Knowing me, knowing you!

Knowing me, knowing you - March 2011

Having fun with Tales from the Fairy Blogmother!

1. Do you consider yourself a foodie?

YES!  I am a total Foodie!  I love cooking, baking and creating in my kitchen!  Check out my other blog for recipes!

Ice Cream OWL Cake!

2. Are you a spender or a saver?

I am a thrifty spender...I try to only but groceries on sale and work my meals around what I get.  My fave place to shop is thrift stores.  Check out some of my recent finds!  I love shopping and finding that amazing deal!

3. What was the last movie you saw?

Oh gosh I am a total movie freak!  I love movies!  I am watching Hoot with my kids right now while typing this post...but last grown up movie I saw was The Kings Speech.  

4. What is the closest book to you?

Do you mean physically right near me now?  Enid Blyton's Adventurous 4 book titled Stranded.  A book my son and I are reading together.  Enid Blyton's book are the best!  Alway a great adventure

5. Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

St. Patty's Day was yesterday...and we did not celebrate at all :(  It kinda snuck up on us and passed.  In the past we have dressed in green but not much more then that.

Night Owl Party!

My daughter turned 13 this past weekend!  I am now a proud mother of a teenager!
She chose a night Owl theme for her huge annual Birthday sleepover party!














We had to be very thrifty with party decorations...but I think it turned out beautifully!  And Kaitie also did all of the work...Which she was very excited about!  She sewed the owl in the middle out of felt, and made the paper owls at each place setting.

Check out these Owl paper lanterns!  I bought the paper lanterns from the $1 store!  Don't they look so cute!


The cake turned out great.  My daughter hates cake and icing with a passion!  (ever since she turned 1, I know crazy huh?)
This years cake was made out of ice cream!  Check this post out for what was my inspiration!

I had so much "fun" figuring out how to mold the shape of the owl.  

1. I used my roasting pan.  I lined it with card from cereal boxes and a ton of wax paper.  
2. I remembered to put a long strip of card underneath it all for easy removal from the pan.
3. I then put a layer of butterscotch ice cream on the bottom.  And put the whole thing in the freezer to "harden" up a little.  
4. Then using a piece of card wrapped in wax paper I made a wall to separate colors when I added chocolate ice cream for wings and ears, and vanilla for the rest!
5. After returning to the freezer to "set" I carefully took it out of its "mold" to decorate.

Decorating was the fun part!

I used soft cookies for the eyes...but I really wanted to use dried pineapple slices!  Which I couldn't find anywhere!  

And the slivered almonds would of stood out more if I found some with the skins still on.  

I did try to make chocolate shavings to look like feathers for the wings...but It turned out to be more of chocolate saw dust.  

For the "nest" I used multigrain honey pretzel twists.  

The beak turned out so cute!  I wasn't sure on what I was going to use???  But I ended up using 2 pieces of a walnut!  I love how it turned out!

MMMM  Yummy This is a pic of what the layers looked like!


The Loot bags were very thrifty.


The little red bags themselves I had already...we printed off the thank yous.
Inside I put one full size candy bar...Smarties was the fave!
a .04cent pencil, a .49cent sticky notebook, and a .20cent bouncy ball.










The invitation we made were simple...if we had more time we were going to use scrapbook paper owls fro each invite and write the details on the owl belly.  We printed the invite on yellow paper and rolled it up and tied it up with piece of red string.

We played some traditional party games, and made some owl crafts.  Mostly the girls wanted to just "chill".  A group would be playing the Wii, another group would be making jewelery, and the rest were listening to music and having a great time!  

Update to this post.

 OWL PIZZA - Perfect for party food!

Thrift Share Monday! Family Game Night FUN!

Happy Monday!  Check out my thrift finds from this past week!  More games for family fun!

This 1981 game - Trust Me 

Trust me is a property investment game in which your and your opponents try to make money by being good investors. Some of the properties are valuable. Some aren't worth anything at all. It's up to you to learn the value of as many properties as you can – and then invest wisely.

