Nostalgic Birthday Jell-O Shots Anyone? Its Easy!

Last week I told you on facebook (Love Your Room) that as soon as I finished my live TV segment on 69 News at Sunrise I was running home to tackle making ninety jell-o shots for a friends birthday.

It was a nostalgic treat for my pal Marc whose party was a Rutgers Tailgating blow out.  I have not made jell-o shots in more years than I care to recall so I had to surf the web for instructions.  

It was super easy and was a big hit!

To Make 90 Jell-o Shots

Ingredients:
I bought 4 boxes of 12 oz. packaged jell-o (2 boxes in blueberry and 2 boxes in fruit punch flavored) and a bottle of vodka.  Also 3 oz. plastic cups and 3 bags of swedish fish candy.

Steps:
1. I chilled a bottle of vodka and 4 cups of water.
2. Next I mixed the jell-o boxes with 4 cups of boiling water, stirring for 2 minutes.
3. Then, I added the 4 cups of chilled water and 4 cups vodka, and mixed again.
4. Finally I added the mix to each cup and placed in the frig.
*Tip - spray the inside of the cups with baking or cooking spray to keep the jell-o from sticking in the cup before adding the mix.

I can't believe it works so easily!!

Before serving: Add a swedish fish to each cup for added cuteness!  To do this, make an incision with a knife into the cup and place the fish partly in.  The firm jell-o should hold it.

As for the lovely man taped to each of the jell-o shots, this is my friend Marc, and I taped his face to each and every cup.  

Tailgating was a blast.  The best part of the day was when Rutgers came back for a win in the third quarter!  Also the bonus event occurred during the game when a fight 'almost' broke out a few seats down from me.  It was over a poorly thrown piece of pretzel!  Men and their food!!  How would you react if you were hit in the back of the head with a pretzel and then told 'I meant to hit my buddy but hitting you was a bonus!'  

So happy birthday Ruby! We love ya!!

Pink and Green Delicious Master Bedroom

Happy Wednesday! Just completed a very feminine and chic master bedroom in Shillington Pennsylvania.  Please check out the photos HERE!

Cute Animal Themed Kid Birthday

When my kid handed me a piece of paper with her 'vision' for a cake that included Littlest Pet Shop (see below), she knew that her smiling blue eyes would make it impossible for me to refuse to make it.  

We baked 2 cake sheets, frosted one with green dyed frosting, and cut up the other one to create the house.  We had a fun time doing most of it.....had to get a bit creative with the house, placing equally square cake pieces on top of each other with frosting sandwiched between them; then inserting two straws through them to brace them in place.  

 We decorated the cake with candy and green sprinkles (eating all but one blueberry jelly bean along the way), then added all the toys.  

QUICK DECOR

For decor we bought cute little buckets and star balloons from the Dollar Store, then using our construction paper, scissors and glue, we made a bunny, kitty cat, and bear faces, then simply taped the pieces to the balloons.  We filled each bucket with animal crackers.

ANIMAL GAME

We did not do a big bash to celebrate but still made it fun by creating a scavenger hunt for Littlest Pet Shop toy kangaroos.  After declaring that 'Our kangaroos are on the loose from our zoo and we need to find them!', I gave clues that led to other clues around the house.  One clue said 'your 'roo is eating leftover pasta', then after finding that next clue in the frig, it read 'What a naughty 'roo, she's drinking from the toilet!', and so on.

She laughed so much running around the house!

ANIMAL FOOD

We also made gross but fun animal food!

Cat Litter - crushed graham crackers with oval chocolates.

Doggy Food - crushed mint chocolate cookies

Fishing Worms - gummy worms

And we ate from doggy dishes with our names on each bowl.  

It was a delicious and silly day!