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Personalized Valentine's Day Facebook Cover!

Monday, January 28, 2013

I have a fun surprise for you! This is the second Facebook cover photo I made for you to use (you can find the first one HERE.) I made this one just for my subscribers/followers! But wait... it gets better! I will personalize this for you (for free) and send it to you, just to thank you for being a follower. In the heart (up in the top left corner) you can choose what you'd like your cover photo to say, whether it's "Happy Valentine's Day" or the names of you and your hubby, or something else... it's up to you! Here's what you need to do:

Follow me on Facebook and share this with your friends by clicking "share" under my post about this freebie. (yep, that's it!) I will pin it to the top of the page so it's easy to find!

You get brownie points if you: Follow me on Pinterest, Follow by Email {on the right sidebar}, Subscribe to Posts {on the right sidebar}, or Join with Google Friend Connect {on the right sidebar}.

Once you are following me on Facebook, just send me a private message on the Aprons 'n Pearls Facebook page (by clicking on "Message" at the top right) and tell me what you want your cover photo to say. I will have it personalized and sent to you within 24 hours (maybe a LOT sooner!)

This is my favorite cover photo so far. It's soooo cute! Hope you like it, too!

*** Offer expires 2/14/2013 ***

Valentine's Day Facebook Cover Photo

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Love is in the air! Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and I have a cute new Facebook cover photo to share with you! (I will be sharing one more soon, so be sure to check back! It's really, really cute!)

My Facebook followers were the first to get this! If you want to be first in line to get new cover photos when they come out, just "like" my Facebook page! www.facebook.com/aprons.n.pearls

To use this photo...
Open the photo by clicking on it.
Right click and click on Save Image As.
Save it to your computer. (I save mine to the desktop.)
Upload it as the cover photo on your timeline.

Household Binder, Part 2

Monday, January 21, 2013

This post has moved to my new website. You can find it HERE.

Pizza Bread

Friday, January 18, 2013

~~Pizza bread.~~
~~Cheeseburger bread.~~
Pizza bread.

My oldest daughter saw the cocktail rye sitting on the counter the other night. Knowing exactly why cocktail rye would be in our house, a smile came across her face, followed simply {and appropriately} by the word, "Yum!" Later that evening, I served up a big tray of cheesebur... I mean pizza bread for supper. We said grace, and I said, "Enjoy your cheeseburger bread!" *wink wink* Well, that didn't go over very well at all. Both of my girls looked at me and said, "PIZZA bread!" You see, my mom calls it pizza bread, {as did her mother} but to me, it's more like cheeseburger bread. Can't blame a girl for trying! Some habits are just too hard to break, so PIZZA bread it is. I feel so defeated.

We love pizza bread in our family. You can serve it as an appetizer, or as a main dish. Either way, it's easy to throw together, doesn't take long to make, and can serve a big crowd. Whenever my dad had movie parties {you'll hear more about that when I blog about turning our basement into a theatre} my mom always made these, and they were always a big hit! I hope you enjoy them, too!

Ingredients:

cocktail rye bread {one loaf has approx. 45 pieces}
ground beef {1 pound for every 15 pieces of bread}
ketchup {1 cup for every pound of ground beef}
Velveeta {8 oz. for every pound of ground beef} cut into large cubes

Directions:

Brown meat in a pan, breaking it up into small pieces as it cooks. Drain grease and return to pan.
Stir in ketchup, then add cheese.
Mix as the cheese melts. Once melted, remove from heat.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F.)
Place bread close together on large cookie sheets.
Spoon meat onto each piece of bread. {I use the Pampered Chef small scoop for this... perfect amount and they are all uniform.}
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. The bread will be just a little crisp on the edges.
Serve hot out of the oven.

We serve these with good ol' Bush's baked beans, done up the way my dad used to make them... with yellow mustard and brown sugar. As you're heating the beans, stir in a little mustard and brown sugar, and it really makes a difference! {No, the beans don't taste like mustard. Yes, they are delicious!}