Craft.

Wine Cork Coasters

Today's craft is something everyone needs laying around the house whether you are entertaining a large crowd or just eating dinner while watching TV. I have a mirrored side table and whenever I put a drink on it I have a water ring. So I decided I needed a coaster. We are going to make wine cork coasters! This craft can take you under an hour to complete a few! Here we go:

What all you will need:
wine corks (7 corks per coaster)
hot glue gun
knife
ribbon/fabric

First you need to cut the corks into small pieces. Try to make them as even as possible. Its kind of hard to get them exactly even. I cut each cork into 3 pieces. You will need 19 small pieces per coaster.

Second glue them together. You want a row of 3,4,5,4,3 (glue 3 corks together, then 4, then 5, etc..)

Third you need to glue a ribbon around the outside to add something cute and to make sure it will hold together. I just went to Hobby Lobby and got some different colored ribbons.

The finished product!!!

Hope yall enjoy! This took about 15 minutes max!

XoXo Bon

Pray.

God is good. These three words are words that I try to remember and say to myself multiple times throughout my day. When life throws us struggles we have to believe that God is always with us and always watching over us. God is constantly building us up. He is fully aware of our situation and never going to give us anything in life we can not handle. We must stop worrying about what tomorrow will bring and be thankful for today. We must trust in God even though it is one of the hardest things to do as a Christian. Trusting in God is vital to our spiritual lives. If we only knew the amazing way that the Lord would open up to us if we would just fully open up to him. The more we trust in him the more God rewards us and reveals himself to us. But when we doubt him and do not have faith, nothing happens. He does not try to prove himself or suprise us with a revelation to show us we are wrong. So the point of this post is it is all up to us. Our relationship with God is in our hands. We must always rememeber God is good and always put your trust in him.

Psalm 73:23
Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

XoXo Bon

Eat.

Babalu Red Sangria

Ingredients:

1.5 L red wine (Rene Barbier-Catalunya)
1/2 Cup sugar
1 apple
1 orange
1 peach
2 cans sprite
2 cans sunkist
lime
lemon

Making your Sangria:

1. Mix all of the red wine with the sugar
2. Cube the apple, orange, and peach (small pieces) (remove skins and peel)
3. Add fruit to wine and sugar
4. Refrigerate overnight
5. Just before you serve it add 2 cans of sprite and 2 cans of sunkist
6. Serve in wine glass or over ice with optional slice of lemon or lime

Drink up!

XoXo Bon

Be Fit.

Got called off work today and am so thankful to have a lazy Saturday and be able to catch up on my blogging and watch some basketball. It is such a beautiful day here in Jackson! I know spring break is coming up and want all my readers to be looking and feeling your best! First thing to get you on the workout bandwagon is dressing the part while working out! I am obsessed with Lululemon workout clothes. It is the best workout line ever!

If you do NOT own a piece get on their website ASAP and order something! You will not regret it!

This is the back of my new top! Love this line. Everyone go out and get a piece to add to your workout wardrobe! Ab and Butt workouts to come! 

Got to run and go entertain this little nugget!

XoXo Bon

Craft.

Want to start with a shout out to a former Chi O sister of mine: Carriebradshawlied.com!!! This is where I saw this craft and decided to see if it was as easy as carriebradshawlied made it out to be. I got in my car, googled Dollar Tree, found the closest one to my house and bought my $5.00's worth of supplies.

What you will need:
hot glue gun
3 foam rings
2 books

1. Heat up your hot glue gun.

2. Rip out all the pages in your books.

3. After I experimented with the first one the best thing I found was to go ahead and line the inside of the foam circle so that you wouldn't see any green when you hang it on the wall.

4. Form cones with each piece of paper. Hot glue the cone once rolled. (I made skinny cones and wide cones)

5. Fold the edge of the cone. (thats how you attach it to the foam circle)

6. Glue the cones one by one all over the circle. Making it as full as possible. I tore some of the pages in half and made smaller cones for fillers.

My Finished products!!

I thought my wall needed 3 but decided on only using 2. My sister will inherit the third one! Hope yall all have as much fun with this and turns out to be easy! You cant really mess it up. Try rolling the cones all different ways. Make some tight some wide some long some short! eat.pray.CRAFT.befit! Enjoy!


XoXo Bon

Pray.

Sorry this post is so late but hopefully it will find some of you right before you head to bed. When I moved to Jackson my roomates gave me the most amazing gift (thanks Cat and V). If you don't have the devotional book Jesus Calling you need to go out and buy it tomorrow!

It some how speaks to what I am thinking about or struggling with every single day. Today I was sitting at work when it slowed up and got to read the passage of the day. The reading was all about trusting in the Lord and being thankful. So today's post is all about being 'Thankful' for the little things in life. The things that we all seem to take for granted the most. How often do you pause to appreciate what you have in life? Slowly as I have grown up, I have begun to appreciate things around me more. As I saw more and more of the world out there, I realized all the things I have been given are not rights, but privileges. At work today I decided to make a list of the things I am thankful for. Here is part of my list: (some more serious then others)
1. Laughter
2. Teamwork
3. Forgiveness
4. Hope
5. Trust
6. Coffee
7. Sisters
8. Dreams
9. The Ocean
10. Old Photographs
11. Prayer
12. Flowers
13. Books
14. Best Friends
15. Socks
16. Family
17. Vegetables
18. Sense of sight
19. Good health
20. The Sun
21. Happiness
22. Sadness
23. My Job
24. Music
25. Life
26. Love
27. Life's challenges
28. My bed
29. Clean sheets
30. Time

So I challenge all my readers to look at the bright side of life. Be thankful for the little things cause those can be the things that make you the happiest and guide you most on your journey with the lord.


Passages to read over!

Psalm 141:8
For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord; In you I take regufe; do not leave me defenseless.

1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Colossians 2:6-7
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

XoXo Bon

Welcome to eat.pray.craft.be fit

Hello blogging world!! I just moved from the night shift at the hospital I work at to the day shift and now find myself having a lot more free time. Sooooo, you lucky readers now get to hear me ramble! Each day I am going to post about one of the topics in my title! From recipes, to devotions, to crafts/art, to workouts, and how to look fabulous working out! Got to hurry and finish up this first post before my sister comes over to watch the Bachelor! My easy go to recipe when I am crunched for time but KNOW will always be delicious is Enchiladas! Who doesn't like Mexican food?!?

Enchiladas!

These are all the ingredients you will need:

9 x 13 pan
1 can rotel
1 can cream of mushroom
1 sour cream (16 oz) light or regular (I use regular)
1 taco seasoning
1 package of tortilla's (wheat or flour) (I use wheat)
1 small package ground beef
1 bag Mexican cheese
optional: black olives and green onions

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Brown your meat, drain the fat, and then follow taco package directions to season the meat

3. In mixing bowl mix the can of rotel (do not drain juice), sour cream, and cream of mushroom. Stir it up!

4. Lay out all of the tortillas on the counter and add a small spoon full of the sauce on each tortilla (right in the middle), evenly spread the meat over each tortilla (right in the middle)

5. Spread a small layer of the sauce over the bottom of the 9 x 13 pan

6. Roll up each tortilla, place in pan, sprinkle entire bag of cheese over the top, and add optional green onions and black olives.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the chese is bubbly and Enjoyyyy!!!

XoXo Bon