The short one recently celebrated her 6th birthday and asked for a soccer themed party with a twist of girly to it. So I added in touches of pink and flowers. It was a hot dog cook out at a local park and was a big hit! The vases were sports drink bottles shaped like soccer balls, the green underneath were FLOR carpet squares in grass colors. To create to chip bowl covers, I found square bowls at the dollar store and topped them with 12 x 12 paper to look like grass with paper soccer balls and white paper with black stripes created out of colored masking tape, plastic whistles were glued to it to look like a referee. The cupcakes were all strawberry flavored with pink or white frosting, topped with plastic soccer balls from the cake decorating store. The invitation was pink paper with a pink soccer ball on it and pieces of fake grass at the bottom.
I had these little wooden churches rolling around in a box for the last few years, waiting to become a part of something and it finally hit me. I used Tulip® Fashion Graffiti Cannon Fabric Paint in Neon Pink because I love the glow it gives to anything you use it on. I painted each of the houses then cut paper to serve as the roof lines or eves of the houses. I painted a wooden lid green and little picket fences white. The bunny is a vintage cake decoration I had on hand and the ‘eggs’ are candy jelly beans.
I was inspired by Martha Stewart’s Bell Jar Keepsake and I thought I would use it as a model to create an Easter bell jar decor project to display. This turned out so well I think it is safe to say it will be up all spring. I have had the bell jar around for year. The nest, plastic eggs, bird and butterfly all came from various craft stores. I also used a Tulip ® Fashion Graffiti Big Phat Fabric Marker to color the bird and the butterfly florescent pink, where they were white before.
The Hunger Games Unofficial Cookbook is now available. After seeing this I knew I needed to whip up something to honor the opening of the movie tonight at midnight. I haven’t bought the cookbook but having read all the books and having tickets in hand to see the midnight showing I was inspired to make a Hunger Games snack. So I came up with Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread, that makes me smile every time I say it!
Here is the snack:
Here is the recipe:
Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons basil
2 tablespoons ground thyme
1 teaspoon whole thyme
2 teaspoons savory
2 teaspoons ground marjoram
1/2 teaspoons whole dry marjoram
(Any green herbs or spices that are on their last legs)
1-2 tablespoons ground sumac
1/4-1/2 cup unhulled, toasted sesame seeds, ground
1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
1 tablespoon dried ground lemon peel or zest of two lemons
Preparation:
1. Grab a medium to large bowl. Dump in all of your dried green herbs and spices that have reached their life cycle. The varied amounts are fine. Just mix them all together.
2. Grab a cookie sheet, cover it with sesame seeds, toast them in the over on 350 degrees until lightly brown.
3. Remove from oven, cool the crush sesame seeds with a pestle in a small bowl.
4. Combine with green herbs.
5. Add in olive oil, enough to create a paste out of the herbs. It shouldn’t be dry.
6. Sprinkle on a tsp of sumac if you have some on hand
7. Add lemon zest to bowl
8.Spread on pita or ‘Peeta’ bread and bake or broil until heated through (350 degrees for 6 to 9 minutes)
Or download it here: Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread
We wanted to bake for Saint Patrick’s Day and the short one was asking about the history of Leprechauns and after sharing with her she said “oh so they are sort of like fairies then?” Yes, I guess they sort of are. So for Saint Patrick’s Day we made a green fairy cake. You can’t see the actual fairies, only their clothes because you know they are invisible after all and the idea is to try to catch them.
