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Showing posts with label Decorations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decorations. Show all posts
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Monday, December 23, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
Roses Cake pops for Therese - the little flower!
First, please forgive my pictures! They were taken with my phone :-) This was the bouquet I made for a Carmelite benefit dinner. It's made of cake pops! I'm sure you have heard about them; they are so delicious and so fun to make, and always a big hit.
So here is what you will need:
Cake pop recipe (you can find one anywhere - there are some tips though that I will write on the bottom of the post);
Mini-rose silicone mold- (mine is from ebay);
Candy melts;
Paramount crystal (if you use Wilton's candy melts);
Lollipop sticks;
Toothpick.
Make your cake pops according to the recipe you find the best, shape the balls like a tear drop, making sure the cake balls are smaller than the silicone mold otherwise the cake will break when you try to take out the mold. Chill them.
Melt you candy melts (I prefer double-boil but you can use a microwave). Fill the silicone mold up to 2/3 only (actually it may depend on the size of your cake balls). Put the round side of the cake balls inside of the mold making sure there is no candy dripping over the mold, which would make hard to get out. If some candy starts coming out on the sides just gently clean it off using a toothpick - do not press the side of the mold.
After that, put them in a refrigerator to speed the process of drying. It does not take too long. It should come out really easily from the mold, use a toothpick to pull the mold up, gently, pushing it against the mold, not the cake.
Dip the bottom side of the rose into the melted candy - you may hold with your hands the rose side - stick the lollipop sticks inside of the cake pop, shake the excess of candy and put in the styrofoam to dry.
I made tags with famous quotes of St.Therese and turned into a bouquet using a vase from Ikea.
Here it is! Next time, I will add some edible leaves.
I really like it! And it could be made in red for St. Rita of Cascia or Our Lady!
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Here are some tips to make your cake pop making more fun!
- do not use oil for baking, if the recipe calls for oil replace it with butter (not margarine), the cake will be firmer, not falling off the sticks when dipping and not having oil coming out trough the cake pops later either;
- make your own frosting! It does not take too long, it tastes better, it will no be too sweet and also will not fall off the sticks when dipping because of the butter;
- do not put too much frosting into the crumbled cake before kneading it thoroughly and molding it into balls - I have found that 3 to 4 tablespoons are more than enough.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Free Printable Paschal Candle 2013!
Every year we wait until last minute for the beautiful Paschal candle art from Hermano Leon. With little ones it is much easier to get things done ahead of time. So, last year I have created my own Paschal candle printable art and I'm posting for the busy moms have enough time to get done before Easter arrives!
You can print HERE
It will not be available for too long!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Royal-themed party for kids - real party
It was really hard to find a Royal themed party design for a child. All the parties ideas for kids that I have seen was more for suitable for an adult than a child. (Honestly, mason jars for kids??)
So I decided to design something more child friendly. I wanted something with crown, lion (but not Lion the King) so we added a couple of things from Chronicles of Narnia.
The welcome sign is my family crest, I just wrote welcome. On the center you can see the invitation I made myself with our initials on the lions shield . The scroll letterhead I got at Walmart (it was a blessing) and I made a wax seal out of paper for our family and glued on the invitation - it looked real!
The orange lion was in the favor bags and they are crayons - I got on this really nice shop on Etsy AlohaNaturalsMaui.
So I decided to design something more child friendly. I wanted something with crown, lion (but not Lion the King) so we added a couple of things from Chronicles of Narnia.
The welcome sign is my family crest, I just wrote welcome. On the center you can see the invitation I made myself with our initials on the lions shield . The scroll letterhead I got at Walmart (it was a blessing) and I made a wax seal out of paper for our family and glued on the invitation - it looked real!
The orange lion was in the favor bags and they are crayons - I got on this really nice shop on Etsy AlohaNaturalsMaui.
The goblets were from the dollar store and I added some gemstone found at Michael's. The cake push pops holder are tissue boxes with flower foam inside, covered with tissue paper and decorated with streamer crepe and a tag.
Some jello boats - always a hit among the kids. The cake did not turn out as I expected, I would have liked to have had a crown made out of chocolate sticks but I did not find them at any store and shipping was a little bit too much so I use some TJ cookies and edible paper.
The backdrop: I made a very easy version the some tutorials a have found online. I have seen some made out ribbon -way expensive- or some people sewing the streamer crepe paper!
To make this backdrop I just cut strips of streamer crepe paper of different sizes and colors (3 strips of 50 inches; 3 strips of 40 inches and I went decreasing 10 inches as needed to cover the back of the dessert table). I held the strips of crepe paper on a ribbon with tape. I put the backdrop 3 weeks before to make sure it would hold in a place and no problem! (click on the pictures to see a bigger image)
Surely you can throw a really nice party much less expensive than we see online just replacing some materials and get it all done much faster using your creativity - spending the extra time with you kids!
The backdrop: I made a very easy version the some tutorials a have found online. I have seen some made out ribbon -way expensive- or some people sewing the streamer crepe paper!
To make this backdrop I just cut strips of streamer crepe paper of different sizes and colors (3 strips of 50 inches; 3 strips of 40 inches and I went decreasing 10 inches as needed to cover the back of the dessert table). I held the strips of crepe paper on a ribbon with tape. I put the backdrop 3 weeks before to make sure it would hold in a place and no problem! (click on the pictures to see a bigger image)
Surely you can throw a really nice party much less expensive than we see online just replacing some materials and get it all done much faster using your creativity - spending the extra time with you kids!
All those printables will be soon at our shop!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Decoration ideas for New Year's Eve + free printable
New Year's Eve is a special day to celebrate. My family goes to Mass on the last day of the year, where we sing Te Deum on the vigil of the Feast of Mary Mother of God.*
Unless it is somebody else's birthday...disregard the cake:)
I thought those inspirations would go well with a angel candy box!
Here we go. Use the free printable angel candy box with silver snowflakes pattern!
Here is a picture to give you an idea of how to make the angel box.
It will be available for free for a short time...soon it will be exclusive to our mailing list's friends !
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**A plenary indulgence is granted under the usual conditions to those who sing or recite the Te Deum on the last day of the year, and to those who sing or recite the Veni, Creator on the first day of the new year. (Enchiridion #60, #61)
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Christmas decoration ideas + free Printable
Get inspired!
Here is great to tutorial on how to add pictures on candles. I cannot wait to make something like the above one! Maybe with Adeste Fidelis lyrics?
The free printable is a red and green banner plus a mini-banner that says - Natale Hilare - Merry Christmas in Latin!
Have a blessed Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ!
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