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Yummy Party Favors
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My sister held a bridal shower for Chalisse on Friday and she did a great job!! She took care of all the invitations, food, games, and set up. All I was asked to do as mother of the bride, was to provide some party favors for the guests to take home as a “thanks for attending” momento.
I wanted to incorporate a bit of Chalisse into these party favors. Her favorite thing in the world is cookie dough so I came up with a cute way to wrap up some for everybody. It was a hit!!
I had to use some non-SU paper as I needed 35 sheets in her wedding colors. I did use Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake cardstock, Boho Blossoms and 5-Petal Flower punches to make the flower embellishment. Chocolate Chip satin ribbon finished off the ends.
Have a great day! TTFN!
Natasha
Spaghetti for Supper
Posted by: | CommentsShowcasing stamped projects is going to be a bit on the low side here at Inkingoutofthebox in the next couple of weeks. Last week, I had surgery, good necessary surgery, but major nonetheless. Because of this, creating is not on the top of my priority list this month – darn it!
But just because I can’t create very much right now, does not mean that we are letting boredom set in at the Zandbergen home – no way! Please forgive the bragging I am about to do – I’m not allowed to do much else this month!!
Kira, my 14 year old daughter, had a foods class assignment this week to prepare a cake to be graded. Being the fun-loving girl she is, a regular 2 layer chocolate cake just would not do:
How adorable is this cake???
She baked regular golden yellow cake batter in an oven proof bowl so it was shaped like a dome. Then she piped yellow-tinted icing all over the cake to look like pasta. She spooned on some seedless strawberry jam for spaghetti sauce and the finishing touch was the “meatballs”! These are hazelnut chocolates covered in jam and boy, do they ever look real!!
My sister invited us over for supper last night (she is taking such good care of me!!) because her twins were celebrating their 9th birthday. We took this over to share with them and Daniel, my little 4 year old nephew , was adamant that his cake piece NOT have a meatball on it – he was having none of it!! So, so funny!!
Have a lovely creative day!
TTFN!
Natasha
Very Handy Discovery
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I’m interupting my baking session today, to share with you a pleasant discovery I made yesterday.
I wanted to package my giant pretzel rods in a special way to give away as teacher gifts this year. I went into my work area to start measuring and designing.
I looked over to my shelf and noticed my mini cupcake box from the Homemade Goody Box tutorial sitting there…
and wondered if my rods would possibly fit in that. I took it off the shelf, held my breath, laid in one pretzel rod and…
…did the dance of joy!!! They fit perfectly!
I quickly made up a couple of boxes and they are ready to go – I love those serendipidous moments!
I used this card layout as inspiration for the top of my box. The poinsettia flower at the top was created by layering 3 – 5 Petal Flower punches and 2 small flowers punched with Boho Blossoms punch.
Supplies used:
Stamps – Four the Holidays, Notably Ornate
Paper and Ink – Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Jolly Holiday DSP
accessories -5 Petal Flower punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Scallop Edge punch, ticket corner punch, Big Shot and Little Leaves sizzlit, pearl accent
Now back to my baking!
TTFN!
Natasha
Tis the Season for…
Posted by: | CommentsBAKING!!!
In other words, dipping fondant, truffles, turtles and giant pretzel rods…
…mixing and rolling cookies…
…baking pans upon pans of squares…
…stirring up eggnog, cinnamon and gingerbread loaves…
…I could go on and on…
December for me is all about the kitchen and the wonderful aromas I can create with the ingredients I splurge on this time of year.
This photo represents all the dipped chocolates my girlfriend and I pump out every Christmas and about 18 hours worth of work. Every year we seem to add another flavour or two! We made:
2 batches of Peanut Butter truffles
2 batches of Oreo truffles
2 batches of Cinnamon truffles
200 turtles – once you’ve had homemade – you can’t go back!!
600 dipped fondant chocolates in almond, vanilla and coconut flavours
Every year, I also get together with my two very best friends and we spend a day dipping these giant pretzel rods in caramel and then chocolate. In one day, we were able to pump out at least 500 of these – I didn’t get a final count!
These are simply amazing – caramel, chocolate and salt together in one heavenly marriage – who could ask for anything more!
So now you may be able to understand why my absense for the blogging world – I’m a bit preoccupied right now with my ingredient pile – they must be used!!!
I do have a card for you today though.
I had a lovely evening with one of my stamp clubs last week (or was it the week before? I can’t keep track as the days are moving so fast!) and we made 4 projects while enjoying a lovely pot luck spread.
This card was pretty much a direct CASE from Chat at Me, My Stamps and I. So greatful to talented designers out there for making my creative days more productive!
I’ll post all the projects from this class over the next week – you’ll just have to come back for a nice little visit!
I wish I could give you a dipped pretzel…
TTFN!
Natasha
