Hoo Are You Tuesdays

It's a new linky party by Leslie over at Night Owl Crafting Hoo Are You? a series of questions are posted and answered to let everyone know Hoo Are You?

1. If you could choose one of your personality traits to pass on to your children, what would it be?
my kindness

2. What's your favorite candy bar?
snickers, don't tell anyone but there are several days a year where I trade a meal just so I can eat an entire extra large jumbo snickers bar....shhh.  I also keep a stash of the mini bars here and there....shhhh.

3. If you could vacation anywhere in the world, where would it be?

you got me at vacation.

4. What 3 adjectives would you use to describe yourself?
I would say I'm kind-caring, smart-strong, crafty-artsy.  Sorry for the combo words, three was just not enough.

5. In one word, how would your best friend describe you?
fun!!!










head on over to Night Owl Crafting and join the party....

Cake: Tres Leche "Three Milk"

Satruday I was grocery shopping at Walmart and I ran into this Tres Leche "Three Milk" cake mix from Duncan Hines.  I couldn't believe my eyes!! I was sooo excited to try it out.  Everyone I know LOVES tres leche and we always buy it at a local bakery.  I could not wait to get home to make it and let me tell you, it was just as delicious as the local bakery's.  I decided to share my first one with my mother in law.
Here's the box: all you'll need to add is water, eggs and whole milk, that's it!

Once you bake the cake, according to the box's instructions in a 13"by9" pan, you'll be asked to pour a measured amount of milk previously mixed with their enclosed powder.
It will look like this:

talk about moist!

Put it in the fridge for at least two hours.  I left it over night. When you bring it out of the fridge, it will look like this.  The cake should absorb the milk.

At this point, you can add whipped cream on top or decorate with fruit.  I decided to skip the whipped cream add some strawberries.  It was too moist for frosting so I didn't even try that.  I'll have to think of ways to decorate it, I like using fruit as decoration, but once you taste it, I don't think you'll care how it looks.

I'm definitely adding this cake mix to my pantry.  It will have it's own permanent spot so I'll never run out.  It's moist, it's sweet, it's creamy, it's delicious! and by the way, I took my mother in law her half and she loved it.

here's a link to their recipe:
http://www.duncanhines.com/products/cakes/moist-deluxe-tres-leche-cake-mix

Cake Plate and Fork Holder

I took a trip down to a brand new dollar tree store near where I live.  I found the cutest summer bandanas.  They are pretty large at 20" by 19" and the colors just scream summer.  I walked over to the glass section and picked up a clear glass plate and a small glass candle holder and went home to work some magic. 

You'll need your handy dandy Mod Podge for this project: glass candle holder (not pictured below), glass plate, scissors, brush, fabric.

The first thing you'll need to do is cut the fabric around the plate.  Place fabric under the plate and pull lightly with one hand and cut with the other hand.

as you can see below, I have a fabric cut in a circle, it doesn't have to be perfect, imperfections makes home made things look even more special.  Although, I would iron the fabric before you place it on top of the Mod Podge, I forgot to do this step and the line that runs across the blue flower below, showed up after my project was completed.

Make a little stand to place your plate on top, it will be easier to work with the plate if it's elevated.
I made mine with a jar and I placed a kitchen towel on top so keep the plate from sliding.

  Next, place your plate on top of your stand face down.  Add the Modge Podge all over the back side of the plate, try not to add too much because then it will goop out when you press the fabric to get rid of bubbles.

Place the fabric on top and brush on Modge Podge on top of the fabric.  Using your fingers, gently smooth out the fabric so that you can get rid of any air bubbles.  Let this dry over night.

Once the Mod Podge is dry, you can cut any extra fabric around the plate.

For this cake plate, I want to add a stand.  I got the stand at the dollar tree store too.  Use Gorilla glue (good for glass).  You only need very little glue all around the rim, this glue expands as it dries.  It dries within half hour so be sure your plate is dry and ready from the Mod Podge. 

Find the center of the plate and place your stand on top with the glue.  Let this dry for half an hour.

Below is a picture of the plate already dry but the edge did not get any Mod Podge.  It's not too late to add more Mod Podge to repair this edge.  You want to make sure that your edges are sealed with Mod Podge so that no water enters in when you hand wash this plate.  Obviously, you can't put this in the dishwasher, but you can hand wash and dry immediately. Place it face down for a couple of hours so it will completely dry.

This is the finished plate, now I'm going to make a tres leche cake to place on top and gift it to my mother in law, she loves tres leches cakes.

After the cake plate was done, I wanted to make a fork holder to match.  I cut out some flowers from the fabric and found a gravy jar, washed it and dried it clean.  Used Mod Podge to attach the flowers and let dry over night.

I then found some matching ribbon and used a glue gun to attach the ribbon to the jar:

This is the final cake plate and matching fork holder:

Isn't it pretty? I can't wait to go visit my mother in law in a couple of hours and give this to her.  She's such a sweet and fun lady, spending just five minutes with her you'll want to add her to your best friends list. 

Here's a picture of her and me at a party, sometimes I forget to smile : )