Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

MMM...DONUTS...

Homer Simpson And DonutThis week's box is brought to you by The Simpsons and the letter mmmmm.... and the letter ooooooo....
My inspiration for said box started a few weeks ago, after finding some Simpson's gummy snacks at Michael's. I figured it'd be easy. I could throw in The Simpson's Movie, The Simpson's gummy snacks, those embarrassing and tacky Simpson's boxer shorts (you can find those just about anywhere), and some Butterfingers (remember those old Bart Simpson's commercials?) Of course, that's about all I thought of at the time, but I figured I'd think of more as time went along.  Well, I didn't think of much more, as that's about all the Simpson's items that inevitably ended up in the box a few weeks later.  However, my husband has requested I place individual snack bags in each box now, so there wasn't room for much more anyhow.  When considering cookie ideas for my Simpson's Themed box,  I thought about making beer mugs, beer cans, radio active symbols or a few other cookie ideas.  But there was no doubt I had to do donuts. We all know Homer loves Donuts, if you don't believe me, read the above post. Here is a step by step of this weeks cookie...

Step 1: Use a circular cookie cutter or a cup to cut out your cookies.  Then use a smaller circular item (like the base of an icing tip) to cut out the center hole.  Place on a baking sheet.

Step 2: Bake them (duh)

Step 3: Clean your mixing bowl so that you may prepare your icing for the next step.

Step 4: Pipe the outline of the donut icing with the thicker icing. Allow at least 1 hour of setting time before moving to step 5.

Step 5: Fill in the icing with the glacĂ© icing and cover with sprinkles.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Shower Planning Post #1

I'm so happy for one of my besties! She is about to tie the knot in a few months. (You can check out her blog here.) I'm honored & super excited to be a part of her wedding.  I'm also super happy that she asked me to help put together her bridal shower.  I say "help", but I'm dang near taking over because I just LOVE planning parties!! Hmm...I hope she doesn't mind.  Anyway, I've already designed and ordered the invitations which I will post when they come in later this week.  I've also had the chance to put together some decorations for the table already.  They were a bit costly for a diy project but super cute!  Below is a tutorial and photos of the final project.  As I complete more projects for the shower, I'll be sure to add them...because I'm having too much fun to keep this all to myself :)

Supplies needed:
1 bucket 
1 styrofoam ball
1 styrofoam block for base of bucket
1 bag of synthetic grass
multiple rolls of ribbon
1 bag of dowel rods
hot glue gun & glue sticks
2-3 bouquets of flowers of your choice

Step 1: Using hot glue gun, cover dowel rods in ribbon, using the technique shown in my previous post.

Step 2: Glue styrofoam into base of bucket

Step 3: Insert rod into bucket & into styrofoam at base and cover with grass then set aside

Step 4: Carefully remove the flowers from the stems on the bouquets and using hot glue gun, adhere them to the ball. *You may also use sewing pins, but they can be pricey!*

Step 4 Cont. : Continue to cover the ball until no styrofoam shows...and then add more flowers...just keep covering...make it perdy!! :)  Layer the heck outta the thing.

Step 5: Once the balls are fully covered, press them into the top of the dowels and tie a bow around the rods to finish off.  Aren't they cute?