Quick & Easy Chicken and Dumplings
what you need:
4 cups of water
3 cups cooked chicken
*I use a rotisserie chicken from the deli, a whole chicken makes about 3 cups
2 cans of cream of chicken
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules
1 teaspoon of pepper (of course I use more;)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 (6 oz) can of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
*you can use more if you want more dumplings.
Bring water, chicken, cream of chicken & bouillon granules to a boil in a Dutch Oven over med-high heat, stirring often.
Separate biscuits in half, forming 2 rounds; cut each round in half. Drop biscuit pieces, 1 at a time, into boiling mixture; stir gently.
Cover, reduce heat to low, & simmer. Stirring occasionally for 15 to 20 mins until dumplings are cooked.
*After my dumplings are cooked, I remove my pot from the heat & let it sit for a few mins to thicken!
{recipe courtesy of Southern Living}
Enjoy,
April
A friend of mine recently had a baby shower so I decided to put together a baby basket!! P.S. I LURVE making BASKETS!! One of the gifts was a pack of washcloths......But you know me I couldn't just throw the pack of washcloths in the basket...Oh No...I decided for SURE they had a calling to be made into lollipops instead!! 
All you need: 
Fold the washcloth in half & then into thirds
Start at one end and roll it up really tight and secure it with tape
Next I folded and rolled a second washcloth around the first! Now add your stick to the back & secure it with tape. Put some cellophane over it and tie a ribbon around it and your done!!
Cute little sweet treats that are sure to make anyone happy:)
XOXO,
April
I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend!! We enjoyed our relaxing 4 day maybe a little to much......so on Labor Day I thought it would only be fair to do some manual LABOR!! 
Next all the hardware needed to be replaced......I got the pulls for ONLY .94 cents....YES you read that correctly..... .94 cents a piece at Lowes!! SCORE:)Here's the catch they were BRASS!! And I don't do brass....so I spray painted them with gray primer and then spray painted them black (stuff I already had around the house)
Then I distressed it......I am absolutely in LURVE with the Shabby Chic look right now!!! And it's so easy to do!! You can use sand paper, but your finger nail works just as good....maybe even better!!
Now all I have to do is find a home for it & move on to my next furniture victim!!
XOXO,
April
Spicy Cheese Dip
1 tube of HOT Jimmy Dean Sausage
1 big block of Velveeta Cheese
2 cans of Rotel Tomatoes (original)
First cook the sausage and drain the grease. While the sausage is cooking cut the Velveeta in to small thin pieces (it will melt faster)
Add 2 cans of Rotel Tomatoes (juice & all)
Next throw on the Velveeta & let it melt. Stirring occasionally
Serve hot with tortilla chips
That's it......15mins to LIP SMACKING GOODNESS FOR THE GAME!
GOOOOOO DAWGS!!
Enjoy,
April
This picture is not really my style, but I had to look past that.....1 it was BIG and 2 I LOVED the frame....oh yeah and I can't forget the price!!
That's all you need to make Lemonade!!
I started out by......you guessed it spray painting the frame white! But it turned out a little to white & I wanted the detailed edging of the frame to stand out. So I used a glaze (acrylic paint with a little water) Painted the glaze on & wiped it off with a rag!! Once that was dry I painted right over the glass with my next favorite thing....Chalkboard Paint!! (make sure you use the paint that can be used on glass & use a couple of coats)
And this is what I ended up with, it's perfect for my Dining Room:
I'm in LOVE!!
XOXO,
April
So my guest bathroom started off like this:
(The lighting is terrible in the guest bathroom and the lights for some reason make everything look pink!! EWWWW & Totally disregard the nasty mirror too.... I cleaned it after looking at these pictures)
Then I used the sandpaper to remove any writing on the lid....do this in small circles!(after this step you may want to seal the lid so it doesn't rust....I skipped this step because I'm ok with a little rust....I think it gives it more character)
Next punch a hole in the center with a wine bottle opener!
Make the hole larger by using your pliers to pull back the lid
(don't make the whole to big....you want your dispenser to fit tightly in the hole so it won't move around)
(I used the dispenser from my Dial soap:)
After that all you have to do is fill your Mason Jar up with soap and screw on the lid:)
XOXO,
April
Next fold it back and forth like you would if you were making a fan!
Then secure the middle with a pipe cleaner & cut the ends in a point or round shape
All you have to do now is fluff and hang with fishing line.....TA DA!!
A Tissue Paper Pomander Ball!!
XOXO,
April
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