Saturday, August 25, 2012

Hawaiian Inspired Party

So my god friend Staci always lets me be very creative and have my way with her parties, for the most part, so for her daughter's last birthday she wanted a Hawaiian themed birthday. We had a little inspirations from Kara's Party Ideas and with some visits to organic farms, pinterest, online PB kids, and a whole lot of candy, her party was created. And it turned out fabulous! Thanks Staci for letting me create! Enjoy!

The Table...filled with sandwiches, chips, lemonade, cupcakes, fruit salad, birthday cake and some candies!

Party Goodie bags-also served as the Thank You Card! 

Cake by Chiffonos



These cute milk bottles were purchased from Organic Farms and washed several times and trimmed with some sugar!

The candies



We filled these white soup containers with turkey sandwhiches and of course had to label them!

Staci found these Hawaiian chips at Costco! They matched perfectly!

Filled clear cups with lids of fruit and stuck a wooden fork in it!








We lined the patio with all the pink hula skirts we found at Target for $1.00!

And the leis!




On of the fun parts of this party was the candy kabob making station! All the candies we would of had on a candy bar we put on a table for the girls to create their very own kabob! And later a Hula dancer came and taught the girls to Hula...fun party!







Friday, August 24, 2012

The Grinch's Garbage


Weird name, right? It's not even NEAR Christmas, but this is what my kids decided to call my new dessert. And boy it is so addicting my husband has asked to not make it again as he is trying to watch what he eats! This is how it all came about...one afternoon as I was preparing for a snack for my kids for after school I looked in my pantry and saw only marshmallows, Kix cereal, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and heath bar pieces. So, I decided to mix it all together like a rice crispie treat and voila...The Grinch's Garbage was created! Enjoy and add anything you like! It's all garbage!!! LOL

The Grinch's Garbage:
(Rough estimates, because I was literally just throwing it all in the pot...
4  or 5 cups marshmallows (I had large ones on hand)
1/4 cup butter (I had salted on hand, you could use whatever)
3 cups Kix
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup PB chips
1 cup Heath Bar chips

Directions:
Melt Butter
Throw in marshmallows, when they are almost all melted and gooey, throw all ingredients in and pour in a grease pan and let sit for 20 mins...then cut away...

*Again, all are estimates on this recipe, but the mixture of it all was truly amazing!