Nate's Prints!!

Nate has recently opened up a Big Cartel online store to start selling his prints! Here is whats up for sale at the moment. be sure to take a peak!

Hope you guys like em! Also here's a quick little tattoo update! On my calf done by Nate this weekend <3

Love it so much! I am getting the second bird much smaller as filler on my sleeve along with a few other little pieces and then we will be all done my right arm!

Hope everyones having a great week!

Knitted Love Giveaway!

A friend of mine has recently started out on a new online knit shop! Her name is Angel and she is an incredibly sweet girl I have known since high school. We are both super excited to bring you this awesome January giveaway!

She learned to knit basic garter stitch as a child but always made mistakes and never really put any effort into trying to perfect. She picked up needles again a few years ago and was given a book and was able to make a pair of leg warmers. Last December she saw a friend knitting really nice scarves and I decided to give it a go again and with the help of the Internet and she hasn't been able to stop since. Her favorite place to knit is in my bed while watching tv lol. Nothing like a good little mental escape before bed!

Now a year into her knitting addiction she has decided to open up a little Etsy Shop to share all her knitted treasures with you guys! Here are some pieces currently up in the shop.

Alright now for the fun part! Giveaway time! She has been sweet enough to offer up this gorgeous infinity scarf that you will all have the chance to win!

She is currently trying to come up with a suited name for her Etsy shop so I thought it would be fun to make it a part of the giveaway!

Here is how you can enter to win:

1.You can get one entry to this contest by simply commenting " I Love The Knitted Love Giveaway" along with your idea for a name for her knit shop on this blog entry

 2.You can also get an entry by following us both on Twitter and tweeting " Dearest @MissWrenxo  and  @LoveBugAngel  I want to win the #Knitted Love #Giveaway"

3. Third way to enter: Post the giveaway photo on Instagram along with  "@misswrenxo  #knittedlovegiveaway "

*plz make sure you guys are leaving me a way to get a hold of you if you win*

You can also find Angel on Facebook or by following her on IG @lovebugangel

Good luck everyone, I will be drawing for the scarf next Sunday!

Sorry For My Lack Of Blogging!!

Lets just say my new year isn't off to a good start. I've been wallowing in my own sorrows a bit and not in the mood to blog.

 But I haven't forgotten about you all! I promise to get back on my blogging roll soon! Also I have a fun giveaway coming up this week for you guys so keep your eyes pealed!

The Christmas Round-Up

We had a perfect Christmas here at the Silverii household filled with lots of family traditions and great company!

First on the traditions list was spending Christmas eve at our family friends house who we have a seafood feast with every year on Christmas eve for as long as I can remember! This year we added in a dirty gift exchange! it made for more laughs than usual to say the least lol. I ended up with a fun gift but nate brough home a bottle opener that makes orgasm noises when you use it.... yay! NOT lol though he is pretty amused by it! Also there were stress ball boobs and penises lol, beer opening rings, penis pasta and lots of other weird wonders

 (apparently there were sperm inside the stress ball penis...)

 (beer bottle opening rings super powers!)

(LOL)

Needless to say we all got off to a semi late start Christmas morning. This was our first year being able to host Christmas morning at our house! It feels so nice to have a home you want to share with other people. We were a small group this year just us the dogs and my parents but it was a perfect day. We opened gifts, relaxed and watched It's a Wonderful Life ( a must in my family for the holidays) while the turkey cooked. Then settled in for a nice little Christmas dinner!

We spoiled each other a bit this year cause it was the first Christmas since we have been married where we could afford to! So we got a new 40 inch flat screen as a present to the both of us. Nate got me an amazing bubble bath set from fruits and passions, the raddest leather purse from beaded dreams a local native store along with a rabbits paw and fox tail! Also two shirts n9ot pictured that I am in love with. I am a lucky lady!

 (the boys couch lol)

Hope everyone got to enjoys their holidays as much as we did, and that you all spend your new years with the ones you love!

Tis' The Season!

The Silverii household has been getting extra festive lately. We had Nate's work Christmas party at the house this past weekend and we're hosting our family Christmas here next week so we got extra stoked on the holiday decor this year. I wanted to share it with you guys !

We got crafty and made lots of fun little holiday banners for the house, even Nate got his hands dirty and made his own banner! Here is what the house looked like for our party over the weekend.

The amazing little mini cheese cakes in the photo above were from Sugar&Sugar an awesome little local baker who is a friend of mine and makes loads of delicious flavours!  For the party we had Lemon and Eggnog Latte everyone loved them and it saved me the pain of adding one more thing to my to do list for the party.

We had a great party, so great that I may have spent all of Sunday hungover lol. Can't wait to spend Christmas day here with my family for presents and an epic feast!

What are you guys doing to get in  the festive mood this year?

Recipe: Cauliflower Bacon Cheddar Chowder!

I made this soup a few weeks back for me and Nate, we loved it so much that I made it again this past weekend when we were up at the cottage for a family gathering. Everyone seemed to love it as much as us so I wanted to share the recipe here for you guys!

It takes a bit of prep and you'll have to be in the kitchen the whole time you make it. It's not a prep and relax kind of recipe but it's well worth the efforts in the end!

Ingredients

8 slices of bacon, chopped (half used for garnish)
1/2 of a large white onion chopped
2 celery stalk, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
salt & pepper
4 cups shredded or grated cauliflower (1/2 large head)
2 Tablespoons water
2 Tablespoons flour
2 cups chicken broth, divided
2 cups 2% milk
3-4 dashes hot sauce (or more or less)
2-1/2 cups (12oz) shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided (half used for garnish)
2 green onions, chopped (optional)

Directions

1. Whisk together flour and 1/4 cup chicken broth in a small bowl then set aside.
2. Saute bacon in a large soup pot over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Keep all bacon drippings drippings in the pot. Add chopped onion, celery, and garlic to the pot then season with salt and pepper and saute until vegetables are tender, about 4-5 minutes.
3. Add shredded cauliflower to the pot then stir to combine. ( if you do not have a food processor to shred the cauliflower shop VERY small)Add water then place a lid on top and steam cauliflower until tender, stirring a couple times, about 5-7 minutes. Add remaining chicken broth and milk then turn up heat and bring to a boil.
4. Slowly whisk in flour/chicken broth mixture while stirring, then turn down heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes, or until chowder has thickened. Turn off heat then stir in 2 cups cheddar cheese until smooth, then stir in half the cooked bacon. Taste and adjust with salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Serve topped with remaining shredded cheese, cooked bacon, and green onions, if desired.