Mom's Birthday Cake

Pin It My sister and I made my mom's birthday cake this year.  We brain stormed several different ideas until we came up with the PERFECT cake for her.  We made a yellow cake mix and used a white chocolate frosting - it was basically a cream cheese frosting with melted white chocolate added to it.  The best part of the cake is the raspberry filling.  After putting frosting on top of the first layer, simply spread seedless raspberry jam over the top (don't get too close to the edge - you don't want the frosting on the outside to get messed up by the red).  Put the next layer of the cake on top of the jam and then frost the entire outside of the cake.  Put fresh raspberries on the top of the cake to make it pretty :)

Jello Eggs

Pin It I remember my 5th grade teacher giving us Jell-o in the shape of eggs and I thought it was sooooo cool.  I decided to try and make some of my own.  Now, let me say - they are not perfect and they are not very good to take pictures of, BUT they are fun and I'm sure kids would love them!

Here's what I did:

I made the Jello according to the "mold" instructions.

 Since the plastic eggs have two holes in them, I covered those with hot glue. You will also want to pull apart the eggs completely (don't have then connected at the side - that's how mine came) I then dipped the eggs under the jello and fill them all the way.  While they are still submerged, snap them shut.

 Rinse them under water to clean them off then store in an egg carton upside down.  You do it upside down so that if there are air bubbles, they will be at the bottom of the egg rather than the top.

 Warning: Your hands will get stained!

 Leave the Jello in the fridge for a few hours.  When it is done setting, take the eggs out and put them in warm/hot water for 30 seconds.  This helps you get them out of the mold

 I rinsed them under cold water and they were done.  Like I said - not super pretty to take pictures of (maybe it's just the colors I did) but they are fun!

April Fool's Recipes

Pin It Family Fun has some really fun ideas for April Fools recipes.  Like this dessert that is actually made of meatloaf and mashed potatoes.  Go check them out!

Easter Topiary

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I bought some plastic Easter eggs at the dollar store the other day and wanted to figure out something fun to do with them.  I came up with this Easter topiary.  My husband said it looks like something from Dr. Seuss ha.  I think it's fun and considering it only cost me a dollar to make - I think it turned out pretty well.

Supplies:
- Plastic Eggs
- Wire hanger
- Basket
- Tissue paper
- Plain paper
- Plastic cup
- Hot glue
- Tacky glue - Elmer's glue would work fine too
- Wire cutters

Here's how you make it:

Just like with my Valentine's Kissing Ball, I made a ball out of plain paper. 

 I cut up some tissue paper into squares - don't worry if they aren't all perfect or the same size

 Take one square and put it on a pencil like the picture below.  Dip the bottom of the paper in glue (I used Tacky glue, but Elmer's would work too).

Before you glue on the tissue paper, make a hole in the ball where your wire will be glued inside.  Use the pencil to press the paper onto your ball. Put the pieces of tissue paper close together so there aren't any gaps. 

 The plastic eggs came with two holes - one at the top and one at the bottom, which are the perfect size for a wire hanger to be "threaded" through.  I used wire cutters to cut up a hanger.  I then hot glued the wire hanger inside of my topiary.

 Lastly, I used a small plastic cup - since that's what I had lying around for the base of my topiary.  I hot glued the last egg to the bottom of the cup.  I put the topiary inside an Easter basket and used white tissue paper to fill the basket - I think some of that fake grass would be cute in the basket, I just didn't have any at the time.  Here is the finished product:

BYU Cougar Game

Pin It We had some people over to watch the BYU vs. Florida game yesterday.  I don't want to talk about the game - what a sad loss!  But, I wanted to post a couple of the things I made for our party for you.  We had the normal chips and salsa and whatnot, but I also made a "Cougar Blue Punch" and some Basketball/BYU themed cupcakes.  Here they are:

The punch is 1/2 blue Powerade and 1/2 Sprite

Basketballs, Cougar paws and BYU cupcakes yummm!

Cardboard Easter Sign

Pin It I made a quick Easter sign the other day using cardboard that I had lying around the house.  I wish I had a Cricut or a Silhouette machine so I could have cut out some cute letters to put on it, but instead I just painted on the letters quickly.  They aren't cute, but they get the point across :)  Here's what I did:

I made an Easter egg "stencil" that I traced onto the cardboard.  Then I cut out the sign.

 I then used my acrylic paints to paint the egg shapes.

 Lastly, I painted the word Easter along the eggs.  I didn't have to make a base because the cardboard actually curled a bit after painting so it stands on its own.

Stopping By

Pin It I just wanted to pop in and apologize for not posting anything for a while.  We went on a trip to Ohio to check out OSU and I am on day 5 of being sick and fevering.  Once I start feeling better, I'll do some more projects and post about them.  I hope everyone is having a great day!