A Birthday Fiesta in the Works

These are the invites that I made for my husband's Birthday Fiesta in August. His birthday is actually (one of) the dates that is said to be the BEGINNING of the Mayan calendar! I chose the serpent motif from the Chichen Itza pyramid. Just so happens I found the perfect paper at Archiver's that had the blue waves on the back and the fun zigzag on the front. Of course, the fun stickers had to be added too.

Menu:
A Taco and Nacho Bar
Tomatillo Enchiladas
Homemade Refried Beans
An assortment of homemade FRESH salsas-my jalapenos and habaneros are growing insanely well-I think I have to pickle some just to save them we have so many!
Tequilas and margaritas will also be served

The piece De resistance:
A Twinkie-pyramid-inspired cake-playing on the notion that Twinkies will survive the end of the world/nuclear holocaust/etc. Not fully Twinkified, as to make it to scale (9 steps) with solid Twinkies would create a 16"-high and 14"-wide cake! Who knows what that would weigh. And surprisingly it'd be expensive.

Pictures and such will be posted of the food and event mid-August!

Comments

Boozy Beets?

I'm reading up on lacto-fermenting vegetables, in preparation for my abundant harvest I'm hoping for this year. One random article said, "Just be careful not to cut beets too small as they contain a lot of sugar and can produce alcohol." Hmm...beet wine anyone? Does it exist? Further research is needed on this one! *** Oh good Lord...it does exist! http://jinman2871.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/beet-wine/ from randomly searching and found the Prairie Girl blog!

Summer Project!

Nothing to do with diabetes here, I just wanted to show the awesome cabinet I found on Craig's List and hope to be picking up tonight! It'll be my summer project, and Jeff has already said 'you'll never finish it' oh but I will. We desperately need the storage in our kitchen and there's a big, empty wall that needs something on it too. Here it is, not lookin' too hot. The red paint is actually glass in the cabinets. I'm very excited. It needs a good re-furbishing...not sure what finish I want it in, any ideas?

Beautiful Boudoir-Step 1, The Dresser

I am finally redoing our bedroom. It is currently the ugly, rental-house beige that was badly applied. I have decided to use a all-over wall stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils to highlight one wall. This is the one I ordered! I have decided on the paint colors, a pale fleshy-mauve color and the stencil is a darker mauve color. There are splotches on every wall. I'm hoping to buy the gallons in the next week or so. This weekend I am re-painting our dresser (my Grandmother's Minneapolis Lugar Furniture Company , circa early 1900's-though not as fancy as the ones shown on the website) BLACK with worn edges and I'm going to use Briwax to antique it. I hope to get some vintage hardware too-maybe some crystal knobs to add to it. I'm not usually one to cover nice wood pieces, as it does have a nice grain, but the top is missing most of the stain due to my sisters and I spilling nail polish remover all over it and coveri...

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