Picked up this Nancy Drew Mystery Party Game for Kaitie and her friends.  It is totally complete with invitations, envelopes and loot bags!  It seemed that for .99 cents this would be a steal!  

But after purchasing this I read online this comment from a mom who found this for her daughter..."800 number is now disconnected (much trickier- you do need this clue.) Game might still be playable if you are a creative type."

I guess I will have to be creative!  Does anyone know this clue?  Maybe more research will help find it!

How cute is this!  A huge ceramic Popcorn Bowl!  I have been wanting one of these!  So I was so happy to find this for just $1.99!  Just in time for Kaitie's Birthday slumber party!

A little VW Bus for Jay!  Perfect condition for $1.99!

Recycled gift wrap .49cents.  Very thick wrap perfect for crafts as well as gift wrapping!

To see more Thrifty finds go visit Apron Thrift Girl!

A song with significance.

Lost Together

Blue Rodeo

Our song!
I met the man I was going to marry in the summer of 1995.  He introduced me to this song, and it quickly became our song.  
We broke up a month into our relationship... wasn't the right time...
9 months after the break up, I turn on my tv to MuchMusic and this song was playing, I turn the car on and this song is playing, later that day I hear this song again!  My friend convinced me to go to his place of work...she believes in signs. We do, and he is there!  We say hi.
Late that night I realize that today is his Birthday!!!  So I call him...he is not home...And leave a message.

Been together, happily ever after, ever since.

I do believe in signs.

Thrift Share Monday! We LOVE Books!

Our local thrift store recently had a 50% off day.  We made it late...But since my daughter is sooo tall and skinny, we were able to find so many awesome clothes for her!  I haven't had a chance to photograph all of them yet, but I will soon!

Books!

Can you believe we found these hardcover Cornelia Funke Novels of 50% day!  $1.50 each was a steal for these awesome books!

Another Cornelia Funke novel...this time a paper back, $1.99 well worth the $$$.

We found this set of 3...$1.99 each for brand new looking paperbacks.  I do not know this author, but it says if you like Harry potter you will like these???  

Another 50% off find.  50cents each for some secret unicorns!  My daughter is a bit old for these but she still enjoys them.

Some Magazines for me...$1 each

A beautiful Unicorn Picture for Kaitie!  .99cents.

And a Speedracer car for Andrew .49cents.

What did you find this week?  Post a link if you have a thrift you would like to share, and I will come visit!

Owl Cake LOVE!

My daughter is having an Owl themed Birthday!  I am on hunt for inspiration for cake ideas.  She wants an ice cream cake, she hates icing...so I will have to put on my creativity hat!

Here is what I found that I love!

Love the sliced almonds!  And Dried Pineapple eyes!

OOOhh, I love the pretzel branches! 

Chocolate wings!

Cone beak.  Isn't he so cute!

I dont think I am talented enough to try a sitting up ice cream cake...but I think I have the inspiration I need now!

Does anyone have any helpful tips on how to make an ice cream cake?

HELP!

Thrift Share Monday! - Craft Supplies & Gifts!

It is funny how you go out looking for a certain item...And then finding it! That is what happened when I went to search for felt. .99cents for this huge bag of felt! Huge folded orange and red pieces, plus all the extras you see here!

The Felt is going to be used to make stuffed OWLS!  I also found a bag of fluff for stuffing them for .99cents!  

Also found these "Peepers" perfect for the OWL project I am making with the felt!  I love that they are oval!  I wasn't to impressed with the 1.99 price tag but I felt it all comes even out in the end.

Check out these "PEEPERS"!

GEOTRAX!  Found at the thrift store!  Boy was I lucky one to find this!  Andrew has many sets of this train set...but not this one!  Even though he is older he still loves his trains! You should see our living room when he has all his Geotraxs set up! At $5.99 this was a steal!  Keeping this set hidden away to give him for his Birthday!

Horse bookends.  Look at the detail!  I love these!  $2.99, hiding away for Kaitie's Birthday!

Have you seen Arthur and the Invisibles movie?  This book is what the movie is based on.  I loved the movie, so I am sure the book will be even better!  Get this .35cents for this book that looks brand new! Also hidden away for Kaitie's Birthday!

