Family Bulletin Board

School will be starting back, and after school activities too...

However you choose to school your child keeping them organized, and displaying their hard work is something all mother's want to do.

I got my inspiration from this how to by Woman's Day

Family Bulletin Board.

I just followed the instructions they gave and....here is our Family Bulletin Board.  :)

It displays...thank you notes, invitations, pictures, achievements, good work, report cards, pictures, good test grades, and anything else we want. 

Our children attend a small Christian School, and sometimes there are articles in the newspaper about the school, and what the children are doing.  Those articles go up here, too.

 I found the letters at Hobby Lobby and spray painted them white.  The material I used is everyone's favorite...a painter's drop cloth.  ;)

Just add some white ribbon, and there you have it.

I just recently cleared ours off getting ready for the new year.

I added this cute calendar from Wal-Mart.  I have school events, games, practices, and birthday's written on here all for me to try and keep up with.  ;)

 This project really is inexpensive to make, and easy...

I'm sure you and your family would enjoy one as much as we do!

For the love of Faith, Family, and Home,

Thrifty momma

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French Country Cottage...Feathered Nest Friday

mmm, good.

Some yummy grape tomatoes from our garden...

Aren't they pretty?

I cut up some cucumbers (also from our garden), grape tomatoes, and put some ranch dressing with Parmesan cheese on top.  Oh my, it was so refreshing and yummy. 

I served it with my Supreme Chicken Casserole, which is a family favorite!  ;)

Supreme Chicken Casserole...

2-3 chicken breasts cooked and chopped

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 8oz. cornbread stuffing mix

1/2 stick butter melted

1 16 oz. sour cream

1 can chicken broth

Combine: cream of mushroom, butter (melted), sour cream, and chicken broth.

Then mix in stuffing and chicken.

Place in casserole dish and cook at 375 for 35-40 min...until golden and bubbling.

Sure to be a family pleaser!! :)

For the love of Faith, Family, and Home,
Thrifty Momma

Dollar Store find

You never know when the Lord will show His word to you, and the unexpected blessings you receive.

I found this (KJV) 199 Promises of God at the Dollar Store ...

I've so been blessed and encouraged by these promise verses in God's word.

And the best part is this simple little treasure to me was only a $1... :)

"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."  John 15:15

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace."  Ephesians 1:7

Many blessings,

Thrifty momma

Breakfast planning and preparing...Frozen yummies

I've been preparing and freezing supper meals, so I decided I was ready to try breakfast meals.  ;)

I made 13 breakfast burritos, and 12 egg mcmuffins...yum

I started out by browning 2lbs. breakfast sausage...This ended up in both my egg mixtures, with some left over to freeze for gravy and biscuits.

Once that was prepared I used 13 eggs, a little milk, and some of the sausage and poured into a baking sheet.

This went into the oven on 350 until the egg was cooked, not over cooked.

Once I had that placed in the oven I then scrambled up 12 more eggs, and then folded in some sausage.

This I used for the breakfast burritos.

I placed one large spoonful of egg mixture and some shedded mild cheddar on each tortilla shell.

Then rolled them up in parchment paper and placed in freezer ziplock bags.

Before I could finish the burritos the eggs in the oven were finished, so I took them out to cool.

The eggs made nice baked squares for the egg mcmuffins.

I placed one slice of cheese, one egg with sausage square using an English muffin.

The remaining eggs I just wrapped indivdually up, and froze.

This has worked out well...

In the mornings for our daughter...I just grab out two squares, place on a baking sheet in the oven on 350...just to heat it up...and done.  She loves holding them and feeding herself.  :)

It is so nice to have these breakfast meals ready for my lovely family...
It will also come in handy to have breakfasts like this on hand once our newest blessing arrives in December, too!

I wrapped each egg mcmuffin, and place in a freezer ziplock bag.
Now all we have to do some mornings is grab and heat up. 
Wonderful!

For the love of Faith, Family, and Home,
Thrifty Momma

Couldn't wait...new bench.

Always love it when a project is finished, and you love the end results.

I  was able to make these blue and white ticking pillows today.

Don't you love them...?

The drop cloth canvas pillows I made awhile ago, and have used them many different places in our home.

They're so neutral and versatile.

My dear husband also finished the bench he threw together for me.  He even helped paint it. yay!

It work so nicely under the ledge he built me...don't ya think?

I placed two of my vintage quilts underneath, along with my vintage turquoise Ball canning jars.

I love these jars, and the lids. ;)

I'm still deciding if I want to put baskets or cute buckets under here?

I'm so pleased with how it turned out...
Not to mention how thrifty it was to create.  Everything for the bench we already had, and I already had the material plus decorations.  Not bad... ;)

For the love of Faith, Family, and Home,
Thrifty momma

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Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Pantry reveal

When we first built and moved in we had combined our mudroom and pantry area.  The front part was the mudroom, and on the other side of the half wall was the pantry.  Well for a growing family and a household who believes in stocking up for a rainy day...this space became small very fast. 

As did the mudroom part...the winters in the Midwest are filled with snow, ice, and freezing temp. ;(

Which means snow pants, heavy coats, and snow boots...the little area we had planned out just wasn't working.  So we decided to build a new pantry, and leave this whole room here for a  mudroom.

Glorious...a momma's dream...right? ;)

My husband built a new pantry by basically dividing up another room, and knocking out a door in this wall.

Yep, it was that easy...haha!

After finally finishing the drywall and priming, we began the move into the new pantry.

It took a full day, and boy was it exhausting.

I did preserve all this food... :)

We have tomatoes, green beans, chicken, beef, and broth all canned...

More of the food supplies...

The other side of the pantry holds more of the things that we had stored under our stairs.  Which I'm so glad we got cleared out.  Things such as my wheat mill, bread maker, cannier, canning jars, etc...

The space under the stairs this year will be to store wood for our woodburners.  Which I'm happy about.  Wood can be very messy bringing it in, and stacking it to use.  So under our stairs is the prefect place.

We often get..."why do you have so much stored?"
Well, my husband is in the home improvement business, and with this economy, and him not working obviously outside in the winter...We prepare for it, and prepare for anything. :)
We believe that we're to be good stewards with what God provides, and teaching our children to plan ahead.

For the love of Faith, Family, and Home,
Thrifty momma

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