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Chip the Teacup from Beauty and the Beast

I am super excited about the Disney Princesses Fundraiser that the girls are putting on next month and how I get to help decorate for it.  There are going to be 16 tables at the dinner and I want to decorate each table as a different movie.  (How fun will that be?!)

For the Beauty and the Beast party table, I wanted to represent each of the characters on the table.  I hope to be able to have Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Chip.


Since Chip will probably be the easiest of them all, I went shopping at my local Goodwill and found this teacup.  It was almost perfect as it had a gold rim and was the approximate shape of Chip.  It even has a small chip in the side of the rim!

Since Chip's handle was gold and mine was not, I bought some Royal Gold paint from Walmart and painted the rim.  It did take several coats and was a bit tricky around the insides.

While that was drying, I designed up a face and a bottom rim to match Chip's.  It was tricky cutting out the face pieces, but I just gave it a little white berth around the lines and it worked okay.

I ran the eyes and mouth through my Zyron sticker machine to help them stick to the teacup.
If you don't have one, you could always print the face onto sticker paper or even just glue it onto your cup.

To slip the bottom ring on Chip, I cut a slit through the circle and then just slid it around the bottom.

Chip was really pretty easy to make.  You can find the printable HERE.  Depending upon the size of your teacup, you may need to resize.  But it will get you started in decorating your Beauty and the Beast table too!


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Disney Princesses to the Rescue


I'm so sorry for the lack of posts lately.  I had a lot of fun ideas to show you for Easter.  I had a lot of plans....but you know what they say "the best laid plans of mice and men..."

Last Tuesday I was working on a project and was doing something DUMB.  (Did you notice the capitals?) 

Well, DUMB usually catches up to me...and with a vengeance.

I fell while doing said DUMB thing.  Fortunately, I didn't break anything.  I only bruised myself REALLY, REALLY good.

Unfortunately, this left me too sore to be able to move up and down the stairs very well.  So, I didn't get down to my crafting room to work on all those fun Easter projects.  I didn't even get down there to read and play on my computer.  It's not been to fun.

After a week, I'm starting to be able to move around again.  I actually even made it out for walk this morning.  And my desire to create is blooming again.  I'm ready to try some new projects that I've been brainstorming.  Because you see, the Disney Princesses came to my rescue.

My daughter's youth young women's group is having a fundraiser to be able to go to their annual summer camp this year.  They want to do a Disney Princess theme with dinner, entertainment, and fun decorations.

"Drama Queen" volunteered me, and I have to admit, I'm super excited about the prospect.  What a fun way to get back on my feet again.  I have some grand plans for the decorations and so will be talking Snow White, Arial, Belle, and Rapunzel for the next little bit.  Hopefully you have a little Princess who will be interested in the fun project ideas I hope to share.
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Cranberry Orange Coleslaw and PicMonkey

Good Monday to you all.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend with family, friends, food and rejoicing in the knowledge that our Lord and Savior is alive and with us always.  I thank you for taking the time from your busy lives to read this blog.

Our oldest daughter joined us for dinner last.  The rest of the family was busy elsewhere so it was a quiet day.  I made a ham and a couple of dishes I will be sharing the recipes for this week.

This is the first time I have used PicMonkey to edit my photos.  I decided that since it is only a week until Picnik is gone that I should try using a different online photo editor.  I think that I am going to like PicMonkey very much.  It is much like Picnik and was very easy to use.  If you haven’t yet tried it, I recommend that you do.

For our salad yesterday, I wanted to make coleslaw.  I took a couple of ideas from two of the recipes I listed in my Friday Finds last Friday and added my own touches.  I used the  Wicked Easy Slaw Dressing from A Pinch of Joy and the Caramelized Almonds from Pocked Change Gourmet, added some touches of my own and made Cranberry Orange Coleslaw.  This was a very good and pretty salad and went very well with the ham.

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Cranberry Orange Coleslaw
1 (1 lb.) package coleslaw mix or equivalent in shredded cabbage
1 (11 oz.) can mandarin oranges, well drained
1/2 c. dried cranberries
1/3 c. chopped onion (red if you have it)
1/2 c. mayonnaise (low fat or fat free is OK)
2 T. milk
2 T. sugar or sugar substitute
2 T. sugar
1/2 c. sliced almonds

Combine coleslaw mix, oranges, cranberries and onion is a mixing bowl.  Toss to mix well.  Combine mayonnaise, milk and sugar and mix well.  Add to coleslaw mixture and mix well.  Melt 2 T. sugar slowly in a small skillet.  Add sliced almonds and heat until candied and brown, stirring often and watching very closely to prevent burning.  Turn almonds out onto
a piece of aluminum foil and let cool.  Break into pieces and add to coleslaw just before serving.  Mix well.  Makes 6 servings.



