Goosie Girl: March 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Hey Peeps!

I love putting different elements into my flower vases...

Usually I do fruit...oranges, lemons, limes

it always adds a nice touch...

Lately I have been seeing the flower arrangement with peeps in it...

I must say...

LOVE IT...LOVE IT...LOVE IT!

I mean totally cute...

Mix, Mingle, Glow gives us the steps to make our own...

P.S. - Wouldn't this be an adorable gift too?

Here’s what you need:
7 oz (or about 1/2 a pound) of green jelly beans
10 pink bunny Peeps
1 14oz clear plastic cup
12 yellow gerbera daisies
1 4.5″ square clear vase
Directions:
Set the clear cup in the center of the square vase
(use a glue dot or double stick tape if necessary) .
Pour the green jelly beans evenly around the perimeter of the cup.
Carefully pour water into the cup, filling it about halfway.
(Wait until after you have added the jelly beans to put water in the cup
since they have a tendency to fall into the cup!)
Place the Peeps between the cup and the vase
(3 on two sides, 2 on the other sides)…they will fit perfectly.
Cut your daisies short, with the taller ones in the center.
Of course what makes this fun and easy
is that you can use whatever colored variations
of the jelly beans, Peeps and flowers you’d like.
Couldn’t be easier (took me less than 15 minutes total).

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Whooo Wants To Learn How To Make A Felt Owl?

I think I have a slight obsession with owls...

They are the cutest little darn things aren't they?

They seem to be all the rage lately...

Parties done up with them as the theme...

Well, Not Just a Mommy shows us how to make a felt owl

that will be the hit of your next owl themed party...

You can make these using any colors...

She also showed a white one that she made

because her son liked Harry Potter...

See...the possibilities are endless!

The ingredients:

4" styrofoam ball
24 mm google eyes
4 9"X12" pieces of felt

(3 in your choice of colors and one in brown for beak and ears)
glue gun
tacky glue (I use Aleene's)
nickle (for stabalizing)

One owl's face is made of two layers;

the larger layer measures 4" X 3",

the smaller is 3 1/2" X 2 1/4".

The feather measures at 2 1/4" long.

The head covering is a cone,

cut from a corner of the felt,

sides measuring 4"

and I made the curve came from a small plate.

Using my templates, I cut out feathers in tan and hot pink,

and working from the bottom up,

glue them on in staggered layers almost to the top.

Make the layers for the owl's face,

head covering and cut a feather out of brown for the beak.

Glue the pieces together,

but don't round the corners off the cone of the head covering yet,

that comes later.

The ears are triangles about the size of the feathers.

Hot-glue the corners together to create a pinch.

Ok, now the fun comes in.

You'll have to hot-glue the ears on the head first

before you layer on the owl's face,

but only after you figure out the placement where everything will go.

This includes rounding out the corners of the cone.

Once you're sure where you want everything,

a few dabs of hot glue will work.

I hot-glued a nickle underneath because the owl keeps rolling.

For the second owl, the beak, ears and feathers are the same.

There are two sets of eye patches,

the larger circle is 2" and the smaller is 1 5/8".

Since this owl doesn't have a head covering,

you'll need to cover up the whole owl in feathers;

assemble his eyes

and then play around with the placement of his eyes and beak,

because that will determine where his ears go.

Hot-glue those on first

with a little pinch on them so they don't lie flat.

Hot-glue on his beak, then the eyes and you're set!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Party Box Design

You know another blog that I just love?

She creates fabulous eye candy too...

Her designs are adorable...

She has a Boston Terrier (me too!)...

And she is very sweet...

Jessica from Party Box Design!

I popped over to her facebook page and saw this PRECIOUS party

that Five Lucky Charms sent to her...

Another blog that has lots of eye candy...

A parisian party for her daughter's birthday...

Party Box Design created the tags & toppers that added sweet detail...

Love, Love, Love this invitation!

Simple & sweet...

I'm swooning over these!

The table is perfectly parisian!

Party Box Design is also hosting a fun give-away...

Who wouldn't love to have these tags?

You could win them if you pop over to her site...

Friday, March 26, 2010

One Lump Or Two?

I am a "real" sugar user when it comes to my coffee or tea...

At home I use sugar cubes...1 lump or 2 depending upon how strong...

I hate the packets or the big pour thingy because you never know how much you need...

You pour or dump, stir, taste and keep doing it until you get it right...

Although, I know exactly how many packets I need at Starbucks...my fave!

Here Such Pretty Things shows us how to make sugar cubes,

step by step, that are insanely cute...(her blog is as well!)

Perfect for a tea party, coffee & desserts or your morning cup of coffee...

Happy Friday everyone!

So, what does one do when there are three feet of snow outside, the roads are completely impassible, the cupboard is getting bare, and your bored kids are about to go crazy from watching too many back-to-back episodes of I Carly and Hannah Montana? Why, you make sugar hearts of course!
The great thing about these sugar hearts is that they require only three or four ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry - sugar, water, food coloring and powdered egg whites (optional).
To begin, mix two cups of granulated sugar with some food coloring of your choice. You can use liquid or powdered, but just be sure to mix it in very well. Next, mix in 4 teaspoons of water or 4 teaspoons of reconstituted powdered egg whites into your sugar. Water works just fine, but your sugar hearts will be much stronger if you use the egg whites.
The mixture should resemble wet sand.
Now you are ready to make your sugar hearts. If you have a candy mold, feel free to use it. None of my heart molds happened to be deep enough, so I just used regular cookie cutters. Pour your sugar mixture out onto a smooth, non-stick surface (I used parchment paper on my counter top) and press it down firmly with your hands, a rolling pin, or the bottom of a plate. The idea is to get the sugar as compacted as possible. The thickness is somewhat determined by the depth of your cookie cutters, but I think about 1/2 an inch works quite well. Now, press the cutters straight down into the sugar and carefully release the shapes onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. If you find that the sugar isn't holding it's shape well, try adding a bit more water or egg white - but just don't over-do it or you'll get sugar mush! Now, you can obviously make these in any shape you like - we decided to make some flower shapes in addition to our hearts.
These need to harden before you use them. You can either allow them to air dry for a day or two or you can speed up the process by placing them in a 200 degree oven for about ten minutes. Once they cool, they will become super hard - just like sugar cubes.
We had LOTS of time on our hands, so we made a whole bunch...

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