Portable Cupcakes

In addition to a very long week of daily pampering and gifts for Chloe's teacher we sent in some cupcakes for her this morning. For these portable cupcakes you just need a package of Wilton clear party bags, size 4 x 9.5 inches and a package of 9 oz. clear plastic cups. The 'Thank You' tags are the same ones I used last year. They were made by Skip To My Lou. You can find them on Tidy Mom's blog. Just bake your cupcakes in liners as usual. Then you can experiment. You can remove the cupcake from the liner and add  it to the cup and frost it or you can keep it in the liner and add it to the cup.  I added either tissue paper, decorative liners, or a regular liner to the outside of the cup and placed it in the bag. Tie the spoon on with a ribbon, add your tag with a bit of hot glue and your set!

 

Dad's Favorite Chex Mix

This Father's Day the kids whipped up some of their Dad's favorite homemade Chex Mix. This recipe came from his grandmother and he asks for it often. I used my Father's Day Printables to make the labels and picked up the jars from Cost Plus World Market.

Chex Mix Recipe

Ingredients:

1 Box Rice Chex

1 Box Corn Chex

1 Large Bag of Pretzel Sticks

2 Cans Cashews

1 Bag Pecans

3 Small Bags of Sliced Almonds

Sauce Ingredients:

4 Sticks Butter

4 TBS. Worcestershire Sauce

3 Tsp. Tabasco Sauce

1 TBLS. Lawry's Seasoning Salt

Directions:

Melt all sauce ingredients in a small sauce pot. Divide dry ingredients into two large roasting pans. Divide sauce ingredients among the two pans. Fold the sauce gently throughout the cereal and nut mixture, being careful not to crush the cereal. Bake in a 250 degree oven for 15-30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool and enjoy. Will keep for a couple weeks stored in an airtight container or ziplock bag.

It's A Girl! Free Printables

It's a Girl Printables

I made these to go with some cupcake wrappers that are currently available at Michael's. They matched perfectly until I baked them! I think chocolate batter would have turned out better with these liners, but cute nonetheless.

For these printables, I used a 2" scalloped punch. Simply glue (with a glue stick) the punches back to back, then after they are fully dry, you can insert a toothpick. I find this easier than trying to tape everything together.

Free Father's Day Printables

I'm so excited I can make my own printables now! Here is a sheet of 2" printables you can print out to use as cupcake toppers or any other way you see fit. You can also copy the image below and paste it into Microsoft Word and make it any size you wish. I printed mine out at 3 inches and glued it onto some scrap book paper I had cut with a 3.5" punch. I will use these to decorate glass jars the kids are filling with Dad's favorite homemade Chex mix. Please let me know if you have any issues downloading the file. I can always personally email you the PDF or Word document.

Father's Day Printables

Free Baseball Thank You Printable

I searched all day to find some free printables I needed for Chloe's end of the season gifts. I finally found a blog that shows you how to make your own using Picnik. I used it and made some adorable and easy printables. I inserted them into a Word document as Jill suggested. I made them into two sizes in Word. I used my 3.5" punch and taped those onto the large coaches gift and I used a smaller 2" punch for the white lollipops shown below {purchased from Oriental Trading Co.}:

Feel free to use this image below

to make any size printables you need.