Magnet board

A while ago I got together with my in-laws and we made these awesome magnet boards. We bought the already put together boards and all we had to do was paint and add paper and embellishments.

We painted the boards with an accent color. I painted mine brown. We cut out our scrapbook paper to fit the area I wanted to put it on the board. You can add a different texture to the board by ripping the paper instead of cutting it straight. I thought I would add a change to the corners by cutting an angle on one corner and around the corner on the other. We put the paper on with a layer of modge podge, then another layer of modge podge on the top.

It was now time to add embellishments. I added flowers and ribbon around the border. 

Along with the board we made matching magnets just like Makenna did here.

Enjoy making your own.

Tuesday Treats

Yesterday I made some delicious pork tacos. Just like the ones from Cafe Rio.
We just moved to a new city, and there is no Cafe Rio here to satisfy my appetite. So I decided to create my own.

I got a simple recipe for the pork from a friend of mine.
1 pork tenderloin
1 can of Coke
1 cup of brown sugar
Put it all in a crock pot and cook until tender enough to shred.
So simple. So easy. So delicious

We also made some pico de gallo and creamy tomatillo dressing.
It made the meal complete.

I got the pico de gallo recipe from my friend the World Wide Web
1 1/2 cups of diced tomatoes
1/4 cup diced red onion
1 tbs diced jalapenos (if you want)
1 tbs garlic
Juice from 2 limes (I used 1 and it was almost too much for me.)
2 tbs cilantro
salt and pepper

Just combine all of the ingredients.

Creamy "Cafe Rio" Tomatillo Dressing

This delicious dressing makes a lot so be aware.
3 tomatillos, peeled and cut into quarters

juice of 1/2 lime
1/2 C buttermilk
1/2 C mayo
1/2 C sour cream
1 pkg. dry ranch buttermilk dressing
1 C cilantro
6 green onions
2 cloves crushed garlic
3 t sugar
1/2 jalapeno

Mix well in blender. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

It all came together with some amazing handmade fresh tortillas for a great grocery store here. They make them right in front of you fresh. They are incredible. I can never go back to other tortillas.

We added black beans, rice, and lettuce to make it a meal. 

It was great. Not quite Cafe Rio but pretty darn close.

Try it you'll enjoy it.

Creative Sister Saturdays

We are so excited to start our...

This saturday we are excited to share some crafts that we want to do in the upcoming weeks.

1. I (makenna) have been trying to think of some way I could have a growth chart in my house like to ones on door frames but we are in the military so we will be moving around a lot so I found a bunch of ideas like these.

from cloud 9 design and howdoesshe.com

They are super cute and very mobile.

2. I saw this on facebook and loved it I am thinking about making my own or making them as gifts for friends and new babies!!

3. I am hoping to start taking more pictures and posting more about my photography.

4. My little girls birthday is coming up and I love looking at party ideas on blogs, so I am so excited to get started on fun crafts and party favors for her party!!

5. I also love DIY halloween costumes, so that is on my brain right now too 

this one is super cute from marthastewart.com. 

Well I hope you have a great saturday!!

We are having a link up so if you would like this is what you do:

Link up you stuff that you are hoping start crafting or even stuff you are working on!

Click the link up button at the bottom. 

Put in your info.

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Coming Soon

Here at "a couple of creative sisters" we have decided to start something new, 

introducing...... 

and 

after august 31, tuesdays will be our treat day, we will be sharing some of our favorite recipes and recipes we want to try. On saturdays we will be having a link up sharing our favorite craft ideas and some crafts we hope to be doing in the future!!

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Camera Strap

Sewing is not one of my strong suits, I don't do it very often and when I do I am using my thread ripper more than the actual sewing machine. BUT the other day I found this tutorial and Lori explained how to make this camera strap cover so well, that I decided to try it.  

I liked it because it had a little pocket for my lens cap.

Don't look to close because it is not perfect but it was very easy to make. I added a diagonal line so that the cover would stay in place. 

Living Room Redo

We recently moved and all of our furniture in the living room furniture is brown and it needed some livening up. I wish that I had a picture of the before coffee table. and the brown living room. I guess you'll just have to take my word for it.

This is the coffee table and legs. We were a bit disappointed with the color but I think it will improve when we antique it later. 

 Our old dresser/makeshift TV stand. I hope you notice the nice remains of the sticker that was once placed there.

 and now the sticker is non-existent.

What do you think of the color. I think it really livens up the living room quite a bit. Yeah for bright paint colors.

Summer Garden

This summer we decided to do some gardening in our local community garden. We live in an apartment so we were super excited to find that there was a community garden in our area.  

This is what it looked like in the beginning.

We planted some root vegetables at first, 

than we planted squashes, tomatoes and other things that would go bad if there was a frost. 

So we have peas

squash and zucchini 

Beans 

corn 

Broccoli and Cauliflower 

and so many other things. 

I have been able to make so many yummy things from veggies from our garden. Gardening has been so much fun and has taken all my crafting time but it has been so worth it.