Shutterfly....Christmas Card Heaven!

It is little bit early for me {the SUPER procrastinator} to be thinking about Christmas cards seeing as how we still have a week before we even sit down to eat Thanksgiving turkey! BUT...it is kind of difficult not to be in the holiday spirit with all the fun CHRISTMAS cards on Shutterfly's website! Can I just say that this card:

is the most adorable thing I have ever seen!

Shutterfly is an awesome place to find just about anything photo related! My only problem with Shutterfly is that there are WAY TOO MANY adorable options to chose from....well that and the fact that I could spend {waste} hours browsing through all their Christmas card, photo book, gift tag, and calendar ideas! I could defintely use one of these calendar posters in my kitchen next year {hint, hint just in case my hubby reads this}!

In the past I have used Shutterfly to make some really cute photo books. I made one of our trip to Disney World in 2009, and I think it is my favorite souviner ever! Photo books also make awesome Christmas gifts for grandparents that already have everything {trust me I know from experience}.

Shutterfly by far has the best selection of Christmas cards out there. I can't wait to find the perfect card for our family this year! I think this one may be a top contender....along with about 20 others:)

*And if you are in love with Shutterfly as much as I am check out their great offer for bloggers!*
 Bloggers can get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly: http://bit.ly/sfly2010

Wordless Wednesday: Capturing the Sun*

*alternately titled Capturing the SONS

Homemade Chocolate Pudding

A few weeks ago, as I was attempting to not spend a small fortune on groceries, I saw milk on sale at Target for an unbelievable low {aka less than $3 a gallon} price. So crazy, thrifty me decides to lug home 6 gallons of milk...because the price was just too good to pass up. Well, a week later when the milk was about to expire and I still had a whole gallon unopened I figured I better find a great "use up a lot of milk before it goes bad" recipe!

And what recipe uses up large amounts of milk better than chocolate pudding?!? No other...at least none that I could find! Hasty Chocolate Pudding from allrecipes.com is what I settled on after checking out a few recipes and scoping out my pantry to see what I had on hand.

In addition to the 2 cups{ when I made it, I doubled the recipe} of milk, you also need

1/2 cup white sugar

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

3 tablespoons cornstarch

&

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Add all of the dry ingredients into a microwave safe bowl..

..and wisk them together getting out any big lumps.

Then slowly add in the milk.

Microwave on high for 3 minutes. Stir and then microwave in 1 minute intervals until the pudding is thick.

Stir in the vanilla and then scoop into individual bowls...

...or refrigerate {covering top of the pudding with a layer of plastic wrap} the whole batch until cold. 

Chocolate pudding that is both yummy and practical...at least it's practical if you have a bunch of milk to use:)