St Patrick's Day Tea Party with a SUGARLICIOUS GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to a CRAZY fun St Patrick's Day

Inspired Tea Party Tuesday!

I will be sharing some fun things from blogland

and a few ideas of my own and a 

SUGARLICIOUS giveaway so read on friends.

First up, let's start the tea party with some out of this world neat Shamrock Tea Sandwiches!

When I saw these amazing cucumber sandwiches my 

jaw hit the floor, I was in LOVE!

Photo used with permission

Please visit Will Cook For Smiles and tell her how great this is!

I am bringing these St Patty's Cupcakes to tea this week.

I used my edible printer and backed the image to fondant.

..........easy, whimsical and so fun.  

I downloaded the images from Hopscotch Studios.

Next, let's DECORATE for our Tea Party with some fun St Patty's Printables. Check out these awesome designs I purchased

from Wants and Wishes Design Etsy Store

for Sophia's Birthday Party this weekend.

I thought this set was amazing and quite a DEAL!

Photos via Etsy

Get them for yourself right Here!

I also personally think I need to get this 

fun Shamrock Tea Set from Tea Pots & More Online Store.  

I LOVE THIS SET!

And last but not least for our St Patty's Tea

this week, Sophia and I made some decorated 

St Patty's Marshmallows this weekend using edible food writers.

Inspired as ALWAYS by Meaghan 

@ The Decorated Cookie Blog

That is a purple butterfly sticker on her face to match her purple coat!!

Meaghan recently released her book, Sugarlicious

which you can buy HERE.

It is FULL of great and easy to do sweet ideas.

I will be GIVING AWAY a copy this week in honor

of Sophia who is a HUGE decorated cookie blog fan

and LOVES to use edible writers on marshies!!

We have made many a memory and had many laughs

doing these easy, quick and fun edible crafts.  

Thanks Meaghan.

Just leave a comment if you want to enter.

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in a separate comment for an additional entry!
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I will announce the winner next week and post
it on my Facebook Page!

US Residents Only Please 

WHEW!

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St Patrick's Day Cupcakes

One week from now, on St Patty's Day,

my sweetie pie, Sophia will turn 8 years old!!

We are having a crazy fun party!

More on that later, but for now

here is what I made for her birthday last year. 

I was just a few months into decorating

and was so proud of these!!

I used a rolo topped with some mini yellow 

M&M's for the pot of gold in case you were wondering.

The rest is kinda obvious. 

 

The kids at her party totally snubbed

the toppings and went for the cake, scrapping

most of the top off! HAAAA!

But the "decorations" and "presentation" is mostly

for us, right? Most of you will know what I am talking about.

Next week I will continue to show some fun

ideas for Lucky Charm treats and stay tuned

for an amazing My Cake School Membership Giveaway

coming very soon!!

Have a great weekend!

 

 

Lucky Charm Snack Mix

Lucky Charm Snack Mix

Hi Friends! To celebrate the awesome birthday month
of my daughter, Sophia, I will be dedicating several posts
to the deliciousness that is the LUCKY CHARM CEREAL.

Let's start the month off with some snack mix!

How about taking some Lucky Charms Cereal and 

turning it into the most amazing, mind blowing

snack mix you have EVER had for St Patrick's Day.

What you need:
Lucky Charms
Green M&M's
Peanuts
Pretzels
White Melting Chocolate
Green Sugar Sprinkles (optional)

How to:

Take your Lucky Charms (about 6 cups)

and separate out the Marshies!

Take the cereal WITHOUT marshies add pretzels, peanuts and well..whatever you want, then spread it out on a rimmed baking sheet or pour into bowl to get ready to mix with the chocolate.

Melt some white chocolate and pour over and mix well. 

I ended up using about 2 bags of the wilton white 

chocolate melts in the Colorburst pastel. 

Next add the magically delicious MARSHIES

and some GREEN M&M's. I  had some green sugar

sprinkles and tiny shamrock sprinkles that I added

to be really GAUDY FESTIVE! Oh yaaaaaaaaa.

It is so so so good and easy.
Trust me...have I ever steered you wrong? :)

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Tea Party Tuesday ~ Memories with my sister, Paula

My sister, Paula came to visit on Thursday and 

stayed for the weekend.  

I took her to my FAVORITE Tea Room

called, The Mad Hatter Tea Room.

For a look at the tea room, visit their site by clicking Here!

Here are some memories for 
Tea Party Tuesday this week.

It was a lovely spread!

They serve so many wonderful treats for their
4 course tea service, but my favorite is their
pecan chicken salad! YUM 
The salad is made with pecans, chicken, craisins, green pepper
and a "secret spice".  Very Tasty Indeed!

Another fun twist was that I had recently made 
some fun cupcakes for my neighbors son's birthday and
she surprised me with a gift certificate to the Mad Hatter!

This lovely cup was just calling my name, so I
obliged and snatched it up!

I love you Paula!!

 The recipe I share with you this week is 
one of making memories:

Take a spoonful of time,
mix it with a dash of compassion and love.
Snuggle for 10 minutes and life will taste
pretty darn good if you ask me!


