Goody Bags on the cheap!

I found an amazing deal on these toys.

I went to Wal-mart on a random weekday

and happened to check out the clearance toys

section. They had all of these toys marked down to $0.25!!!

I bought them all and thought how cool for

Hunter's party favors to all his little guest.

I'll probably never stumble upon a deal like that again!

For the girls that were attending his party

I got these cute little heart purses at Toys R Us

marked down to $1.00 and I filled it with some

candy!

Pinata

                                                    I used cereal boxes to construct
                                                    my son's Monster Truck
                                                    Pinata. I formed the shape I wanted
                                                    then taped the seams shut.

                                                     The second step in my construction
                                                     was to paper mache! Now a word to
                                                     the wise this project is extremely MESSY!!!
                                                     I had some eager little helpers while doing
                                                     this part and we had a paper mache nightmare
                                                     afterwards in my kitchen;)              
                                                   
                        

                                                
                                                   Once its dry, you fill with candy & decorate the pinata!
                                                   I used a piece of twine threaded through the boxes
                                                   to hang. I had a bunch of strong boys at this party and it took
                                                   many tries from all the children to finally knock it apart. The
                                                  Pinata was probably the biggest hit of the Monster Truck party
                                                  lol no pun intended!

The Birthday Boy taking the first swing!



Memorial Day Cupcakes

These cupcakes were for our Memorial Day cookout

I split my batter into 3 different bowls and colored them

red, white & blue.

I also used red & blue cupcake liners

frosted the cupcakes in buttercream & topped with

red, white & blue sanding sugars

My red, white & blue batter

this is what the cupcake looked like with

the different colored batter. Of course this picture was taken

after one of the kids licked off the icing! ;)

About Me

I am a wife to a hardworking man, a SAHM of 4 little angels

 but also... A

 Full time Maid,

 Personal Assistant,

Gift Wrapper,

Party Planner,

Cake Maker,

Chef,

Vet,

 Nurse,

  Doctor,

 Boo-Boo kisser

 and a Bargain Shopper!

 

This is my adorable little family!

 

~MOM

 

 

Girly Roller Skate Cake...

This was a cake my daughter asked me to make her for dessert

so thrown to together its a 6inch round cake with buttercream & fondant details

the roller skate I made from fondant & traced some clip art for the shape

I then added some pink fondant accents to embellish my skate. Her name was done out of

white fondant using my Wilton letter cutters.

My Mom's 50th Birthday Cake...

This cake is a full sheet made with a marble cake then covered with

ganache & decorated with Swiss meringue buttercream! My mom sent me an

idea for a round black & white cake on pinterest so this was my take on it

to make it feed her entire office staff of 30+...Happy Birthday Mom!  

Busy Weekend!

Mother's Day Weekend was a busy one for me in my little kitchen. I spent all day Saturday baking up some yummy treats! First I made 3dozen cupcakes for a family reunion which included lemon with lemon filling, Oreo with Oreo cream cheese frosting & strawberry cheesecake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes...

My Family at the Reunion...

  I was asked to make a birthday cake for an elderly woman who's birthday was also Mother's Day!
this cake is a delicious pound cake with buttercream filling and covered & decorated in fondant.

 I also wanted to bake my Mother-In-Law a coconut cream pie for Mother's Day since that is her favorite pie!

Mickey Mouse Theme Cupcakes!

OK so these cupcakes totally made me feel like a "REAL" Baker! lol  Everything was from scratch a pound cake cupcake with Swiss meringue buttercream! I had been reading on all the blogs that I frequently stalk that they all use this buttercream and I tried it myself. I now see what all the hype is about! My only complaint is the color didn't get as red as I would have liked I still need to research how to get red,red. Anyways my son's preschool loved them & that was enough for me!