Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Space Wedding Galaxy Favors

When trying to find space/planet/universe ideas
came across
galaxy ornaments
We decided that the
smaller version would be
the best idea
These mini iridescent ornaments
were purchased 
at Hobby Lobby

I used Pledge floor finisher
Swish a very small amount
it in and drain
then using a funnel layer in glitter colors
shake out excess
I followed up by putting black glitter
to fill in any spaces
Let air dry
The color combos are endless!



They were then put into these
small favor boxes from Dollar Tree














Mexican Wedding Cookies

2 sticks butter
2/3 C powder sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 C flour
1/4 tsp salt
1tsp cinnamon
1 C finely chopped pecans
powder sugar to roll

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Beat butter, 2/3 c powdered sugar 
and vanilla in a bowl until fluffy. Mix in combined flour,
 salt and cinnamon. Beat in nuts. Refrigerate until firm 
abt 2-3 hrs. Roll into crescent shapes or round.  




Place 1 in apart on a greased cookie sheet 
and bake for 12-15 or lightly brown. 
Roll warm cookies in the powdered sugar




Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Nana's Xmas Cookies

My grandmother would make 
these every Christmas




1/2 C shortening
2 1/2 C flour
1/2 C sugar
2 eggs
1/4 C molasses
1/4 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt allspice, clove and mace
1/2 tsp cinnamon and ginger

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and molasses. 
Slowly add dry ingredients to creamy mix
Add additional flour if too sticky to roll. Chill and roll out 

Friday, November 17, 2017

Space Wedding Cutlery


I printed the sentiment on to
business card size
and then cut the foil paper
just a bit larger

With a corner cutter I rounded them


Then using 
double sided tape 
I put the cards together




I cut strips to go around the napkins
and taped them to the cards








Slide the napkin in

back

 

 Front


Slide in utensils and you are done



Flower Girl Ball




We started with a 5 in ball

With wide ribbon wrapped it aropund the ball
and tied 2 knots
using pearl pins and silk hydragena flowers
we went around the ball in a circle












After covering the ball 

rhinestone bling
was added
(sort of looked like constellations)

Bending a wire w
the gem at the end twisting it

I twisted the taila round a pin 


then cut the excess off





then applied them here and there





Matchng hairbow


Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Whole Berry Orange Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry Sauce




3/4 C sugar
1/4 C water
3/4 Orange Juice
1 bag cranberries

My secret ingredients:



1/2 - 3/4 C  of orange marmalade (more or less to taste)

Put all ingredients in a sauce pan Cook until all cranberries have popped

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Thai Butternut Soup







I made this soup last night





I did have a few adjustments
I could not find the Kraft dressing so I ended up 
substituting Sam's Choice Sweet Lime Cilantro Dsg




  • 4 cups chopped peeled butternut squash (I bought free pre-chopped squash)
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 cups 25%-less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
                                    Dump all ingredients except cilantro and                              peanuts into a slow cooker 
  •                                  and cook until squash is soft


  •                                    Using a immersion blender, puree the                                  squash or pour into blender
  •                                   in small batches; blend until smooth
  •                                  Serve topped with nuts &  cilantro. 
  •                           (I used toasted pumpkin seeds)
  •                          I also had some crusty bread with it


Monday, October 30, 2017

Space Wedding : Planet Centerpieces

The idea came
from this photo:





The base are balloon weights from Dollar Tree

To represent the family we used 4 planets

2 2.5 inch ones for the parents
2  2 inch for the children

Instead of being scientifically correct
it was decided to take each ones
favorite color and create their
own planets

The paint was sponged on with a dauber
for the best coverage













placed on skewers
rubber banded and tapped together




and hot glued to the base



the planet stems are anchored
by using 2 of the star branches 
twisted around the taped
base

The bottom is then reattached 



To take up more area on the table
12x12 mirror tiles from Lowes were used


The centerpieces worked out to be about $5 a piece!

We added Dollar Tree star shaped tealights

!st scuff up the finish w a sading block


I attached them to the box with
poster ticky tack

Then sprayed them with
Krylon Shimmering Purple



in retrospect I would
do a few things differently
because this spray 
is difficult. I would've 
base coated them
with black paint
thus decreasing how much of 
this paint I use - it is rather pricey
at $10 a can (I used 50% off coupons)
but it still was $10 for 
40 of them
They needed multiple coats
and the glitter part had a tendancy
to clump
I would consider just spraying
the item with purple paint 
then adding glitter


The end product: