Phillie Phanatic Costume

UPDATE:

Here are pics from the night I actually wore this costume out. It was a hit! Everyone loved it.

Halloween is this weekend, and as a college kid, I'll probably celebrating Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. I decided to be the Phillie Phanatic for one of those nights. I already had the women's jersey (no player on back), dangle hat, and red sneakers (even though he wears green). I found the green tutu online for around $15, bought high red socks, and bought the party blowout horns at Party City. Pretty simple!

Oh, and I go to college in Baltimore so I'll be wearing this around mostly Orioles and Nationals fans...

Whopper Cake

This whopper cake was really simple to make.  I baked a regular vanilla cake and used chocolate icing.  I then covered the entire thing with whoppers.  It took about exactly two cartons (8.37 oz) to cover the cake.  I tried to leave out the deformed ones and had just enough.

My New Bathroom

I'm moving into an apartment with some friends, and since I was never able to have a cute, girly bathroom at home due to having a brother, I wanted to make this bathroom adorable.  I started with the shower curtain, and then decided to use all three colors in the curtain (pink, green, and blue) for the color scheme.  The bathroom was white and boring, so it needed the bright colors.

I found the idea for scrapbook paper in frames on Pinterest, and thought it would be perfect.  So I bought two 8x10 frames, one 5x7, and one 4x6.  I then bought scrapbook paper to go with the color scheme, along with some other accessories to dress it up.  It took a lot of playing with before I finally got a look that I liked.  I wanted the arrangement to be random, and there were a few wall knicks that needed to be covered, so that decided the final layout of the frames.

I also found a cute flower shaped container from the Container Store, and filled it with rolled washcloths to dress up the vanity.  A sign from Home Goods for above the toilet, and a lime green rug completed the look.  I also found inexpensive towels from Boscovs, which are a brighter green than the rest of the bathroom, but they work for now.

I am extremely happy with the way it turned out.  I need a bathmat and a ribbon to hide the nail holding the sign, and then it will be complete.  Remember, this is a bathroom that I didn't want to put a lot of money into since this is a temporary living situation.  The fixtures are permanent, and paint is not worth it.  For a college apartment bathroom, it works.

Kit Kat M&M Cake

My birthday is this weekend, so in honor I want to share the cake I made for my birthday last year. The Kit Kat M&M cake is all over Pinterest, and being the candy lover I am, I just HAD to make it. I started by making a regular cake. I used a marble base and vanilla icing.  I then used the king size Kit Kat bars and broke them into pieces of two. After lining the sides of the cake with the Kit Kats, I filled the cake with M&M plain candies. The Kit-Kats were higher than the cake, which made a bowl for the M&M's to sit in. I tied a pretty ribbon around the cake for decorative purposes and to make sure that the Kit Kats would stay stuck to the icing.

But what's a pretty cake worth unless it tastes good? Well, this cake was deliciuos. The M&Ms stuck to the icing and were easy to eat with each bite of cake, but the Kit Kats had to be peeled off and eaten separate. WARNING: This cake is extremely sweet! But I have a huge sweet tooth, so I loved it. And everyone thought it was adorable.

The rainbow M&M's are good for a birthday, but you can also make this cake with holiday themed colors for a certain holiday, or use custom M&M's for someone who loves a specific color. I definitely recommend this cake. If you can bake the base, the decorating is the easy part. It is truly an eye catching dessert.

"Cakes" for the Bride and Groom

My cousin got married, but did not have a bridal shower with family since everyone lives across the US. We wouldn't be seeing her till the weekend of the wedding, so my mom and I wanted to make something cute to give her and her fiancé at the rehearsal dinner. After browsing through her registry, we decided to make a "bridal shower cake" using several different items. These items included a pizza pan, a large pot, several towels, a pot holder, a liquid measuring cup, spatula, dish brush, and salt and pepper shakers.

The pizza pan was the base of the cake. Next, we put the large pot upside down on top of the pizza pan. We draped hand towels around it, and placed a pot holder in the front. For the next level, we placed a circular cardboard cutout to use for a steady base, and put a large silver doily to add pizzaz. This second layer composed of rolled dish towels standing upright. The third layer sat on a smaller cardboard cutout with a smaller doily. The liquid measuring cup was draped in washcloths, and the salt and pepper shaker were placed inside. We bought sticker letters and stuck Mr. and Mrs. on the shakers.

We then tied the three layers with ribbon matching the colors of the towels. We placed the spatula and dish brush inside the ribbon on the bottom layer, and tied a smaller ribbon on each. We then tied a ribbon around the entire height of the cake to hold it all in place.

We then had to travel 11 hours with this thing in the truck of the car. It fell a little, but it was nothing we couldn't fix. After some minor touch ups, and one last transport from the hotel to the restaurant in the rain, it was presented to the bride, who loved it. Overall, it was easy to make since we had the pizza pan and large pot to use for a good base.

OH! And we couldn't forget the groom, of course...

We used the same cardboard cutouts and doilies to make the groom a "beer cake." Since his favorite beer was only sold locally, we had to buy the beer at home and pack it in the car. We didn't put it together until we were at the hotel. This was harder to transport than the bridal cake, but it made it to the restaurant. Both were a huge hit.