Sunday, August 19, 2012

Party Pinwheels

For Cindy:

  I made these for my birthday party this year. They were a big hit! After 15 mins of everyone showing up they were gone. TIP: make a bunch!!


What you need:
  • 16 oz Cream cheese (8oz if you only make 4)
  • 16 oz sour cream
  • 1 package of Hidden Valley ranch seasoning mix
  • 12 Tortillas
  • Deli meat (turkey and ham)
  • Lettuce/spinach
  • Thinly sliced tomato
  • Olives

Mix the ranch seasoning the way it says on the back of the package (in a bowl combine 16oz sour cream with contents of package). Cut veggies if desire (I didn't with my pinwheels because I had a veggie platter and 7 layer dip). Soften cream cheese (I put it in a bowl in the microwave in increments of 30 secs until it was soften enough to spread). I heated my tortillas one at a time in the microwave for 15 secs, it softens the shells up so they are easier to roll up.

I spread cream cheese evenly all over the tortilla shell first because its thicker then the ranch. Next, spread the ranch dip evenly on top of that, make sure you get around at least one sides of the edge so the tortilla can stick to itself. Lay your deli meat evenly over the hole shell, I overlap them so they are meaty. Place the veggies evenly on the meat adding as much as you would like. Finally roll up the tortilla NOT folding in the sides like you would a burrito. Slice the ends off, then cut the tortilla (slice about 1/2 an inch apart). Lay the slices on the side and WA-LA pin rolls. Super easy, fast and tasty :)

Love you all,
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Friday, August 3, 2012

Craft: Coasters

  Cheap inexpensive way to make cute coasters to match any home décor. It also makes a really cute gift idea.

What you would need:
  • Felt stickers (I got mine at the $1 store; they are for moving furniture)
  • Decorative gems-vase fillers that were $3 at a thrift store ( you can see the gems that I used in my lanterns in this blog)
  • Tiles (got them for $0.47 at Lowes) I was going for the beach theme so they look like sand
  • Hot glue gun


Yes, the gems are oval, but the bottom of them are flat so I super glued them upside down and they still hold really really well. I ruffed up the tiles a little bit with Sand paper to help them stick some more.



I did 4 coasters. The one on the left shows that you don't have to have a design and they still look super cute. On the right I did a simple flower.

I put the felt stickers on the bottom so they don't scratch my pretty newly painted table :)
Oh, I hot glued them on also just in case.



This project probably took me 30 mins to complete. The hot glue dries pretty much instantly so I was ready to use them as soon as I was done gluing the bottoms on. Simple as that. To make it a gift, if you don't know what the persons home decor is, instead of colored gems you can Mog Podge craft paper on the tiles. Do about 5-6 coats, let 10 mins per-coat to dry and there you have it, cheap, cute coaster that only cost maybe $5 Have fun
 
 
 
This is the one I made with scrap book paper. my mother in law loved it so much she made me make her a set too :) They are a good idea for the holidays if you are in a bind with money
 



Love you all,

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