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Hobby Lobby

Posted in Entertaining Ideas, Hubby, Referrals, tagged on March 30, 2011| 1 Comment »

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit a store I had never been in before.

Boy, was that a mistake!

I will forevermore be an adoring fan and dedicated shopper of Hobby Lobby!

If you’ve never been in one before, they are the most amazing places to shop. You can find everything from craft supplies and fabric to party supplies, home decor and so much more. The best part – everything is so inexpensive. As in ridiculously priced. As in I couldn’t fill my cart fast enough and an hour later had to be drug under much protest out of the store by Hubby with only three bags full when I wanted 13.

You literally could get everything you need for savvy entertaining here – well except the food. But seriously, tablecoverings, wall decor, I even saw an aisle with decorative plates.

If you live in an area where you can go to a Hobby Lobby, check them out. You’ll be glad you did. Your husband, probably not quite so much.

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Fruit Pizza

Posted in Desserts, Easy Recipes, Entertaining at Home, Recipes, tagged , on March 25, 2011| 5 Comments »

I was desperate for something fruity and light and delicious the other day to make for a party. So I decided to finally give fruit pizza a try.

Why didn’t someone tell me how perfectly wonderful and easy to make this is? Why have you been holding out on me?

Needless to say, I will definitely be making this again.

Ingredients for Fruit Pizza. The blob in the pan is sugar cookie dough, cooked longer than it should have been, thanks for asking.

Mix whipped cream cheese with powdered sugar for the filling.

Spread over your sugar cookie crust. I would mention at this point that you should cut your pizza into slices or bars at this point.

It was not so much fun trying to cut through all the fruit.

If you are using berries and they are not in season, you can bring out their flavor by slicing and sprinkling with sugar. Let rest at room temperature about 20 minutes. I’m fairly certain people think I am nuts when I purchase berries because if they don’t smell like berries, they aren’t going in my cart. Go ahead, sniff a carton and see how many strange looks you get over in the produce department.

Once you’ve got the pizza, start layering on the fruit.

Keep on layering all that fruity goodness.

Arrange on a platter and watch them disappear!

Fruit Pizza

Sugar cookie crust, baked (you can make from scratch or be lazy like me and purchase a tube of cookie dough

1 cup whipped cream cheese

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 banana, sliced

1 kiwi, peeled and sliced

1 cup sliced strawberries

1/2  cup grapes, sliced in half

1 can mandarin oranges

Bake your sugar cookie crust and let cool completely. You can use a round pizza pan or a baking sheet. I knew I was serving this on a rectangular platter so cutting it into squares made more sense.

Mix together cream cheese and sugar. Remove crust from pan then spread with whipped cream cheese. Slice.

Top with sliced fruit and serve.

How easy is that!

Go ahead, try it, you’ll like it!

She Who Now Loves Fruit Pizza

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The Well-Fed Bridegroom

Posted in Entertaining Ideas, Hubby, Musings, tagged , , on March 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago I found myself wandering around a book sale. It was raising funds for a good cause so of course I was more than willing to purchase a box full of gently used books to help do my part.

Amid the romances and be-a-better person books, I found a cookbook I had to buy. I didn’t care what was inside the book, it was the title that reeled me in – “The Well-Fed Bridegroom.”

 

Huh… as compared to the half-starved husband?

 

Published in 1957, by Margaret Williams, the book is chock-full of interesting tidbits of information.

 

Like this one… “The sure way to a man’s heart” surrounded by all sorts of tempting 1950s delectables.

 

 

The book starts out saying, “Aside from love, good food is the cornerstone of a happy household…”

I’m so glad someone finally told me!

Seriously, though, the cookbook really does have some useful information.

It begins with a general information section with some great kitchen tips like grease the pot in which you melt chocolate to keep it from sticking.

It also has a section of cooking terms, measurements, and descriptions of kitchen equipment. If you had never been in a kitchen before or attempted to cook, the information would be immensely helpful.

A section on menus and recipes puts entire meal menus together and offers step by step instructions on how to prepare each dish. A section in the back offers extra recipes where my interested seemed most drawn. That would be the section with all the dessert recipes, of course.

I have yet to make anything out o the cookbook. Maybe I will when I can stop being so entertained by the contents.

And if you ask that Captain Cavedweller of mine, please ignore him when he assures you that he is not a well-fed bridegroom.

She Who Does To Cook Her Husband Dinner… Sometimes

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Private Quarters Party

Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Home Decor, Musings, tagged , on March 22, 2011| 2 Comments »

A while back my friend Colleen, that would be the beautiful redhead on the left, asked me if I would be interested in co-hosting a party to help her friend Katie, the sweet blond on the right, jump start a new direct sales business. Having started two separate direct sales businesses, I know how much those first few parties can help a newbie. And Katie joined a great company that offers the most fabulous products.

How could I say no?

So here was the deal: I’d take care of the food and Colleen would do all the real work. I felt a little guilty about it, but managed to suck it up and forge ahead. In case you missed the recipes, you’ll want to try the Tortellini Bites and Lemon Cookies. So easy and impossible to stop at just one.

Several lovely ladies came and joined us for an afternoon of fun and learning all about Private Quarters.

If you’ve never heard of them or attended a party, Private Quarters offers plush robes, fluffy towels,  fun spa items and the most wonderful, delightful luxurious bedding. They call it Seven Layers of Bliss and it truly is blissful.

It is so blissful, in fact, that I ordered a few of those seven layers of bedding and have now decided I must give my bedroom a mini-makeover to go along with the beautiful new goodies that will be arriving soon.

Check out their products, dream and drool a while. I know I certainly did.

Thanks, a lot, Katie and Colleen for introducing me to Private Quarters and for giving me the inspiration to embark on yet another home improvement project. I’ll let you know when to come over to help me paint!

She Who is Eagerly Anticipating a Whole New Level Of Sleeping Bliss

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