White Dandelion Wishes

So I am not sure of the proper name of these “flowers”, but I know they are a hit with Kai Lan & with my girls as well. I knew I wanted to “make” some myself, but really wasn’t sure what I needed or needed to do. I racked my brain about it for a few weeks and this is what I came up with…

Lucky for me, we have had a few storms blow through the area, and all we had on the ground were these little twigs laying around. It was like they were meant for me and my project

Easy enough to push the Styrofoam ball on the stem stick and then add in the “twigs” all around the ball. But now for the complex part… how to get the fluff to stick. At first I put glue all over the ball itself, and put the fluff {cotton ball} around it. That didn’t work very well though. Next what I tried…

I pulled the cotton ball all apart, and rolled those twigs over it. I really would have preferred the angel hair {like at X-mas time} but I didn’t have it or time for a trip to the craft store… plus I am not sure if it would have stuck to the twigs. Also, since I didn’t use the glue, I used hair spray to hold it together once it was complete. I am not sure how that angel hair would have held up to the hair spray. All and All I was very happy with the results in the end.

What do you think?

Sorry for the Mess

Sorry for the hit and miss blogging... but we are planning a party over here people!

Lots of pictures to come on near-to-the-future-blogs :) I have my arms and hands full this week with lots of projects.

Here is one of my easier projects for this week. Chocolate dipped fortune cookies, yumm. For every 1 cup of chocolate, mix in one Tablespoon of Crisco. It makes the melting and dipping process so much easier. Also don't forget that double broiler, and don't let that water underneath come to a boil. I clumped up my first batch, but with these fail-proof tips, it was it was smooth chocolate thereafter.

P.S. Yes these are store-bought cookies, {need lots of time people!} from Aldi, who knew they sold things like fortune cookies there?!

Ni Hao, Maya

In about three months, my little baby is going to be three years old! I know, you might be asking yourself... Did she not just post Maya's 1st birthday yesterday? Well I am playing catch up my dears :) But the other day my little princess let me in on a little secret: She wanted a Kai-Lan party for her birthday. So I did a little investigation today. Here is the inspirational board I came up with.

I, of course, had a little help from my friends {they might not realize they are my friends, but whatever, lol}. First of all, these beautiful lanterns in all colors and sizes. They can all be found on Luna Bazaar website. The cartoon picture can be found by a simple google search.. I may have to snag it for "the perfect invitation". As for this cute paper mache Kai-Lan sun, it was found over at Sometimes She Sleeps Blog. She also has other ideas for a Kai-Lan party. Now on to these cute red flowers. These were actually on top of what looks to be triffles... yummm. I just adore those flowers though, I think I would love to put them on top of cupcakes. Maybe even red velvet cupcakes. If you want to see the rest of this cute party, head over to the home party planner. She is also featured with this party on one of my favorite websites: the hostess blog. She features the best parties. Last but surely not least, Sushi! Okay, not real sushi, and believe me, I can not wait to make this stuff. It is actually rice krispie treats with some yummy gummies. For a full tutorial on how to make these beauties go to What Makes Us Click. I am sure that I will come up with more ideas between now and then for this party, my mind works overtime on the subject of "parties". So till then....