Valentine's Decor

After not posting about my winter/January decor until January 31st, I decided to be a little more on top of if with Valentine's. Here is my new "mantel" decor:

The small square votives in the front were all from Nate's proposal.

I used a heart stencil (which I made for making wedding banners) to cut out the hearts from paint chips. I punched small holes in them and used my new baker's twine. (color: strawberry)

I'm so excited to have used paint chips and baker's twine for the first time.

 Heart font

and here's my Funny Valentine! 

love him so much!

Happy Labor Day!

In honor of this day, I woke up and started my Laboring RIGHT away. :)

What was I doing you may ask? Making Homemade Tortilla Chips!

Super easy, super cheap, and healthier than chips you buy because they are baked and only 2 ingredients: corn tortillas and salt!

Bag of 30 corn tortillas: $1.24

I cut the first stack into 18 pieces but decided those were too small so the next 3 stacks I cut into 8 pieces.

 Lay them on a baking tray.

 Sprinkle/spray with a bit of water then sprinkle salt onto them.

Bake at 450 degrees for 7 minutes or until crispy. I turn my pan around at 5 minutes. If you think they need to go longer than 7 minutes, you gotta watch them because from that point they crisp up really fast.

 Voila! Homemade tasty tortilla chips! My husband took a few and said he really liked them. Success!

This should last us through a couple meals (hopefully...my husband LOVES to eat chips)

Now off to enjoy the day NOT-Laboring with my family :)