just glorious....

I was cruising (fellow blogs) not State Street, and came across a beautiful and inspiring gem. Glorious Treats is a bounty of mouthwatering recipes sure to make any baker want to put on an apron and preheat the oven. I was particularly impressed with her recipe for zucchini bread. As I read it, it brought back memories of my grandmother's kitchen. They always had a bountiful zucchini harvest and bread was just one of the many ways we would eat our veggies! As we planted our variety of squash this year in the garden, I was hoping to harvest enough for my grandmothers bread...I might just try Glory's recipe also...As If that weren't enough, Artful Blogging magazine featured Glorious Treats in their Summer issue....Congrats! 

Doesn't this make your mouth water?

Pool Party

Gummy shark skewers...a crowd favorite

Gold fish snacks 

The Birthday Girl

Nothing is better on a hot summer day than a pool party. We celebrated Jensen and Wesley's birthday at the pool....

The gummy skewers were a little D.I.Y. that I put together for the kids

 

supplies needed:

• can of blue spray paint or craft paint
• piece of Styrofoam
• skewers, we used about 20
• big bag of gummy sharks or swedish fish
• trim cut to look like waves (I found this at Joannes) 

spray paint the Styrofoam and let it dry. skewer your fish/sharks upside down so that when you push them into the Styrofoam they are right side up! trim the front edge with ribbon or waves or whatever you have. this would also make a darling centerpiece...

Enjoy your summer



Heather

Spring Soiree on a budget

This Spring I had the challenge to design the decor, table settings and food for an all-girls party.....on almost ZERO budget. I always like a challenge so I looked in my stash for supplies and my recipe books for inspiration and this is what we ended up with. It turned out very beautiful and very pink!

• pink bread from granite bakery in salt lake (most bakeries will dye it for you as a special order)
• filling for the tea sandwiches is one 8 oz cream cheese softened, one pkg of ranch dressing mixed in, spread on the bread and then layer sliced (very thin) cucumbers....amazing!!
• tablecloths were dip dyed "ombre" it was so easy and they were some lace tablecloths from the 80's that I wanted to re-purpose
• "yarn chandeliers" I found the idea at partiesforpennies  but it is all over the Internet..so cute and easy. I had to purchase the glue and 1 ball of yarn.
• the cake in a jar idea came from dear lizzie
• the place mats are pink construction paper that I bought for $2 for 50.
• the plastic cup rims were dipped in water and then rolled in pink sugar (available at most cake and candy decorating stores)
• the polka dot badges on the plates were made with cupcake liners, lace, vintage buttons and crepe paper.....we made 50 for about $3... a nice party favor

Any of these ideas would also be darling for a little girl's birthday party!

Heather