Posted in Cookies, Desserts, Easter, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Recipes, tagged Easter cookies, Easter Treats, Fruity Pebble Eggs, Fruity Pebbles Treats, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield on April 4, 2012| 1 Comment »
I stole this idea from pin on Pinterest that used Rice Krispies. This was a fun and flavorful alternative. Enjoy!
Ingredients
Melt marshmallows with oil or butter, like you would for Rice Krispie Treats.
Stir in cereal until well-coated.
Grease your hands and shape cereal mixture into egg-shaped treats.
Then if you want to get all fancy-pants, you can add frosting stripes, sprinkles and fun accents.
She Who Really Likes Fruity Pebbles
Posted in Cookies, Desserts, Easter, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Recipes, tagged cookies made with noodles, Easter cookies, Easter Nests, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield on April 3, 2012| 4 Comments »
Easter nest cookies made with Chinese noodles and some sort of chip are a fun and easy treat. I’ve seen these made with chocolate and butterscotch chips, but never white chocolate, so I decide to give it a whirl.
It whirled really well.
Try these fast-to-make goodies for a kid (and adult) pleasing surprise.
Ingredients
Melt white chocolate chips with just a little bit of cream. I nuked mine for about 10 seconds in the microwave, stirred and continued nuking in short intervals until melted.
Place coconut in a ziploc bag.
Sprinkle in a little food coloring.
Seal bag and work around massage bag to disperse coloring throughout the coconut without turning your fingers sickly shade of green.
Melt chips. Use melting discs for best results. If you're like me and don't have any when you get the wild idea to make these, chips work fine, just remember you'll have to stir the lumps out.
Coat noodles with the melted chocolate then drop into nest-sized lumps onto a piece of waxed paper or parchment (or foil if you happen to be out of the previous options).
Fill the center of your nest with coconut then top with jelly beans.
Enjoy!
Posted in Easter, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Holidays, tagged Easter ideas, Peep House, Peep Table Decorations, Peeps, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield on April 2, 2012| 1 Comment »
I know this is just going to knock your socks off, but all this week I’ll be posting some fun and simple ideas for Easter treats.
This one took me all of five minutes to do from getting out the supplies to snapping the photo.
These little Peep houses could make a fun centerpiece, a place setting decoration or whimsical touch to a buffet.
Ingredients. The alien green pile on the plate is shredded coconut tinted green (in case you were wondering).
Put frosting in a ziploc bag and snip off the corner for mess-free piping. Then line up your graham cracker and "glue" together with frosting. You need two for the sides, one for the back and one split in half for the top.
When you get it all together, the house will look like this. Please ignore the fact that my crackers are all irregular in shape. Someone who shall remain nameless and blameless may have dropped said crackers and busted 'em up good.
Sprinkle the alien coconut in the bottom of the house, nestle in the Peep and toss a few jellybeans around the outside and ta-da! You've got a fun little Peep House!
She Who Should Never Eat Another Peep
Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Home and Garden, Home Decor, tagged Party Them Colors, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield, Spring colors, Spring Green on March 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I’ve noticed a lot of attention is being paid to shades of green lately.
Perhaps everyone is as ready for spring as I am and by turning to the colors of grass, flower stems and budding leaves, it is our way of rushing the season.
Whatever the reason, you can have a lot of fun with the many shades of green. From dark, rich greens to soft sage hues, incorporate a little green into your home entertaining and see if it doesn’t make you feel a little more like spring has arrived.
If you have mostly neutral tones in your decor, bring in a pop of green color with a throw or accent pillow. You can even accomplish this with something as simple as buying a spool of bright green ribbon and tying a bow around a neutral pillow. A simple way to recover a pillow for a dollar or two is to purchase a piece of inexpensive fabric and wrap the pillow in the new material like you would fold an envelope with the points meeting in the center. Gather the points and tie into a knot for an unusual statement.
Go for an elegant yet playful look mixing greens with white or cream. It is so gorgeous and easy to do. Make a green runner out of ribbon, organza or felt, line with cream or white containers (like small dishes, votive cups or flat dishes) and stack on an assortment of white and green candles.
Green and white flowers are a huge hit. Think white tulips or pale daffodils for instant spring impact.
However you decide to mix in a little green, have fun with it!
She Who Loves Green!
Savvy Entertaining 