Surf Party

Aloha 40!
My husband turned 40...we went with the Surf Theme..
It was a fun party to plan without falling into the typical "Hawaiian" theme

Aloha is a great word to use for a banner, It means Hello, goodbye and Love...

In this case "Hello 40..."

This was the dessert table and sweet table

Instead of a cake, homemade cupcakes with plastic surfboards as decorations. I ordered the surfboards from Amazon.

These were easy...slice and bake sugar cookies with slivered almonds = yummy sand dollar cookies

Liquid Aloha is a perfect name for the drinks

This time liquid aloha = liquid love

These were a hit!

Jello Shots in oranges!

Recipe:

1 package of Jello

1/2 cup Vodka

1/2 cup water

3 oranges per package

pour 1/2 cup boiling water over one package of jello, stir in 1/2 cup vodka. Previously. cut in half oranges and carefully remove orange sections and pulp. Pour mixed jello in oranges and chill over night. When ready to serve, cut each half into thirds.

How cool are these! Longboard Beer! Look around there are great Beer Labels!

Pipeline Punch and Longboard Lemonade were the mixers..

For good "Surf Theme" words check out www.surflingo.com

Fruit Kabobs, easy and always a hit!

The menu was Bar-B-Q....yum!

Happy Birthday!

xoxo

Australian Outback Party

Australian Outback Party

G'Day Mates!

Today we had a Barbie..(Bar-B-Que)

in honor of our trip...

We are going on a family Vacation to Oz...

An Aussie Vacation!!!!

Please Note:

I will not be blogging any parties until the end of July...

I will be searching for new Aussie Ideas!

Have a great Summer!

Teacher Candy Grams

Teacher Gift Idea!
A candy gram....
I made one for Valentine's Day last year.
I was searching for an inexpensive gift idea and saw a candy gram on One Pretty Thing Blog.
This was fast, inexpensive and easy. Total cost was $7.00 each (including gift bag)

This is what I wrote:

Don't Snicker, but I think you're great!
You are Mounds of fun and you have brought me tons of Joy!
I think you Rock!
Thank you Beary much for being such a Sweetheart of a teacher
and helping me learn to be a real Smartee!

Thank you for a great year.

Mother's Day Little Bird Party

Happy Mother's Day!

We had a great Mother's Day Dinner...everyone brought something for dinner and it was a perfect "family party"

"Sweet Little Birdies!"

from the Martha Stewart Cupcake Cookbook

note my new "Homemade with Love" Apron! Thank You!

Happy Mother's Day Mom and Kathy (Mother -in -law)

xoxo

Earth Day Party

Happy Earth Day 2010

We celebrated our annual Earth Day today.
The theme was "Go Green!"
All foods were green and we worked on cleaning up our own back yard.
Remember, everyday is Earth Day and everyday is a great day to have a family party!

This is my green snack table...

Green veggies, fruits and pickles...spinach dip and guacamole

Heineken Beer, Gatorade, and Perrier...

after working in the yard, we had a "green dinner", angel hair pesto pasta and then

Key Lime Pie and Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!!!!

Peeps Easter Cake Idea

Easter Cake with Peeps!

This Cake is just like the Rainbow Cake I made for St. Patrick's Day, the only difference is it is 3 layers and "Easter Colors"

Peeps are great! They come in so many colors...I bought every color and I searched for ideas for peeps, I couldn't find anything I liked. Finally I decided on the colored cake layers...it worked again!

Happy Easter!

Rice Krispie Bunnies

Last Minute Easter Ideas

I saw these Bunny Pops on the Ladies Home Journal website...

We tried our best...our Bunnies look a little "sinister!"

Happy Easter!