SECRET INGREDIENT TO AWESOME OMELETTE

I have wanted to let you in a an amazing ingredient that my brother Joe introduced me to years ago.  When making omelets, he uses bits of cream cheese added at the end of the process.  Mr. Thrifty loves this ingredient in his omelets.

So lets get started.

The ingredients I will be using are wheat bread, an avocado, cream cheese, grated cheddar cheese, Cavender's spice,  green onions and eggs.

Lizzie bought me this avocado tool for my birthday.  They really make it so much easier to remove the avocado and slicing it at the same time.

I make sure to have all my ingredients cut up prior to starting the omelet.

Then, I toast the bread and put a layer of grated cheddar cheese on top.

I make my scrambled eggs, add a few dashes of Cavendar's and decide against the omelet.

When the eggs are pretty much set, I add the bits of cream cheese.

The last step is to add the sliced avocado and green onion slices.

This turns out to be an excellent breakfast.



CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS 2019

Greetings this 2nd day of March.  Just getting around to sharing 2019 Christmas.

Christmas around the house was on a much smaller scale this year.  The mantle was white which complimented the newly  tiled mantle.

A vintage iridescent Holy Family statue from my parents home was placed on the mantle. 

The Pottery Barn mercury candlesticks were placed on the floor adorned with glittered candle holders and battery powered candles.

The mantle was beautiful during the day

and glistened at night.

The centerpiece on the dining room table was a collection of all things Christmas red. 

The dining room armoire was draped with a glittered garland.

The birdcage was filled with multiple Christmas picks and glittered stars from the floral department.

The kitchen stollen made by my friend Mary was ready for Christmas breakfast.

Breakfast table set.

The large mercury ornaments were placed on top of my blue and white Oriental pottery on the hutch.

And of course, the Advent wreath was displaced on the library table.

The stained glass ornament tree was perched on the bench that Mr. Thrifty made for me.  The tree skirt was actually a gold drape.

Christmas morning was upon us.

BIRTHDAY CARD 2020

Every year, I try to come up with an original idea for my annual birthday card. I have always loved Anna Griffin scrapbook papers.  I bought a complimentary pink paper with polka dots.  I really liked the detail of the baby blue ribbon cascading through the paper. 

I cut along side the ribbon and attached it over the pink dotted paper. I cut out a large bloom from the Anna Griffin floral paper and glued it on to the pink background.

The card needed a bit of pizazz.  Using my rose colored glass glitter, I added some to the petals of the flowers. 

Now that the idea has been put on paper, I can reproduce them in multiples and I'll be ready for upcoming birthdays.  I purposely left the script off the front of the card.  Since the card has such bursts of color, it could be framed and placed on a bedside table.



UPDATED BIRDCAGE 2020

Time to change out the birdcage.  Over the Christmas holidays, it was filled with silver flower picks and glittered star ornaments.

I have to give credit to my friend Tara, who inspired me to update my birdcage.  I hope she isn't offended when I show you her spectacular birdcage.

I took the top middle section 'roof ' first.The  first step was emptying out and vacuuming all the glitter from the bottom of my cage.

My cage didn't have the capacity to hold a lamp because of it's size. I started with some vintage books that I picked up at our library sale.  I love the cover of the top book.  Love that character!

I picked up some faux asparagus fern(it's not as messy) at Michaels.  Once it was trimmed, it fit well in an estate sale creamer. The creamer pitcher was placed on top of the vintage books.

I pulled out the girls silver baby cups.  Then I added a very old baby cup from my Mom's goodies.

The cups were set next to the books and pitcher.

I'm thinking a bird's nest would look nice too, but it's cold outside and I'll get it out of the tree on a warmer day.

For right now, I'm enjoying this updated birdcage.

By the way, I have to thank my friend Brenda for the amazing birdcage.  Wow, have I had fun using this in my home decorations!

VALENTINE CARD 2020

As I began to ponder the design for this years' Valentine, I went through my sister Terri's card making supplies.  I found this one and decided that my idea would follow this theme.  I had the card stock Valentine paper and red cards, but was missing the ribbon.

I purchased a package of red Valentine doily's and pulled out her heart punch. There were also dimensional buttons to compliment the card.

The card insert was a cute red inked Valentine definition that was found in Terri's supplies.

I recreated it for my insert.

To Terri, let your imagination guide me through my yearly Valentine design.

I miss her so!



VALENTINE MANTLE 2020

Well, it's time for my favorite time of the year!  Recall the Christmas mantle 2019. 

 

I decided to keep some of the elements and add the Valentine items to it. Vintage red books, a red tartan child's suitcase and glass heart given to me by my dear friend Tara were the first elements on the mantle.

My nail and red stringed heart from Lizzie found a place by the mantle clock.

One of my first Valentine collages was leaned up against the mirror.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

STUFFED AVOCADOS

 When avocados were on sale at Aldi's this week for $.39 a piece,
I bought 6.

I found this recipe on Facebook.

STUFFED AVOCADOS

2 avocados, halved and pitted, then cubed

8 cherry tomatoes, halved

2 T. red onion, finely chopped

10 black olives, halved

1/2 cucumber, diced

1/4 c. feta, crumbled

2 T. olive oil

1 t. dried dill

1 T. lemon juice

1 t. kosher salt

1/2 t. ground pepper

Combine all ingredients and refill.  Can be made in the morning and ready for dinner.