Online Store Opening/New Job

Wow! It has been a while since I have been on here to update you all about our lives. We have been living in our own little basement apartment for about 4 months now and it has been such a blessing. We were called as Nursery leaders in our ward about 2 weeks in and we love the kids that we teach. I feel like we learn more from them than they do us, especially about patience.

I am starting a new job on Monday and I couldn't be more excited. It'll be a full time position in Spanish Fork. It'll allow me to still work on building my website and my inventory. Oh yeah by the way I have my own website in the works! I'll post a link here along with some of my inventory as soon as I get it all finished.

Anyways I'll try to update more frequently so that our family knows how we are doing.

Love,
Sydney Morgensen

Our First Little Apartment

Hey everyone! It's been quite sometime since I have updated my blog and for good reason. We just moved to a new place!! It's a cute little two bedroom apartment in my grandparents basement. We moved nearly a month ago but I've been so busy with packing beforehand that I spaced writing. Anywho, we love our little place!

Now with us being fairly new to the area, I have been really bad about getting lost in the Saratoga Springs Walmart. It's totally different than the one that we had in Tooele. It's a maze. A very entrapping maze. You go in for one thing and come out with ten. 😆

First day into our new place I decorated our dining room wall and so far that's all that I have gotten to. Here's a peak at what I did with it. 

Three days into our new place my family came to stay with us in our spare room for a week. It was so fun being able to see them. They live up in Idaho and we don't get to see them very often so having them here with us was a blessing all in itself. 

I started selling homemade wreaths again and made this for a wonderful customer about a week into our new place. 

Also made this beautiful Necklace that is now in my shop on etsy and on my Facebook site. Feel free to check it out!! 

I got a job! I am working at Michaels! I'm actually pretty excited. I'll be in my element and I'll get an employee discount too! Which will be AMAZING because I'm always in craft stores. Lol. 

Well it's goodbye for now! I'll remember to keep up on this blog. 

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

I am so sorry I've been a little MIA lately. My parents came out to visit a couple weeks ago with my siblings and we had a chance to spend nearly a week with them. :) we went to an antique shop on West Temple in Salt Lake, we went to the Dancing Cranes and then spent some time at Scheels riding the Ferris wheel. Which I'm not sure why people rave about it because it wasn't nearly as fun as the Ferris Wheel at Lagoon in Farmington, but it was something and I still enjoyed it. 

For those who don't know already I am the Beehives advisor in my ward in Tooele. And Tuesday we had a Dinner/Auction for girls camp, which went amazing! We had such a big turnout!!! So for the last two weeks I have also been working on a DIY photo booth. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of one on my phone but I will post another later from my computer. 

Anyways I thought I would post a new recipe for Chicken Salad Sandwiches as well today. Made it for lunch and it is AMAZING! 

 

(Recipe for kale chips as well!)

Let me know how it tastes!

Love,

Sydney Morgensen 

3 Ingredient Nutella Brownies: Thanks Pinterest

Okay  I have to rave about these brownies. They are just as good as those box brownies that we have been eating since our childhood. Now I have never been the biggest fan of nutella, but when I tasted these brownies, I wanted more. I have made them at least 4 times now. You can even use another recipe and make it for yourself in a mug, How COOL is that?!
I will post both recipes for you all to try as well as the Nutella Cookies that are just as fantastic.

3 Ingredient Nutella Brownies:
Courtesy of http://www.instructables.com/id/Nutella-Brownies-Three-Ingredients/

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Nutella
• 2 eggs
• 10 tbsp flour

Directions:

1. Put it in a bowl. Mash it up. Pour into a pan or muffin tin. Top with hazelnuts if you're feeling fancy. Bake at 350F (180C) for around 30 minutes (less time for cupcake form, more time if the centers aren't baked through).

You can also add 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1 tsp of vanilla extract and 2/3 cups of milk. They will be so fluffy and you will not want to stop eating them. 

4 Ingredient Nutella Cookies:

Have fun and let me know how they taste!

Love Sydney Morgensen

You are Important!

 One of my favorite quotes comes from the movie The Help. "You is kind, You is smart, You is important."-Aibileen Clark
I just want to keep this blog post short. But something that has been on my mind lately is that sometimes we do not realize just how important we are. Especially in the world that we live in now. We are told to dress a certain way and act a certain way, otherwise we don't fit into certain groups. We feel inadequate in our surroundings because we are different than everyone around us.

We were never meant to be ONE person or ONE group. We were made to be different, made to be extraordinary beings. We are all different in our own little way. We each have different personalities, different talents and abilities. Each of which make us unique. That is the Beauty of this life. We are Important. We can do Extraordinary things if we just put our hearts and heads into it. Be Extraordinary, Be Beautiful, Be You and only You.

Love
Sydney  Morgensen

Cheesy Breaded Chicken (Courtesy of Pinterest)

A few years ago I started to learn to cook more foods than just grilled cheese, sandwiches, and any other easily made foods. I have now made it a goal to cook at least one new meal every two weeks now that Justin and I are married. One of the first "REAL" Meals that I ever cooked, I was home alone for a few days in the Summer of 2014, there wasn't much around the house to eat, except for chicken. So I turned to Pinterest for Ideas on simple chicken style meals. One that I came across was Cheesy Breaded Chicken, which is too die for!! I'm actually cooking it for my Husband and In-laws this Wednesday and hoping I don't eat it all by myself.

Recipe Below:

Picture taken from http://jamiecooksitup.net/2011/10/crispy-cheddar-chicken/

Ingredients:
4 Chicken Breasts cut into 3 large Chunks
2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
2 Pouches Ritz Crackers or Saltines (Crushed)
2 cups of Milk
1/4 tsp Salt
1/8 tsp Pepper
Dried Parsley (optional)

Dressing:
2 T Sour Cream 
2 T Butter 
1 10oz Can Cream of Chicken Soup

Directions:
Put Milk, Crackers, and Cheese in separate containers. Mix the salt and pepper in with the crackers until properly combined. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with cooking spray. Dip each piece of chicken first, in the milk then, cheese and bread crumbs. Place pieces in the baking pan. You can sprinkle with dry parsley or the left over cheese. Cover the pan with tinfoil and bake the dish for 35 minutes at 400* F. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until the edges of the chicken are crispy and golden brown. 

In a medium sized pot, mix together sour cream, butter and Cream of Chicken Soup at medium heat until sauce is nice and hot. Serve over Chicken. Enjoy!

Makes 7 Servings. 

I hope you all have fun trying out this easy and fun recipe. It's so easy your kids can even make it. As long as you are the one who runs the oven. :)

With love,
Sydney Morgensen

DIY Journal

I have to rave about this DIY Journal! I had been searching all over Pinterest for a way to make my own journal or booklet and this one I came across I absolutely loved. Though I did make some minor tweaks to the cover by Modge Podging some beautiful cardstock paper to it. (Link is down below)
Here is what it looks like:

I used an old book Cover and added two types of floral cardstock to it.

You can pretty much do anything with the cover.

I added multiple fun colors of paper to the inside though if you prefer white paper you can do it that way as well. 

Here is the link for the DIY Pinterest Journal. Have fun and let me know how yours turned out! :)

How to turn a book into a journal

Here is a link for 50 Bullet Journal Ideas to fill your book:

50 Bullet Journal Ideas