Five Things

 Saw this little thing going around bloggy-land so I decided to join in!


5 Things ... 

... you'll find in my purse

1. Burt's Bees Chapstick

2. Mascara

3. Wallet

4. Plans to some DIY project I want done, ha!

5. Cell phone, but who am I kidding, this thing is always in my hand.

... you'll find in my bedroom

1. Burt's Bees -- Literally have one in every spot so I don't lose one haha!

2. My iPad

3. 900 Pillows -- We have a ridiculous amount of pillows.

4. Blankets; Another thing I make sure we will never have a shortage of ;)

5. Wall charger for my phone

... I've always wanted to

1. Get Cooper a brother

2. Go on a month long vacation with not a care in the world.

3. Go to the Country Music Awards in Nashville

4. Meet Carrie Underwood

5. Own a house on lots of land and have some horses!

... I'm currently loving

1. Nashville -- Cannot get enough of this show!!

2. My newest Michael Kors watch

3. Getting our house ready to sell!

4. Buckwild on MTV, ha such a guilty pleasure for sure!

5. My new hair color

... quirks I have 

1. I am majorly independent.

2. I can't stand when people put the toilet paper roll on backwards hahaha -- I will literally fix it at someones house.

3. I don't like to get my nails done (I feel like it just takes foreverrrr) lol -- but I can't stand having unprofessional looking nails!!

4. I cannot paint .. Like to save my life haha .. I always hire it out!

5. If my kitchen is clean, I feel like my whole house feels so much cleaner.

DIY Valentine Wreath

I literally cannot believe Valentine's day is this week! But, I am oh-so-excited for an extra date night with my sweet man ;) 

I normally don't decorate much for smaller holidays i.e. Valentine's Day, St. Patty's Day, ect., but after swooning over this wreath on Pinterest since LAST Valentine's Day, I decided to attempt to make it myself. Because lets be honest, I like to spend money, but there was no way I was spending almost $90 on a wreath when I totally knew I could DIY one myself :)

Inspiration:

 

Via Pinterest

I don't know about you, but this wreath literally says perfection to me. If I crush over something for over a year, you know it's gotta be good :) I almost love it as much as my snowman wreath that I did for Christmas..

 

But anyways, here is my DIY version of the 'xo' wreath..

Obviously, it's not perfect, but I am super happy with the way it turned out, and it's been up for about two weeks now, and it's holding up just fine! 

It was pretty simple to make and really cheap (I'm talking like a matter of under $20, can't beat that!) I bought a grapevine wreath from Hobby Lobby ($2.50) and then bought two bundles of grapevine. I wish I had taken a picture of these because I had never seen them before, but basically they were grapevine just bundled together in the middle which worked out perfect for creating the 'x'. Then I picked up some bouquets of small pink and white flowers and some hot glue sticks!

I tied the two bundles together with twine to create the x, and then tied the x to the grapevine wreath also using twine. Once they were tied together, I spent eternity the next hour hot gluing the flowers all over the wreaths. I am positive there is a better, less time consuming way to do this, because about 15 minutes in I was over it. Ha. 

Once everything was dried and in place, I looped some light pink wired edge ribbon through the back of the 'x' where I had secured the two bundles together and tied a bow around by door hanger, wah La! I love it, and have received so many compliments on it! Not too bad for under $20!

Buffalo Chicken Sliders ... In the Crock Pot!

This is seriously the easiest, most delicious recipe for the crock pot! I think we eat these things at least once a week!

Ingredients:

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

1 Bottle Louisiana Wing Sauce

1 Bottle Hot Sauce

1 Packet Dry Ranch Mix

1 Package of Slider Buns

2Tbsp Butter

2Tbsp Minced Garlic

Directions:

Turn your crock pot on low and add your butter and garlic. While the crock pot is heating up, cut your chicken breast into pieces according to the size of your buns. (Ours were on the larger size, so cutting one breast in half worked out perfect for our sliders.) Sprinkle with any seasoning -- I used garlic and onion powder, along with a small amount of garlic salt and pepper. 

Add the entire bottle of Louisiana Wing Sauce, and half the bottle of hot sauce into the crock pot, along with the ranch packet and mix well. Add the chicken, and cook on low for two hours, stirring occasionally.

Generally the chicken is perfect just at two hours, remove from crock pot and serve when ready.

**We have also recently started shredding the chicken once it is done, and drizzling the buffalo sauce mixture directly from the crock pot onto the sandwich with a little bit of ranch dressing .... to die for!