Cake Pops

I went to a cake pop class. I had already practiced making truffles and the cake pops are along the same line. I had such a good time. I learned how to pipe on them and sprinkle correctly. BUT my favorite part was marblising them! I made a Zebra one. Now I have to incorporate them into my sons Safari party!!

(My son is turning 1 in April. I knew since he was about 4 months that I was going to throw him a Safari themed first birthday party. )

I'll be using them in the centerpieces. I think I'll make zebra and tiger ones. Can't wait to put it together. :D

Oreo Truffles for St. Patty's Day

I wanted to take a stab at Truffles. (I've also heard them called cake or cookie balls) I'm going to a St. Patricks Day dinner tonight so I thought now would be a great opportunity. My sister made them last month for our Oscar's Party and she said they were really simple. And they were soooooo yummy!

 Warning: It took alot of starting to blend, stopping to scrap it out and repeat, in order to get it all blended.

 I rolled them by hand to try and get them all the same size. For the most part they were except for a few giants.

I used edible stars on the mint ones, I spray painted the milk chocolate ones and I melted some white chocolate chips to make a "drizzle" but I couldn't get them to melt that well and it came out kind of thick.

I sampled one (or 4) for tonight and they're really good! I would definitly make these again. I would say over all they took maybe an hour. 1 package of oreos made just over 3 dozen.

Flower Pots Part 2

Hello Again,
Sorry it's been busy in my house lately and I didn't have a chance to update on how my flower pot centerpieces turned out.

At first, I was going to wrap the fabric around the pots but when I cut the fabric to size, it didn't have enough pull to it and left the fabric sideways. So next I cut strips of fabric and tried to glue it on the plastic covering but you could see the line of the glue. Next I pulled out Mod Podge and and painted the side of the plastic pot and wrapped the fabric around it. It took two strips of fabric but I got them to line up pretty well. I left the bottom part uncovered so the plants could still be watered. I also tied ribbon around the outside.

At the party, I also added a pinwheel in the plants.  Here are some pics of the flower pots and there progess. :) The last 2 pics are from the Eagle Scout event. (Stay tuned for more pics from the event, hopefully in my next blog.)