Back Yard BBQ |

With outdoor entertaining season coming up I thought I would post a few photos from a 'green theme' birthday party BBQ I had last year for my husband's birthday.

I hope there are a few photos that spark some inspiration for your outdoor event this summer.

  Green Theme! Green lanterns, table cloths, place mats, pillows, napkins, cutlery, plates, food, drink etc.

Lanterns left over from my wedding and a table runner I made with outdoor fabric.

Green and white food covers for all our munchies!

I made green straw flags with everyone's name on them (so they could easily identify their drink) - you can order custom straw flags for your event from me HERE and I got green stripe paper straws from Hey Yo Yo!

Green Punch and Pop choices.

  

 

My husband is a healthy eater and doesn't like sweets so I made him a cake made of fruit (not to be mistaken for a 'fruit cake' hehe) I also made another 'garden theme' cake for a friend whose birthday was close to our BBQ.

I also made these fun BBQ theme cupcakes. I used orange sprinkles to look like fire, black icing gel for the grill lines and cup up jube jube, hot tamales and caramels for the meat and skewers.

I forgot to take a photo of my veggie and fruit trays - but I did ALL GREEN veggies and fruit on each tray.

Veg: Green pepper, celery, broccoli, cucumbers, snow peas.

Fruit: Green apple slices, kiwi, green grapes, honeydew mellon

I made green outdoor pillows for our Muskoka chairs to make them even more comfy!

I gave my husband a Birch Tree for our back yard as his gift!

We played Ladder Ball and Bocce Ball & had a bonfire & fireworks!

Sophie is all tired our from too much partying!

Happy BBQ and outdoor entertaining season!

Easter Feature |

I was featured on Printabelle!

Thanks for featuring my Easter Bark recipe! And Thanks for all of the other great Easter craft and recipe ideas you complied! What a fun and beautiful holiday it is!

A Few other inspiring and pretty Easter ideas:

Beautiful pastel rainbow ruffle cake from Bubble and Sweet.

Click here to get her complete instructions.

The Browy Blog's very own Rice Crispy Nest Treats.

The Full of Bliss blog  has some beautiful table scape ideas for Easter.

The Browy Blog's very own | Easter Tree

I want to try this craft | Mod Podge Easter Eggs that I found on the 'Our Family Journey' blog
*Great idea to use fake plastic eggs so that you can reuse them for decor every season and they wont break!


Another Mod Podge Easter Egg Craft using Spring Napkins | Found this project on the 'Brown Paper Packages' blog |


Neat DIY door decor from A Pretty life in the Suburbs |

Another beautiful project from A Pretty Life in the Suburbs | Easter Garland

The Browy Blog's very own | Umbrella Wreaths


LOVE this adorable craft idea from Disney Family Fun, and it is all about recycling! - I made them once as a kid but these ones even have cute little bodies made out of yogurt containers and cups | Grass Head Guys

The Browy Blog's very Own | Easter Cookies with Candy Corn


Mason Jar Planters from the CSI Project |

A super cute Easter Dip Presentation from Better Recipes |

Happy Easter! I hope you found some inspiring projects above to make your Easter extra bright this year!

Check out THIS blog post from last year to see what Easter means to me!

Valentine's Day Pins |

I have a 'Gal-entines' get together coming up (basically a movie night with 'Gals' in celebration of what we love about each other) so I wanted to peruse Pinterest for some cute ideas to see what I could make/ bring to the party. (pictures of what I make to come).

If you are in need of some last minuet Valentines Day inspiration for a craft, card, treat or decor take a look at my hand selected pins HERE.

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2 Ingredient Truffles |

This year I am making Chocolate Truffles to give as gifts.

I found this super easy recipe for Two Ingredient Truffles on the Mom of All Trades Blog.

Here is a quick break down of the recipe:

The Two Ingredients:
- 1 Pkg of Chocolate Chips
- 1 Brick of Cream Cheese

- Let Cream Cheese soften for about 20mins in a bowl - cream/whip it

- Melt the Package of Chocolate Chips (in 30 second incriments so as not to burn it)

- Blend the cream cheese and chocolate together


- Use a spoon to scoop out small portions of the chocolate - drop them on a wax paper covered cookies sheet. (I was able to get 24 truffles from this recipe)

- Place the sheet(s) in fridge for about 1 hour.


- After the truffles are chilled and can be handled without melting take them out of the fridge and roll them into more of a ball shape.

- Then roll the truffle in a 'topping' of your choice.

The Toppings I Used:
- Coconut
- Walnuts and Pecans Chopped up
- Coco Powder
- Christmas coloured sprinkles
- Skor Bit Chips


Recipe Variation:
I also made a second batch using dark chocolate chips and I added in a 1/4 cup of crunchy peanut butter so that those truffles will have peanuts in them! A Yummy combination!


Wrapping the Truffles:
I got cute mini cupcake wrappers from Bulk Barn that are Christmas Theme and I also got nice see through red candy containers to arrange the truffles in. I will tie them up with ribbon and place a tag on each to give them as gifts.

Have a yummy Christmas Season!