My New Adventure

Lord help me, I have decided to venture into trying to make some "cake pops" for this Easter.  They are just so darn cute, who wouldn't want to make some??  After all, how hard can it be to put the batter in the "cooker", put the stick in, and then frost them?  Or wait, do you frost them and then put them on the stick? 

I was googling "cake pops" last night and came across this photo of these adorable ones

After I saw these, I knew I had to at least attempt some.  I am quite certain that mine will turn out nowhere near as cute as these, but hey, nothing ventured nothing gained...and who wouldn't want to eat the evidence??

These are also cute, not so much Eastery, but just cute!!

This is the "cake pop" baker....I just happened to see it for sale in J.C. Penney the other day for $20 and I am pretty sure I cannot live without one any more.  I am also pretty sure I will cake pop my whole family to death, to the point where they never want to see another cake pop EVER!! 

Payton and I also dug out all of my Easter cookie cutters this morning and over the next couple of days we will be baking Easter cookies and frosting them!  Ohhh the fun we will have baking and eating and saving a few for our company!!

I will probably post pics of our adventures and how they turn out.....Pray for me and my family who will be the guinea pigs in this whole thing...it's such a rough life they lead haha having to eat all of momma's cooking adventures!! 

Easter Tablescaping $20 shopping trip

Easter Decorating $20 trip

by Carol Dison on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 1:44pm

I had a rare moment today to spend time with just my little granddaughter Adleigh, and I have been itching to do a little Easter decorating, so we went into town and went to the Dollar Tree to see what we could find.  I say we, she's  two so I am pretty sure she didn't care about anything but the candy!!
I gave myself a $20 budget for the day, just to see how hard it would be.  I had considered going to Hobby Lobby, however Hobby Lobby for me is a 45 minute drive.  The Dollar Tree is a 15 mile drive, so it won out. 

This will be the first Easter that any of my kids have had to work. Because of this, we are going to have our family Easter get together on Saturday evening.  I am going to do it much like our annual summer parties LOL...I am going to set up tables outside, one for food, one for Easter baskets and candy, and one to eat at.  More than likely we will end up smoking ribs and sausage and then Easter Egg hunting until dark.  Jackie and cody won't be off work until 6 that evening, so we won't start until about 6:30'ish.  I've got a good mind to start inviting friends over with their little ones and making it a party..haha y'all know I can't resist!!

By the way, total spent today was $20.57

Robin Egg Blue Tablecloth. $1

Bunny Wall Hanging $1

Pastel bird and butterfly floral picks...great for adding to an Easter Display

3 glass candle holders $1/each. I will use these to put different types of candy in

2 pilsner glasses $1/each, I will use these to put pastel jelly beans in one and pastel m&m's in the other

A wind up hoppy bunny just because it was cute $1

Pastel yellow and white polka dotted favor boxes $1, these were in the baby shower section, but they are CUTE for Easter!!

2 bags jelly beans $2, these don't taste so hot, so I would recommend buying name brand at Wal Mart, probably for same price...but they look cute anyway

2 bags of marshamallow bunnies/chickies

cuteness for $2 (the pilsner glass and the jelly beans)

The bunny marshmallows in one of the bowls

Another view

The bird added in for fun!! :)

I already had the plastic eggs, was seeing how they would look in one of the bowls...a little Easter grass underneath and I thin k it would be super cute!!