Linking to:  Newbie Party
Recipe Sharing Monday
Melt in Your Mouth Monday
Mangia Monday
Making Mondays Marvelous
Made by You Monday
Show Me What You Got
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Friday Finds

I guess this is going to be Friday Finds on Saturday.  I had an extra day off this week and totally thought yesterday was Thursday all day.  It wasn't until I got home from grocery shopping after work last night that I realized it was Friday.

I did want to share a few side dish recipes that I want to try soon.

A Pinch of Joy

I really like this very easy recipe for coleslaw dressing.  I love coleslaw, hubby will eat it but doesn't like it all that much.  I think this dressing would be great to mix up and use on an individual serving of coleslaw so I could use it as I needed it.  I also like that low fat mayo and sugar substitute can be used if desired.

Bookcase Foodie

Probably can't get these by hubby since they have cooked cabbage and carrot in them.  However, I love the individual serving idea and think I will make these just for me.  I can take one for my lunch at work and just warm it up.  This also looks like a good way to use up leftover mashed potatoes.  I will have to look for the potato starch.  I wonder what would happen if flour was used instead.

Pocket Change Gourmet

Love deviled eggs, love bacon, love cheese.  What more can I say?  I will certainly be making these very soon.

Pocket Change Gourmet

I always have cans of these little oranges in my pantry, but I have never thought to feature them in a salad like this with lettuce and celery.  The caramelized almonds are probably what really makes this.

The Traveling Spoon

OK, you could put bacon and pecans in just about anything, and I would eat it.  Love that this is a dish that can be whipped up with ingredients that I keep on hand all the time and can pretty much be put together at the last minute.

$5 Dinners

I have never roasted red cabbage, and hubby would definitely not eat this, but I am going to make this anyway.  I think this looks so pretty and add a color to the meal that is usually not there.

Well, that is my very late list for this week.  I am anxious to see what other bloggers have found.

As always, the photos were taken by and are the property of the owners of the respective blogs represented.

I am linking up to Friday Favorite Finds at Finding Joy in My Kitchen.




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Easter Bunny Past Projects

Sometimes I feel like I have so many projects on my blog that I forget what I have done before.

To recap my memory before I take off on another Easter project (and to introduce those of you who are new to my blog to some past favorites), here are a few of my most popular Easter projects.





You can find all of my Easter projects HERE.
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Butterfinger Brownies

Last week I neglected to welcome my new followers and to thank you all for taking time to read my blog.  I am sorry and want to say that to you today.  I am so honored that anyone is willing to take time out of their busy schedule to stop here.  Have a great week.

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Recently I wanted to make cookies.  (Who am I kidding, I always want to make cookies.)  I looked through the recipes I had saved on my computer and found this one.   I had Butterfinger candy bars on hand so thought these sounded really good, and they were.  I also liked that the fat used was melted.  The original recipe called for margarine, but I used butter.  I unfortunately do not know the source of the recipe.

I like nuts in my cookies and did miss them a little so may add some next time I make these.

Butterfinger Brownies
2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
3/4 c. butter, melted
2 1/4 c. brown sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 t. vanilla
3 regular size Butterfinger Candy Bars, crushed

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl and set aside.  Mix together melted butter and brown sugar and beat well.  Add eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.  Stir in flour mixture.  Add two crushed Butterfingers and mix well.  Pour mixture into  a greased 9x13-inch baking pan.  Crush and sprinkle remaining Butterfinger over top of batter.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.  Cook and cut into bars.  Makes 3 dozen.

These are like a blondie with little bits of chocolate spread throughout.

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Cooking from the Blogs-What I Made

I made two recipes that I was able to take photos of this week.  Both were definitely keepers and will be made often.


This first was Old Fashioned Meatloaf from Wives with Knives.  This was very, very good and may just be my new basic meatloaf recipe.  I followed the suggestion for reducing the milk to 1/2 cup.  When I serve mashed potatoes with meatloaf, we like a can of condensed tomato soup poured over the meatloaf half way through the baking time.  This make a nice tomato gravy and is something that my mother did when I was a kid.  I did not used the topping in the recipe.

I actually made this recipe twice.  The second time I added Italian seasonings, 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese, and topped the meatloaf with some leftover pizza sauce I had on hand.  It was very good that way, too.

Both meatloaves sliced wonderfully so would be great for sandwiches.  I loved this as some meatloaves I have tried have fallen apart when they were sliced.

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This Amish Cheeseburger Soup recipe from The Better Baker came through in my email last week, and it sounded so good that I made it for lunch the very same day.  I added some chopped red pepper which I used in almost everything I can get away with.  I couldn’t bring myself to use a full pound of Velveeta  so I only used half a pound.  I thought the soup had enough of a cheesy flavor, but certainly the full pound could be used.  I also did as Marsha did and served the sour cream at the table for each person to put in their soup or not.  I added the sour cream, but hubby did not.  This recipe makes a gob of soup so we were able to eat it over several days which is always a plus with me.  There was even enough to take some to a friend at work.

As I said, both are keeper recipes that I will make often.  Thanks Cathy and Marsha for sharing two wonderful recipes that you found on the blogs.
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