Tonight, I Love - A Treasury

'Tonight, I Love.' by handmadetherapykids

and how could you not?

Arrows - A Red Ruby Ros... redrubyrose $85.00	Tribal Arrowhead Neckla... CreaShines $23.00	Bilbo's tea bowls -... GlazedOver $38.00
Rhiannon, Celtic Moon G... sacredsuds $6.00	Embroidered Wood Chevro... IbbyAndRufus $30.00	toast tongs newberry $12.00
arrows PerlaAnne $20.00	Marrakesh - 14K Gold Fi... jaunebleu $42.00	Ghost Elephant on Women... rctees $24.00
yellow 14K gold fill ho... Splurge $27.00	Ceramic Flower Tile wit... TheShepherdsHa... $15.00	Braided Hood LoveandKnit $30.00
Handmade Leather Journa... peaseblossomst... $32.00	Botanical - 12 x 12 Fin... jessicatorres $40.00	Any Six Packs of Organi... cubits $20.00
Brown Hemp/Cotton Bag -... tippythai $32.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Some of you know I'm part of a team on Etsy called Curation Nation.  I've been with the team for just over 2 months now and I'm LOVING IT.  What a great bunch of sellers, and man they can curate treasuries!  Needless to say I've been curating a few treasuries lately but I just wanted to share one of my latest!  (you can click on each individual item to be taken to it on etsy.com!) 

Mexican Yogurt Chicken

 

 The other night I wanted something really easy and yummy to make so I pulled out some chicken thighs and searched my fridge for something to go with them.  I found tortillas, peppers, cheese, yogurt, and some taco seasoning so I figured some sort of chicken tacos would be good!  Basically all I did was put about a cup of yogurt into a baking dish...

 

Then I added a package of taco seasoning....

 

I whisked it all together and placed the chicken on top.  Then I scooped the sauce up over top of the chicken and put it in the oven at 350 for about 45 minutes.  When it was all cooked I shredded it with two forks and we spooned it onto tortillas shells and added some cheese and peppers.  YUM!

 

And then of course I forgot to take a picture of it before I ate it....

Safety First

Or something like it anyway!

The boys just recently really learned how to ride their bikes.  They've never shown much of an interest before but in the last week it's suddenly ride, ride, ride!  I'm seriously excited about this because as much as I love to walk with them, it's never much of a workout at the speed they walk.  Now the boys can ride and I can push Ara in the stroller!  Perfect.  Anyway, we never had helmets for them before because like I said, they never really cared about biking before so tonight we went out and got them some.  The particular helmets they picked out happened to come with some knee and elbow pads so of course those had to be worn as well... and not just when we got home but the instant we paid for them!  After we walked out of Canadian Tire we still had another store to go to and sure enough, both boys were decked out in knee pads, elbow pads, and helmets.  CUTE.

 of course at some point, being boys, they had to make themselves fall in order to test out their new safety equpiment

 this right here, is why I'm so thankful I had two boys in a row.

 

testing that safety stuff again

 

  

When I turned around I saw this so sad face watching from the window.  One day baby girl, one day... but for now, please stay little!

Sunday

Etsy Craft Night - Alberta Style!

 

Well last night was the Calgary Alberta Etsy Craft Party!  It was a fantastic evening filled with meeting new people, crafting, chatting, and snacking!  One group of people made some felted mittens, a few people crocheted, and another group sat and made Birthday Cards for Santa's Secret Service, a local charity.  Lindy of Crafted By Lindy provided all the supplies to make the cards so a huge thank you to you Lindy!  Another HUGE thank you goes out to Darcy of Splurge for all the work she did planning and coordinating the event.  You rock Darcy, thanks for planing a fantastic evening!

Anyway on to the pictures!

We had cupcakes courtesy of Lindy

and name tags!

 

nice looks from Suzy of Tinged and smiles from Jamie of Little Jumping Beans

 

good conversations

 

met new people

 

and of course CRAFTING!

 

the lovely ladies behind Minibytes and Bubble Gum Sass were there!

  

  

a stack of finished cards!

 

some more card crafting with some lovely ladies

And that's all!  We had a great evening, it was so great to get out and talk crafting and Etsy and just get to know each other!  I can't wait for the next one!

Baby Girls

Remember that pinafore I made last week?  Well I made more.  Another one for Ara and one of course for my Niece Abi.  Seriously how cute does she look??

photos by Rosie Numan