A find for me!  Check out these ramekins from Stokes! .25cents each!  And I needed them!  Yay!

This post is linked up to ATG’s Thrift Share Monday!

Garlic Cheese Popovers

Joining in with the fun with Mama Kats!  

Are you looking for a quick easy recipe to make for your kids snack time!  Look no further I have just whatcha need!

Garlic Cheese Popovers

• 2 eggs
• 1 cups Milk
• 1 Tbls Olive oil
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp garlic 
• 1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a muffin tin.

Throw all ingredients (reserve 1/2cup cheese) in a bowl.  Mix till well blended!

Divide batter between the muffin cups (makes 12) and sprinkle tops with remaining cheese. 

Bake 15-20 minutes or until firm. Immediately after removing from the oven, prick each popover to let the steam escape, they will deflate a bit.  Let cool a bit before removing from muffin tin and serve warm.  

Yummy!

Thrift Share Monday! Crazy Daisy Spring Blossom Love!

Crazy Daisy Spring Blossom Love!!!!


I couldn't believe my luck!  When I found these Pyrex Crazy Daisy Spring Blossom mugs!  I love love this pattern!  I have been dreaming about finding these.  Hmmm maybe the secret really works?  So I was ecstatic to find 8 of these mugs in perfect condition!!!  I was crazy happy...Then I noticed the lady with the put away trolly walking by me as I was hurriedly grabbing up all these mugs...And lo and behold look what was on it...Crazy Daisy Spring Blossom Cinderella round casserole dish with the lid!!!!  AHHHH!  So I said "excuse me" to the lady and grabbed it right off her trolly.  "I will take this!"  I am sure she is used to crazed women grabbing items off her cart before they make it to the shelves????
And then on the next shelf I found the small bowls with the same pattern!  WooHoo!


Now I did find my self going out of my way to check the lady's put away trolly through out my shopping trip. I am sure she didn't notice me always making my way to check her trolly when she came out of the back???  Oh I really hope I didn't miss anymore pieces to the set!  


The mugs were .49cents each
The Casserole dish 2.99
The bowls .49cents each


I just had to grab up the Pyrex Butterfly Gold mugs too!  They looked so lonely with out their friends.  My daughter loves this design so I am thinking of collecting this design for her hope chest.


The Jamanji game was a great find too!  Perfect condition, all the pieces are there!  The kids will just love this game!  At 1.99 it just had to come home with me!


I also found 4 magazines at .99cents each.  


Total thrift Shopping trip costs $16.78


It is funny how a good thrifting trip can make your day! 
Linking over to Apron Thrift Girl for Thrift Share Mondays and with Coastal Charm this week for "Nifty Thrifty Tuesday".

http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/

Have fun everyone!!

The Goonies

I love, love this movie! It is different watching it as a grown up. I was shocked at the bad language the kids were using. But other than that...I think this is the best family movie ever!  This movie is an adventure film about a group of kids that find a treasure map, and their journey to find the rich stuff. There are bad guys, and booby traps, and a real pirate ship!  Comedy for parent and kids!  If you are looking for a movie to have for a family night give Goonies a try...your kids will love it, and you will too!

One Eyed Willie's ship, The Inferno, was 105 feet long and took 2-1/2 months to construct. It was modeled after Erroll Flynn's ship in The Sea Hawk (1940). The sails required more than than 7,000 square feet of material. Some of the ship's rigging was recycled from the Pirates of the Caribbean ship at Disneyland, which was being renovated at the time. All the shots were filmed in the ship. After the film, it was offered to anyone who would take it. No one wanted it, so the ship was scrapped.   


June 7th was officially declared "Goonies Day" by the Mayor of Astoria (where the movie was filmed) during the 25th Anniversary Celebration in 2010.  It just happens that June 7th is my sons birthday, this year we are going to have a Goonies themed party!  I can't wait to start planning!


I am such a Cyndi Lauper fan!  this music video is long and in 2 parts...I LOVE IT!

The Goonies "R" Good Enough