Back to School Crayons

Made these for Ethan's class on the first day of school.  I decided to put them in the pencil case this year instead of wrap them individually. These are super easy to make but take time (if your using lots of different colors of chocolate.) Just break a pretzel rod in half and dip the ends in melted colored chocolate and then wrap them.

Got the idea from this website.You can also print the wrappers from here.


http://www.gourmetmomonthego.com/2008/08/runs-with-scissors-and-eats-crayons.html

This was how Shan did hers.  Super cute! I might have to copy that next year.

Happy 60th Rita!

I made these for sweet Rita's 60th birthday.
Strawberry:

Strawberry cake
1 box white cake mix (Duncan Hines)
1 small box strawberry jello
1/2 boiling water
3/4 cup oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup fresh mashed strawberries
Boil water in microwave. Add jello. Stir until dissolved. Add rest of ingredients. Mix few minutes on medium. Bake 350 for approx. 16 min.

Strawberry frosting

1 stick butter
16 oz. powdered sugar
1/4 cup mashed strawberries
6 ounces of cream cheese

1 tsp. of vanilla.

*this frosting is a little runny so it doesn't pipe anything fancy unless you add more powdered sugar which makes it more sweet.

Chocolate:

Too much Chocolate cake from Allrecipes.com

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
• 1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips

Patti's Chocolate Frosting:

1/3 cup cocoa

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup softened butter

1/4 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

3 1/2 cup powdered sugar

I love the polka dot table cloth Rachel used.  She bought a few yards of fabric and used it as a runner.  What a cute idea!

Chocolate letters:
traced a 60 backwards onto wax paper so when I pulled it off the opposite side was smooth.

Happy Birthday Rita!

Back to school fun!

We made these for meet the teacher night.  Used Jill's sugar cookie recipe and my lemon cream cheese frosting.


We had to add a few bookworms to some of them. Thanks Jill and Shan for your help!  I always love our late nights together.

Elephant baby shower

I made these for Anna's twin baby shower.  She is decorating her nursery in elephants which made for a cute theme.

Too much Chocolate cake from Allrecipes.com

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
• 1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cream Cheese Frosting:

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup butter softened

1 tsp. vanilla

4  cups powdered sugar

Richann helped me make these cupcake toppers...

And this cute elephant decoration that we made to fit over the plate holder.

Elephant sugar cookies:

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

1 cup butter (creamed)

1 cup sour cream

Combine & beat until creamy. Add 61/2 cups flour and 2 tsp. baking soda, and 1 tsp. salt. Mix well. Roll out on floured counter 1/2 inch thick. Cut out with cutter. Place on greased sheet and Bake for 10 min. @ 350.

I have no idea why this didn't download straight but you get the idea of how I decorated them using the stripe and polka-dot theme.  This was a really cute shower that Rachel did.  I wish I took pictures of the adorable banner and food table but trust me it was super cute.