I'll have to make them another time.

So no pictures of the whole process this time, just the recipe and pictures of the brownies:)  (Did you know scrapbook paper makes good backgrounds for taking pictures?).

These brownies are the best brownies ever . . . definitely better than out of a box, and these are the ones I make when I want brownies!  So here goes:

FUDGE BROWNIES

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened

2 2/3 cup sugar

5 eggs

1 1/3 cup flour

3/4 cup baking cocoa

2/3 tsp. salt

1 1/3 tsp. vanilla

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs.  Combine flour, cocoa, and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.  Stir in vanilla.  Spread into greased 9"x13" baking pan.  Bake at 325 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until brownies test done.

So these are simple to make and once they're out of the oven and have cooled down a bit, you got yourself some delicious brownies!!

*Note: Recipe originally for 15x10x1 inch pan, we made the measurments of ingredients fit for a 9x13 pan.  Recipe from my aunt Nancy Gilkerson.*

So go and whip up a batch of these yummy brownies!

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

This post is brought to you by:

  . . . this one little darling I know!!!!

Skirt to Dress Redo for Bronwyn

I found a skirt in my closet, sitting on the floor . . . Tara didn't wear it and it didn't fit me anymore.  I was the one who got it one time long ago . . . So I took it and decided I was going to make a dress for Bronwyn out of it.

First I was practicing, trying to make a top, using other dress tops as patterns, but seeing as I've never sewed any tops before, I didn't really know how they were made . . . so then mom helped me find a pattern to use for the top and I made another practice one to see if it would fit right . . .it did, so then I made the top.

For the skirt, I cut off the elastic waistband, and then gathered the skirt at the top to fit the size of the top; I sewed those together to get a dress . . .but the dress needed something else, so I took a piece of the eyelet fabric I used on the top and made a ruffled sash thing at the waist and sewed it on.  Under the ruffled sash was the drawstring from the skirt, so I could have a tie in the back of the dress.

I photographed Bronwyn this morning in the dress I made her.  It was pretty fun . . . sorry for all the shadows and not very great quality photos . . . anyways, this is going to end up being her Easter dress because Mom didn't end up getting her one this year and I was planning on making this dress, so we decided it could be her Easter dress:)

Hope you are all having a wonderful day because it's so beautiful . . . blue sky, warm  . . .

Just a Quick Update

Hi everyone ~

This is just a short little post for you everyone who reads my blog . . . yes, I'm still around, but no, I have not posted very often lately:(  I'll try to get posts on here more often . . . even I myself hate it when I wait around more than 3 days . . . I'd like to post at least every two days, but obviously that isn't always going to happen:)

Sooooo . . . I have been crafting lately . . . making clothes!!!  I have found out that sewing clothes can be pretty fun, even though I still have TONS to learn about making clothes, but I'm getting there.  So I do have a couple projects to show you guys, but I just need to get them on my models (the people they're for; Bronwyn & Morgan) and take some pictures.  So hopefully tomorrow I'll get the pictures of Bronwyn at least and post them . . . and I should be able to take them outside in beautiful weather . . .it's supposed to be 70 degrees . . . totally exciting!!!!!

So I hope everyone has had an awesome week . . . now instead of starting on another craft project, I should do some homework, as I skipped a couple days this week (the main thing I need to make - up is geometry, which I really don't feel like doing . . .   :(  . . . )  So I guess I also need to write a couple papers for P.E. if I want to get my points for the two days I missed.  And I need to work on a big project for English about Mary, Queen of Scots.  So who wants to do my homework for me???  Just kidding, I better do it:)

So for real now I better pop out the homework and start working on it instead of blogging and reading other blogs and crafting:(

Have a wonderful weekend!

p.s. Just because I know we need a picture on this post and so we can see something cute . . .



Brotherly Love . . . Walker & Hunter peering at Morgan  



More Pictures of Morgan Elaine

Just because she's so cute . . . and wide-eyed . . . and precious!



(I wore these clothes when I was a baby and they're still so cute!)

But now instead of gazing at this little girl (well, pictures of her anyways) I need to go put laundry going, empty the dishwasher, fill it, clean the kitchen, babysit the 3 littles (except Morgan) . . . and the list goes on . . .

Have an awesome day!

We Welcome with Joy: Morgan Elaine + A Few Other Things!

I feel so blessed to have so many wondeful siblings and even more blessed to have another one now . . . especially since it's a girl!

Morgan Elaine Kulla was born on Sunday, April 17th, 2011, at 1:05 P.M!!!!!



Morgan & Mom on Monday, the 18th.

She is so wonderful and her hair is soo AMAZING!!!  She has lots of hair, and it's a blond color.  Here's a picture where you can see her hair pretty good, also taken on Monday.

And here's some more of Morgan, and her with other people, because she's cute!

Her coming home from the hospital outfit.



Wearing long john's that were from Aunty Clara a long time ago.



Forrest, Dad, Walker, & Morgan this morning.

Morgan this morning. . . such a darling picture of her!

Morgan & me at the hospital - I went with Dad when he went to pick mom up.

Then last night I had to make a burp cloth especially for Morgan.  I had already been thinking about making one if Mom had a girl when I found some really cute flannel fabric in a bin of fabric Mom has.  For the back I used white chenille.  It's definitely not perfect by any means, but I still think it's pretty cute:)

Today, I took some pictures of this flower I got from Brian & Rosa's wedding reception for helping serve food.  (Rosa is my cousin's oldest daughter.)  It was a very pretty flower . . . I made sure to get a pink one because I love pink!!  :)

So since before last night, my crafty life has pretty much  been a blank slate:(  I should hopefully start doing some more crafts again soon, in between school work, holding Morgan (because I want to!), cleaning, exercising, and doing whatever else I need or want to do! 

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far!  I have half days today and the rest of this week, so I'm happy!  Have an awesome day . . . it's pretty beautiful outside!