Okay, I was trying to rhyme for our title. Cheesy, I know. So here are the inspiration pins for party #2:
Host and Main Course (Debbie)- Power Salad and Flavored Water
Dessert (Krissy)-
Craft Project (Deanna)- Frosted Glass
Here are our results:
Salad was delish and very filling. There was the right amount of textures that made it really feel like a meal. Debbie mentioned that pine nuts are really expensive and said slivered almonds would be a cheaper alternative. She had a little of both and we couldn't taste a difference.
Debbie also made her own salad dressing and for a little crunch in the salad she had found these onion strings @ Fred Meyers, that were quite tasty.
Not homemade but we ate it and it was good! I did forget to take a picture of the water though. Sorry!
Our cool craft project- Notice the different widths of rubber bands? Very important. Debbie said the smaller thinner ones did not work out for her.
Insider's tip: Buy this at Home Depot because it was only $5, where Michael's was charging almost $10 for the same thing. Remember that you want an even coat and to spray it outside. Another tip: It sprays on clear, so when you put your second coat on it's going to be hard to tell right away if you missed some spots (like me). You want to be as even as possible. It dries really, and I mean really, fast so there's instant gratification.
This is when I realized my spray had also coated the spider web on the ground besides me that I didn't know was there. Ewwww... I hate spiders.
While we waited for our vases/candle holders to dry we ate my dessert. I have to say this was a successful one as well! I ended up cooking all the puff pastry so I could add the middle layer. I think we ended making a total of 4 of them. I also doubled the pudding recipe. I think if I had tripled it, then I would have had enough pudding to cover (and make) two more and use up all of the puff pastry sheets. I also didn't end up using toasted almonds on the bottom because they ended up burning (I blame my addition to "The Hills"). So I had some candied walnuts from Trader Joe's that we used and those ended up being just as good. I also used Fat Free Redi-Whip instead of Cool whip for the Whipped topping part.
Here is Debbie's modified dessert, without the puff pastry and she said it was still delish.
This is our final result of our craft project. Debby put her hydrenga's in her's and made it into a vase and it looked so pretty! I am going to keep one of mine as a candle holder and one a a vase to be used at our next party. This is a great cost effective craft! Deanna found all of these vases at Goodwill ranging from $.49-$.99 each! Plus the spray is only around $5 and the possibilities are endless. You could use picture frames and words, you could do beer mugs, etc. The only issue (if I remember correctly) is that it's not dish washer safe after you spray it.
Laters (yes- copied from my new favorite read),
The Design Divas
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