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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Norene Cox - Party Pincher

Dang! I found this site a tad too late now that the holiday season is over but there will always be an occasion for the new year, right?

SAHM Norene Cox aka Party Pincher dedicates her website -  www.partypinching.com to provide budget friendly party ideas for everyone, creating fabulous parties on a shoestring, using products found at any local party or craft store.

CHRISTMAS
Sweet Sleeping Christmas Mouse
This little guy is dreaming of Christmas morning, a no-bake treat that is so easy to make.
Sleeping like a baby. Marshmallow, Jordan Almond, Smarties, Fruit Roll Up and sprinkles in a walnut shell.
Roly poly Santa mouse is a white chocolate truffle dipped in red candy melts and rolled in red sugar sprinkles. His Jordan almond head topped with Smarties ears and a tip of an ice cream cone for his hat is covered with sugar sprinkles and white nonpareils. A licorice lace belt and tiny Chiclet buckle is attached with red candy melt too! Make this little guy and you'll be on the "nice" list!
Nativity cake covered with fondant and sprinkled with brown sugar. Gold fondant stars decorated the cake and manger. The Manger is made of graham crackers and shredded wheat. The trees are pretzel rods and fondant cut with a daisy cutter. The figures are Rice Krispie treats wrapped in fondant with Jordan Almond and Smarties heads. The sheep's body is a Rice Krispie treat dipped in white candy melts and sprinkled with white nonpareils. The sheep's head is a Jordan Almond topped with more nonpareils and two white jimmie sprinkles for ears. A large sugar pearl is the tail.

APRIL'S FOOL
Wouldn't it be fun to fool your friends and family with this shrimp mocktail?
Made of Kellogg's Rice Krispie Treats and fondant, with strawberry perserves as mocktail sauce and  a little slice of candy lemon and fondant chives for garnish!
Shepherd's pie? You've been fooled! These are created out of Cocoa Krispie Treats mixed with "carrot and peas" made out of taffy.
These faux buffalo wings are made entirely out of Kellogg's Rice Krispie Treats, covered in a brown sugar and tangerine glaze. The "bleu cheese" is actually marshmallow sauce with bits of marshmallow and the "celery" is green licorice!
Pizza cookies! From a snickerdoodle!

4th OF JULY
Fourth of July Flip Flops. Nutter Butter cookies dipped in candy melts and decorated with fruit roll ups, Rip Whips, and sprinkles.

THANKSGIVING
Super easy and cute cookies with all the trimmings... caramel turkey legs, jelly bean and starburst peas and carrots, and mashed potatoes made of icing.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Candyland

It's raining desserts!  Doesn't this look like a scene from the movie "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs"?
Giant polystyrene doughtnuts, colossal cakes, ginormous candies  -  I am drooling a little now (okay, a lot)  just gawking at these pics!

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Nirit Levav - Bicycle Chain Dogs

I'm back, folks! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Our Christmas break was terrific!  Darn the chores that are awaiting though -all that unpacking and laundry!

Meanwhile, here's something to share until I get back into the normal swing of things. Only a week more of total abandonment of routine until school reopens again after a 2 month break. Then it’s back to the regular beat of that daily rhythm that we thrive on.



Using discarded bicycle chains, Israel-based artist Nirit  upcyles them to create life-sized dogs of various breeds.
More pics @ http://www.niritlevav.com/

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Santa Bread

This popped up on Pinterest and I thought it was too cute to pass up!
Although mine did kinda look like Santa, it didn't taste like bread! It was hard and bland. Rodney said that was because I didn't add enough sugar for the yeast to feed on and fart! LOL!
I am quite sure it was because I didn't let the dough rest long enough (about an hour). It didn't double in size. Yep, patience just isn't one of my virtues

We are taking a blog break and will be back after Christmas.

Until then....

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Shell And Sand Mosaics by Svetlana Ivanchenko

These spectacular mosaics made of materials typically found on a beach like sand, pebbles, seashells etc are created by Ukrainian artist Svetlana Ivanchenko.

More pics at the artist's website - http://svetlana.ivanchenko.dp.ua

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Twelve Days Of Christmas

Callye of SweetSugarbelle invited 11 talented cookiers to help her 'cookify' this Christmas classic!
Check out her blog for a detailed tutorial for each of the twelve days of Christmas.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME...
A Partridge In A Pear Tree by SweetSugarBelle

ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS,MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....
Two Turtle Doves by the the Cookie Artisan 

ON THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME....
Three French Hens by Haniela’s

ON THE FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME......
Four Calling Birds by Marielle de Vroome

ON THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....
Five Golden Rings by Ali-Bee’s Bake Shop

ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME....
Six Geese A Laying by Montreal Confections

ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....
Seven Swans A Swimming by The Bearfoot Baker

ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME......
Eight Maids A Milking by Arty McGoo

ON THE NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....
Nine Ladies Dancing by Klickitat Street

ON THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....
Ten Lords A Leaping by Susan

ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME....
Eleven Pipers Piping by Lila Loa

ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE SEND TO ME....
Twelve Drummers Drumming by Glorious Treats


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