We had a couple projects planned and they turned out great!! I saw this project online and I wanted to try it out. So we did!
Here is the spread of the papers that I chose for my wreath. There is one paper not shown, that we had already cut up.
After you cut all of the papers into strips, you roll them on a dowel and glue them together. We then pinned them until they were dry so they wouldn't unroll. A total of 111 paper strips per wreath! Our fingers were pretty raw by the end of all of this!
After you roll all of the strips, you glue gun them to a styrofoam wreath. We later discovered that I mismarked some of Natalie's papers so we applied them wrong. However, we love it and decided that we wouldn't change it back even if we could! Anyway, this first layer is supposed to be all the same length.
This is after 2 of the 3 layers are applied.
The finished product. We put the blue on the wall because my yellow wreath got lost on the white walls. I love how they turned out though!!
We had a ton of fun working on this project together. We bonded and watched chick flicks and ate our new favorite ice cream. Umpquaa Chocolate Brownie Thunder. YUMMM!!
When we were done with the wreaths, we made 12x12 wall hangings to put in Natalie's room. They turned out really cute! We used modge podge and applied 12x12s to doubly thick foam core. Super easy, but they will all look fantastic together in her apartment.
When we were done with the wreaths, we made 12x12 wall hangings to put in Natalie's room. They turned out really cute! We used modge podge and applied 12x12s to doubly thick foam core. Super easy, but they will all look fantastic together in her apartment.
Tuesday night, we took a break from rolling and decided to make Roasted Red Pepper Sauce with Seasoned Chicken, over noodles. It was delicious!! A lot of people have asked me for the recipe, so here it is.
5 cups chopped bell peppers.
2 cups chopped onion
garlic, to taste
1-14 ounce can diced tomatoes
2 cups chicken base
2 cups whipping cream
corn starch
Sautee the veggies in olive oil. When they are almost completetely sauteed, add diced tomatoes. Finish sauteeing. Add chicken base (I just used water and 2 bouillon cubes) and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
After it's done simmering, pour it into a blender and blend until smooth. Return to pan and slowly add cream. Bring to a boil and thicken with cornstarch. Season to taste with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Voila! A delicious, extremely versatile meal.
We cubed chicken and cooked it with minced garlic, marjoram, rosemary, sage, parsley, basil and thyme. Then served it over fun noodles! The next day we ate the sauce over quinoa which we decided we liked a lot better. We also decided that this would make a really good soup! If we ate it as a soup we would possibly add corn, but this would be delectible with grilled cheese!
While Natalie was here she also helped me a ton with Brayden's birthday party. She helped me make the game we played, and she helped a ton helping me with decorations! We went to a store (Joann's, WinCo, Costco, Target) at least once a day, but usually twice and we stayed up way too late every night! We really did have so much fun though. I can't wait until she can come back down and visit with me again! We already have our next couple projects planned. Stay tuned!
