Bachelorette Serenade

Bachelorette Party

Last weekend was my bachelorette party with a few of my favorite gals in Minneapolis. We started with a "personal" shower *wink wink*, some drinks and appetizers at Maggie's house then went out to dinner at W.A. Frost in downtown St. Paul. SUCH a cool restaurant! And I got serenaded! Will post that later. Here's a few pics from the weekend!

{decorated mantel and all my gifts}

{more decorations & lots of flowers}

{treat table}

{yummy cupcakes from Carefree Patisserie}

{drink station, yummy sangria and pink lemonade}

{love these girls}

{headed into the restaurant}

 

{my sash}

{just eating dinner in my tiara}

Cake Batter Fudge

For 'food day' at work this week I made Cake Batter Fudge, found over at Girl Meets Life. Check out her blog, she has all kinds of awesome cake batter recipes!

{cut into chunks}

{ready for a close up}

{the remnants}

Cake Batter Fudge, from Girl Meets Life

2 cups yellow cake mix

2 cups powdered sugar

1 stick butter

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles

Place cake mix and powdered sugar in a large bowl and combine. Pour in milk, top with stick of butter, and microwave for 2 minutes. Immediately begin mixing everything together-- the butter may not be completely melted but will as you continue mixing. Lastly, mix in the rainbow sprinkles, then pour fudge into a greased baking dish.  Chill for at least 2 hours before cutting.

Bridal Shower Snapshots

I had my bridal shower on Saturday afternoon at Mimi's Cafe. Such a wonderful time!

{gift table}

{place setting, notice the Mason jar water glasses}

{marriage advice}

{our personalized menus}

{tablescape}

{full length of the table}

{picture table 1}

{picture table 2}

{reading our marriage advice}

{being toasted by the lovely hostess}

{room full of some of my favorite people}

{opening gifts}

{lots of baking to do!}

Spring Wreath

Since we are having such an unusually warm winter, my spring door decor came out a little early this year! I decided to DIY a wreath using a simple grapevine wreath and Spanish moss. So cute and so *cheap* too!

So I started out with my grapevine wreath from Michael's ($4.99) and 2 bags of Spanish moss from Wal-Mart ($2.99/ea.). It basically came together by hot gluing the moss onto the wreath, making sure to get glue and moss down in all the crevices. I only glued moss on the front side and around the edges.

Here's my damask ribbon for hanging...($5.99 at Hobby Lobby)

I knew I wanted the focus to be on the wreath and pretty ribbon, not an icky metal wreath hanger. Since we have a wooden front door, I just created a loop around the top of the wreath and nailed a few small tacks at the top of the door to secure it.

Here's the finished product! I love how it looks against my DIY frosted window too.

And the final close-up. 

I'm linking up over at Southern Hospitality for the Spring Fling party, so be sure and check out all the other great blogs out there! Lots of fun ideas.

Around the House...

I updated a few things around our house this weekend....including new lamps, new table settings and a new wall hanging!

These are my new fleur de lis lamps! I had been obsessing over them for a while and finally broke down and bought them at TJ Maxx on Friday. Love them!

Close up! Notice the cute finial at the top?

We already had the canvas of our engagement picture, but the wooden tag next to it was an early wedding present from family friends.

Pretty sweet! It's fun to get things with my soon-to-be new name :) The tag sign is from here.

Here's the new table settings. The placemats are from Garden Ridge, the napkins are from World Market, and the napkin rings are from Z Gallerie.

I am pretty much in love with my little flying piggies. I knew I had to have them when I spotted them at Z Gallerie.

Have a good night everyone!

Chicken Cordon Bleu Crescents

This is a recipe I found over on Plain Chicken. There are some great recipes over there if you need some new meal ideas. We had this one for dinner last night and it was delish!

Start out by combining the chicken and ham in a bowl. Add just enough of the soup, milk, and cheese mixture to bind it together.

Here's the soup mixture.

Add the chicken/ham filling to the crescent roll, roll them up and place them in a 9x13 baking dish. Please don't judge my crescents, I'm definitely not good at the whole rolling/shaping them thing.

Cover the crescent rolls with the remaining soup mixture and sprinkle a little extra cheese over the top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes until bubbly.

Here's a peek at what you get when you cut into the crescent roll. Yum!

Chicken Cordon Bleu Crescents, adapted ever so slightly from Plain Chicken

3 oz cooked chicken breast, shredded

3 oz cooked ham, chopped

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can of 8 crescent rolls (I used the Big & Buttery kind from Pillsbury)

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded (The original recipe called for swiss, which is the traditional route but we're not huge fans. So use whichever you prefer!)

Preheat oven to 350F.

Spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Mix together milk, soup, and cheese-set aside. Mix the chicken and ham in a small bowl. Add a few tablespoons of the soup mixture to the meat, just enough to bind it together.

Separate crescent rolls into 8 triangles. Top the large part of the triangle with the chicken and ham. Roll crescents up and place into baking dish. Pour remaining soup mixture over the crescent rolls. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

Bake at 350F until bubbly.