Celebrating the 174th anniversary of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' Relief Society organization
with a picnic themed birthday party!
Mason jar flower vases with a junque bow and a string of buttons
Showing posts with label Desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Desserts. Show all posts
Jun 11, 2016
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May 25, 2016
My Tea Party Dreams Have Come True!
I've planned a lot of parties,
but they are always for my kids, or on assignment for large groups.
This time it was just for my close friends and me!
I've been planning this party in my head for about 20 years,
so it goes without saying that I had a lot of fun with it!
GUESTS
Good friends who are also crafty and creative.
These gals wore Easter bonnets, which ROCKS!
Here's our whole group in our tiny felt Easter Parade hats
that we made as one of our two crafts.
Aug 8, 2015
Aug 13, 2013
Chocolate Mousse from an Irishman
Girls, you know those times when you NEED chocolate, like, BADLY?!
Well I'm hookin' you up with something super chocolaty that will make you smile!
And it's easy!
May 15, 2013
Easy As {Buttermilk} Pie
This is my family's very favorite pie.
We are the only people I know who make it.
Apr 30, 2013
Best Sugar Cookie Of Your Life!
No, really, you will LOVE this cookie!
Many many years ago, when I was a young woman living in Utah, a local bakery Granny B's sold
this same type of cookie fresh daily at the gas station checkouts.
You just grabbed your cookie right out of a 9x13 pans sitting on the counter,
not individually wrapped.
Yeah, super sanitary, right?
But they were SOOOOO good, no one cared about the germs.
A big pink cookie and a HUGE Diet Coke and I was set on breakfast!
Nov 18, 2012
SodaStream by House Party {party and menu recap}
Not too long ago Kim from A Night Owl Blog had invited me to her Keurig House Party.
I was intrigued, so I went to check it out.
When she explained the way House Party works I was blown away.
YOU MEAN THEY JUST GIVE YOU REALLY NICE FREE STUFF???
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY OR SELL ANYTHING???
Word of mouth between friends and fellow bloggers is powerful stuff!
It's successful effective advertising!
And these companies are getting it for just their cost of their product.
It's super genius and I'm so excited that I was chosen to demo the SodaStream!
{each product only has a limited number of applicants who are chosen to demo}
House Party is a liaison between top brand companies and folks like me
who want to try products in-home for free and share them with my friends.
Basically, in a nutshell:
*I get AWESOME STUFF
*I organize a party in my home
*I get to share the product with my friends
*I don't sell ANYTHING!
*I just hand out a coupon or rebate form and
it's all up to my friends if they want it or not.
I'm not the middleman and I benefit in no way if they order or not.......
I already got all my free goodies!
Once you go to House Party's website, you choose which products you'd like to demo.
Then you wait.
You'll get an email asking you to go to their page and tell why you should be chosen to demo that particular product.
That was easy.
SodaStream is a fun way to make your own soda at home for less money and a whole lot less waste.
Boom!
I was chosen!
Once you're chosen you have to hurry and invite at least 10 friends
on a particular date to your party.
When I say hurry, I mean like I had 30 minutes!
THAT'S the only pressure in this whole deal. lol
Here's just some of what I got in my shipment!
I honestly couldn't believe how much was sent!
This is the SodaStream soda maker {there's a CO2 bottle hidden inside it}
and several bottles of flavors, plus 2 one-liter bottles.
Each of those small sized bottles makes 50 8-oz servings!
FIFTY!
At $5.00 retail for each bottle, that's only $.10 per serving!!
WooHoo!!
As the party drew near I put on my favorite apron from my bestie Janeal,
and got my bake on so we'd have some goodies to go with our homemade soda!
from I {Heart} Naptime.
Yes, they are as good as they sound!
Pulverized candy canes are inside that cream!
Most labor intensive cookie I've ever made in my life though! lol
Oct 1, 2012
Autumn Party Menu
I. LOVE. FOOD!
I love making it!
I love eating it!
I love sharing it!
Here is the menu of a party I recently had:
PUMPKIN LASAGNA
BROCCOLI SALAD
CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS
VEGGIE TRAY
PUMPKIN BREAD W/CHOCOLATE CHUNKS
S'MORES MINI CUPCAKES
GINGERBREAD MINI CUPCAKES
MARSHMALLOW POPS
CANDY CORN POPCORN
4 FLAVORS OF CANDY CORN!
AND BEST OF ALL,
4 FLAVORS OF VELATA CHOCOLATE FONDUE
PLUS LOTS OF GOODIES TO DIP INTO IT!
I wanted the food to scream AUTUMN IS HERE!!!, even though the temperatures are still in the 100's.
Sep 17, 2012
Jell-O Jiggler Magic Orange Slices
I wanted something fun and special for my daughter's 10th birthday Luau and found a photo similar to the above on Pinterest.
Jun 11, 2012
Lemon Cupcakes made with bakery emulsions
Lemon Cupcakes
are all the rage this summer!
After hearing/seeing about them on so many blogs
I was really getting a hankering for some!
A cool and refreshing cupcake!
And then my friend PinkCakePlate posted on Instagram
that she had found baking emulsions at Ross
for half the regular price.
I had never heard of baking emulsions
but it definitely sounded like something special!
So I had to check it out!!
I found these flavors
(at two different Ross locations)
I'M. A. FAN!
Apr 9, 2012
Glittery Cupcakes
I really wanted to make cute cupcakes for our
Young Women's In Excellence and New Beginnings program.
There just so happens to be a brand new cake supply store in our neighborhood called
Apr 5, 2012
Feb 11, 2012
Superbowl Suicide!
Wait, who was playing?
Ummmmm
Just kidding (sorta).
Anyway, it's pretty much my job to FEED those who actually know who's playing......
So, again, THANK HEAVENS FOR PINTEREST and all of the awesome inspiration I get from it!
As much time as I spend on Pinterest, I'm pretty sure it's still less time
than I used to spend perusing cook books.
(I'm sticking to that)
Feb 8, 2012
PSYCH NIGHT
Our Girl's Camp isn't until summer
(that's why we call it GIRL'S SUMMER CAMP...hehe),
but every year our {awesome} stake Young Women's leaders have a night
several months before camp to
- get the girl's PSYCHED UP for this year's summer camp
- have a reunion (complete with super-fun slide show of the previous year's camp)
- have the 'new' girls see what it's all about
- announce what this year's camp theme will be
- brush up on our camp songs
- give our {awesome, mixed with some crazy} Priesthood leaders a chance to show off their
RID-DIK-OO-LUS DANCE SKILLS!
*insert hip hop music here*
Can you guess what our new theme is?
May 28, 2011
Cake Pops are a SNAP!
I know everyone and her sister has already posted about how to make cake pops,
but I've had a few friends ask ME how I made MINE, so here ya go.
Mar 27, 2011
Maddie's 8th Birthday Party
Our sweet little guest of honor.
This was my one last chance to throw a princess party (she's almost too old for so much fuss) and it was the most planning fun I've had in a LONG time!
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