Sprucing It Up

Since the boy moved in, I have been trying to find ways to spruce up our place. From covering a bulletin board with fabric, to laying fun paper in drawers and cabine

ts, I have been enjoying getting organized while displaying things in a cute way!

Among the football helmets, framed jersey, and copious amounts of glasses I inherited (he has everything from whiskey to wine glasses), together we have quite the collection of running medals. I have looked around for cute ways to display them. I initially had my half marathon medal in a shadowbox but wanted to group them all together. After scouring pinterest, I put my spin on a darling medal holder made with clothes pins.

This idea was not only inexpensive, but functional. I had clothes pins on hand from other crafts and all I needed to purchase was paint and a wood backing. Easy peasy!

I picked up the piece of wood up at Michaels with a coupon along with spray and wood paint for the pins. Swanky boyfriend sanded and sprayed the wood backing and I painted the pins. We attached them with gorilla glue but I think a less drippy type of glue (modge podge maybe?) may work better since it leaked out the sides a bit.

Isn’t it too fun!

I was also thinking it might be cute to include pictures of the day along with the medals.

In Other Swanky Scoop:

Soup is the name of the game in this household. Since our work hours vary so much between his schedule and mine, soup just works best. It heats up well, and you can make a ton of it!

I have decided that Rotel is seriously the best! It adds a little something something to pretty much any dish!

Spicy Chicken Soup (serves 10 -12)

Ingredients:

• 1 onion, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 3 chicken breasts
• 1 can Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies
• 1 cup kidney beans
• 1 can corn, rinsed
• 1 tablespoon garlic, diced
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 32 ounce container vegetable or chicken broth

Directions:

(Get ready for how easy this is) Combine onion, peppers,

chicken breasts, Rotel,

kidney beans, corn,

vegetable broth and cumin in crock pot.

Stir and let soup cook in crock pot for about 7 hours on medium heat or until chicken is cooked through. Shred chicken, top with soup, cheese and serve!

The

flavors were just amazing! The Rotel added just enough kick.

This is by far one of the best soups I’ve made recently. YUM!

I promise, I will try to share something else besides soup. I just can’t help myself.

The work week is going by pretty fast so far. Now that I have been at my new job for a few weeks, I am feeling a lot more comfortable. I really like it! I know I have been a bit more MIA on the blogging end, but I am still getting adjusted. I promise I try to read as many blogs a day as I can.

Hope your week is going by fast!

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Since the boy moved in, I have been trying to find ways to spruce up our place. From covering a bulletin board with fabric, to laying fun paper in drawers and cabinets, I have been enjoying getting organized while displaying things in a cute way!
Among the football helmets, framed jersey, and copious amounts of glasses I inherited (he has everything from whiskey to wine glasses), together we have quite the collection of running medals. I have looked around for cute ways to display them. I initially had my half marathon medal in a shadowbox but wanted to group them all together. After scouring pinterest, I put my spin on a darling medal holder made with clothes pins.

This idea was not only inexpensive, but functional. I had clothes pins on hand from other crafts and all I needed to purchase was paint and a wood backing. Easy peasy!

I picked up the piece of wood up at Michaels with a coupon along with spray and wood paint for the pins. Swanky boyfriend sanded and sprayed the wood backing and I painted the pins. We attached them with gorilla glue but I think a less drippy type of glue (modge podge maybe?) may work better since it leaked out the sides a bit.

Isn’t it too fun!

I was also thinking it might be cute to include pictures of the day along with the medals.

In Other Swanky Scoop:
Soup is the name of the game in this household. Since our work hours vary so much between his schedule and mine, soup just works best. It heats up well, and you can make a ton of it!

I have decided that Rotel is seriously the best! It adds a little something something to pretty much any dish!
Spicy Chicken Soup (serves 10 -12)
Ingredients:
1 onion, diced
1 green pepper, diced
1 red pepper, diced
3 chicken breasts
1 can Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies
1 cup kidney beans
1 can corn, rinsed
1 tablespoon garlic, diced
1 tablespoon cumin
1 32 ounce container vegetable or chicken broth
Directions:
(Get ready for how easy this is) Combine onion, peppers,

chicken breasts, Rotel,

kidney beans, corn,

vegetable broth and cumin in crock pot.

Stir and let soup cook in crock pot for about 7 hours on medium heat or until chicken is cooked through. Shred chicken, top with soup, cheese and serve!

The flavors were just amazing! The Rotel added just enough kick.

This is by far one of the best soups I’ve made recently. YUM!

I promise, I will try to share something else besides soup. I just can’t help myself.
The work week is going by pretty fast so far. Now that I have been at my new job for a few weeks, I am feeling a lot more comfortable. I really like it! I know I have been a bit more MIA on the blogging end, but I am still getting adjusted. I promise I try to read as many blogs a day as I can.
Hope your week is going by fast!
What do you do with your medals? Any new craft projects you’ve enjoyed tackling lately?
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