Thursday, April 28, 2011
Designer Cakes by Joanie
Everybody has a talent or two...but this lady's edible art takes the cake (literally)!
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| Princess Cake |
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| Bicycle Cake with Little Girl |
Kid's Bikin' Birthday Party!
For my daughter Charlie's 2nd birthday party we decided to utilize our spacious backyard and host a bike party.
Decorations were kept simple: paper lanterns hung from surrounding trees, and colorful homemade flag banners were hung around the patio.
The menu consisted of turkey burger sliders on homemade jalapeno cheesy rolls, potato salad, fruit, green salad, bacon wrapped Lil' Smokies, and lemon cupcakes with buttercream cream cheese frosting....oh, and let's not forget the old fashioned candy jar filled with colorful taffy candies.
This party proved to be an in-expensive way to go!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Host a "House Party"...for FREE!
HOUSE PARTY
In today's economic downturn, it's become more difficult to stretch the paycheck--but that doesn't mean you can't get your family and friends together for a fun "House Party" (hosted by you of course) with the help of http://www.houseparty.com/
Last month I hosted a "Kraft Home Style Macaroni & Cheese" House Party! As the host, they set me up with a website where I could send out e-vites, print up fun favors and games, and upload pictures of my event. About a week before the big party day, a box arrived at my home that included a brand new Pyrex Baking Dish, an awesome cooking pot with state of the art glass lid with stand, nice rubber serving spoon, 6 big bags of Kraft Home Style Macaroni & Cheese to make for my guests, 20 pairs of Kraft socks with macaroni shaped rubber grippers on the bottom, plates, napkins and lots of coupons to give your guests.
It was a ton of fun, and House Party has all different types of events you can sign up to host. You, as host, can cut down on the cost of food/refreshments if you ask your guests to bring an appetizer or dessert for 6-8 people and split up the list of food by assigning a particular category by last name (for example: Last Names A-M bring dessert for 6 and L-Z bring an appetizer for 6). The host can provide the drinks! Voila...a fun, free (almost free) event and good time to be had by all.
Here are some pics of my girls LOVING their Kraft Macaroni & Cheese socks!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Totally 80's Party!
Last weekend was like for sure a totally rad party for my sister-in-law!
It was a walk down memory lane for most of us Generation-X kids
( everyone wore their Garbage Pail Kids name tag which were easily researched and printed, here's the Birthday Girl's name tag)
Decorations included glass apothecary jars filled with colorful candy buttons, decorative glass jars fully of Smarties and a rainbow painted roller skate with wings drawn on the chalkboard.
80's Comfort food was served including tons of "FREE" Kraft Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese (more about that on my next blog), Pigs in a Blanket, and Bacon & Cornbread Fritters to name a few...we ran out of room, or steam to whip up the homemade funnel cakes I had planned...(too bad).
The evening concluded with an 80's style "Slam Book" passed around full of trivia questions ranging from t.v. shows, movies, nostalgic items, cartoons etc.. a fun time was had by all!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Girly Girl Party Favors!
girl's hair clips
different ways to display them
(I used my Tassimo Disc holder)
another idea is to clip them on to twigs and display them in a vase.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Butter Toffee Popcorn Crunch
Tonight I set out to make an easy sweet snack and thought Butter Toffee Peanuts sounded good. Well, we were out of peanuts but happened to have a 5 lb. bag of almonds in the pantry. In less than 5 minutes, this delicious sweet butter toffee coating was ready, almonds mixed in and a last minute decision was made to add popcorn!
Super easy, few ingredients, and depending on the type of nuts you use, it can be relatively inexpensive too.
To Make:
1 cup butter (two sticks)
1 cup sugar
3 TBL water
Mix butter, sugar & water in a heavy sauce pan on medium heat stirring frequently in the beginning. Once the temperature reaches 300 (use candy thermometer) let the water boil out and the sugar/butter mixture thicken. Do not stir at this point (should only take a minute). Remove from heat and add nuts, stirring to coat evenly. (optional: add popcorn to the mixture).
Place on a greased cookie sheet to cool.
*Note: Because the original idea/recipe was for Butter Toffee Nuts, the popcorn and nuts did not clump together as I would have liked (which would have made it easier to eat). Most recipes for that type contain corn syrup which this did not. However--this recipe was OH MY GOODNESS "Buttery Deliciously & Sweet"!
My family thoroughly enjoyed =]
Super easy, few ingredients, and depending on the type of nuts you use, it can be relatively inexpensive too.
To Make:
1 cup butter (two sticks)
1 cup sugar
3 TBL water
Mix butter, sugar & water in a heavy sauce pan on medium heat stirring frequently in the beginning. Once the temperature reaches 300 (use candy thermometer) let the water boil out and the sugar/butter mixture thicken. Do not stir at this point (should only take a minute). Remove from heat and add nuts, stirring to coat evenly. (optional: add popcorn to the mixture).
Place on a greased cookie sheet to cool.
*Note: Because the original idea/recipe was for Butter Toffee Nuts, the popcorn and nuts did not clump together as I would have liked (which would have made it easier to eat). Most recipes for that type contain corn syrup which this did not. However--this recipe was OH MY GOODNESS "Buttery Deliciously & Sweet"!
My family thoroughly enjoyed =]
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