Valentine Snow Globe cake

Valentines day is almost here, amazing isn't it? What brings memories of Valentines day past? Remember those little heart candies with messagaes like, "Be Mine, Kiss Me" etc. Called Conversation heart candies by candy maker Necco,

A beautiful and new idea for a Valentines Day party cake, how about a Snow Globe Cake?

Snow Globe Cake

For more info click on the photo.

Bake a 10" round layer cake or buy a ready made cake from the bakery, sprinkle round white non-pareils from any cake baking section on top of the cake for snow. Imagine a red iced cake with the white sprinkled on it, cute! Use your creativity to make it a snow-globe scene.

The secret to the "snow globe" is a bowl from IKEA,  8" round glass 'Blanda' bowl from IKEA.

• HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Linking to Blogparty  Kissandtell 

Pinterest is fun and addicting

If you don't know what Pinterest is and why it's cool and addicting we will try to explain by showing you what Boards are, what Pins are, etc. a Pinterest 101 so to speak.

 

On my Pinterest I have, 11 Boards · 276 Pins · 2 Likes

And I'm proud to say I have, 10 followers, 16 following

A board is a set of pins. A board can be created on any topic, such as Mantels,Crafts, Recipes, or even a dream board. You can add as many pins to a board as you want. Pinboards can be used to plan weddings, parties, redecorating a home, etc. What is a Pin? It's an image that is added on your board. Where do you get Pins or images? There are tons of resources such as blogs, articles, from your own files.Use your imagination. Be creative.

You can repin others pins as well. Every day I get emails from Pinterest whenever someone repins one of my pins, So Pinterest is connecting people with shared interests and tastes. Share recipes, clothing ideas, travel, crafts, even products you like and want to share.

Use your virtual pinboard and share it with others. 

Photo's of what boards look like, following are photo's of my boards.

• Mantels

  
  

  
  

• Organizing ideas

  

• Crafts DIY

  

• For the Home

  
  

  
  

  
  

My Resolution for 2012

One resolution I made for 2012 is to redecorate our furniture and our home. I get inspiration from Becca's blog "Adventures in decorating". She posts some awesome before and after pictures. Becca uses a lot of Anne Sloan's Chalk paint.

Chalk paint

She used "Old White" and "Chateaux Gray".

See her before and after pictures, the following is one of my favorites......Look at the dramatic change!

BEFORE

AFTER

Isn't it amazing?

Go to her blog to see the rest of her before and after photo's and get your own inspiration. My concerns are how to use chalk paint,  how long it will last, and if it will chip or not.  I'm also wondering how many coats are needed to cover the object. 

Bottom line is I need to do more research about chalk paint on furniture, walls and all surfaces. If you used the paint I would appreciate comments, tips, suggestions good or bad.

Linking to: petitehermine

Happy Prosperous New year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!

New Year quote:  Ring out the old. Invite in the new. As we say goodbye to one year, we can look forward to the hope and possibilities of another one. 

First I want to thank all my readers and new friends! I appreciate everyone of you and your comments.  Wishing all the best new year yet!  I am looking forward to blogging to bring you more interesting, fun articles all year long.  Happy 2012!


Linking to:  Funkyjunkinteriors   Kristenscreations

Peppermint Bark recipe

Yummy!

Nothing says holidays like peppermint bark

except this delicious recipe for:

Creamy Peppermint Bark Tart

A recipe from :

Lindsey Johnson is a stay-at-home mom who enjoys cooking, baking, photography, gardening, and writing. You can find more recipes at her blog,Cafe Johnsonia.

I discovered this and many other 

delicious recipes at Make and Take

ENJOY!

Peppermint Bark Tart

1 recipe chocolate tart dough (recipe follows)
1 recipe peppermint chocolate pudding (recipe follows)
1 recipe white chocolate whipped cream (recipe follows)
For garnish–crushed candy canes and bittersweet chocolate shavings

http://www.makeandtakes.com/creamy-peppermint-bark-tart

Happy New Year 2012

Beautiful Christmas blogs

St Nick

Just 3 days till Christmas and I just discovered these beautiful Christmas blogs!

Be sure to visit them for a magical, whimsical Christmas decoration tour..

First on the list:

http://beautifulideas.wordpress.com/

Some pictures from her vast amount of STUNNING pictures!!

Lovely!

The next on our Christmas blog lists,

http://worthingcourt.blogspot.com/2011/12/our-whimsical-christmas-tree.html

This one has the prettiest tree topper I ever saw! With directions on how to make one.

WOW!

Look at her beautiful wreaths with DIY inspiration!

She gives instructions on how to make garlands as well.

ENJOY!

Next on the tour of blogs is:

http://www.southernsanctuary.blogspot.com/

LOOK at this gorgeous little girl's tree with a zebra tree skirt!

 NEXT.............

Next on the tour a candy can luncheon at:

http://designsbypinky.blogspot.com/2011/12/candy-cane-luncheon.html

What a great idea for a Candy cane table setting!

Hope you enjoyed our Christmas blog tour this year!

Wishing you and yours the merriest Christmas and happiest New Year!

Drunken Gingerbread Men Cupcakes

Drunken Gingerbread Men Cupcakes

What a great idea for a delicious and unique dessert to serve your guests on the holiday! Thanks to BlogHer :

What you'll need:

1 box of Spice Cake Mix

1 container of Vanilla Frosting

1 tsp. Ground Ginger

Gingerbread Cookies (1 for each cupcake)

Rum ( enough to replace the water in your cupcake recipe)

Chopped Candied Ginger (in small pieces) not shown.

Directions:

Prepare your cupcakes according to the box instructions, but replace the water with Rum!

Stir the ground ginger into the batter, and fill your cupcake liners...bake as usual!

  

Linking to Frugalliving ,  KristensCreations  Savvysouthern