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Pot o' Gold Rainbow Cupcake Push Pops!

Pot o' Gold Rainbow Cupcake Push Pops

Be Warned. I love St Patty's Day.

My daughter was born on St Patrick's Day so

I have become VERY fond of lucky charms 

and all things shamrock and green. 

I RELISH the fact she was born on St Patty's. 

Ya see she was actually DUE ON ST PATRICK'S DAY.

However all were not so excited for us and this fun delivery date.  The story goes that when they estimated my due date the 

RN and ultrasound tech both chimed in unison, 

"Well don't get so excited..NOBODY ever

goes on their exact due date!"

Kill joys

Good thing I'm not NOBODY!

Nine months later, out she popped right on cue!

This picture CRACKS ME UP!

Man she is a CUTE CHUMPKINS!

God love her for complying with my scheme to prove them wrong.

That's my girl!

So back to cupcake pops.

I made these Pot o' Gold Rainbow Cupcake Push Pops because I absolutely love trashing my kitchen and spending hours 

cleaning up bowls of colored batter and gold luster spray.

The fun different thing here that ya want to know is how I made

the little gold nuggets - I thought I was so 
clever coming up with this.

I took a bag of these....

and sprayed them with this....

Now, if you don't keep edible gold luster spray on

hand, maybe use some rolo's in their gold wrapping. 

Just a thought.

Or go buy yourself some gold luster spray, it is fun to have. 

To assemble, I put the nuggets in the bottom, then I made a

BUNCH of mini rainbow cupcakes and 
topped them with some white frosting.

I did only use the top of the mini cupcakes to make

it all fit, thus I had a bunch of random cake scraps left

which I ended up making a fun looking trifle with.

Hope you like these push pops for St Patty's
or any rainbow themed party.

Stay tuned for some AMAZING ways to utilize

lucky charms in the month of March. 

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Tea Party Tuesday - Dill Scone Bites

Hi ladies!

Tea Party Tuesday this week is going to be

short and well...savory! Truth is, I'm tired!

We got a new puppy this weekend. 

Ruby Mae 

She is so cute, but having her around is 

like having a new baby! So if you have any
SAGE advice on dog training, PLEASE leave me a comment.

Don't ask...it is a LONG story. Truth is, I needed
something to smother and cuddle. 

 So this week, I will share something easy, quick

and oh so tasty!

DILL SCONE BITES

These would go GREAT with a nice slice

of hard boiled egg or your favorite egg salad if you choose.

Don't forget to enter the Egglands Giveaway

by clicking HERE!

The giveaway closes on the 29th!

For the Dill Scone Bite Recipe click HERE!

I am reading my first Tea Shop Mystery

by Laura Childs, Death by Darjeeling, and

I just LOVE it. In fact, I brewed up a warm 

cup of Harney and Sons Darjeeling just to

really get the full effect, HA!  Do you like Cozy Mysteries?

If so, any favorites to put on my list?

Guess what!?! 

My sister, Paula is coming for a visit this Thursday!

I am so excited. I need some family around me so bad. 

Well, I hope you have a great week. I am excited to share

some fun St Patrick's Day inspired treats this week. 

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Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 
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Oscar Cupcakes, Cookies and Hollywood Themed Treats ~ Then and Now!

This post is packed with fun Oscar themed
ideas, so ready....set....GO!

Oscar Inspired Cupcake

This was made by piping melted chocolate and
covering in gold sprinkles!


Oscar Themed Peanut Butter Cookies

Edible Images on Fondant backed with Buttercream
on a Peanut Butter Roll-out Cookie!


Oscar Themed Cupcakes

Edible Images backed to Fondant and used as Cupcake Toppers!

 I purchased the printable from etsy and used
it with my Edible Printer. The download
can be purchased at PartyPrintz HERE!

I made these Hollywood themed
treats this summer for Sophia on her last day
of HOLLYWOOD CAMP!

Here is the star at Hollywood Camp

And now on to some Cookies!!


How about some EASY popcorn
box mini cookies!

I actually used a mini cupcake cookie cutter and cut out these

shapes from store bought snickerdoodle cookies.

I then frosted the mini shapes with buttercream.

Next, I took mini marshmallows and cut them in half

and placed on the top for the popcorn.

The "box" was made by taking some red fondant strips and placing 

them on top of the buttercream as shown. 

I finished the popcorn kernels by adding a tad of yellow with

an edible marker to make it look like butter!

Last year Oscar inspired cupcakes 

with bad lighting and my old camera....

Popcorn balls, Roses, Tuxedos, Red Dress, Paper Oscar Toppers, Champagne Bubbly

And some cookies from last year. 

This was my FIRST time with royal icing.

 I still suck at it. 

BUT, I keep trying!

Those cookies were inspired by
 Sweet Sugarbelle's gorgeous collection from last
year that you can view Here!

You also HAVE to check out these cool FREE

downloads at Twig and Thistle to create 

your own DIY Oscar Party!

3-D Oscar Printable Centerpiece

DIY Popcorn Boxes Printable

AMAZING!

For some additional fun Oscar Party Ideas

visit Tip Junkie HERE.

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