Sugar Swings! Serve Some: neon
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Showing posts with label neon. Show all posts

Saturday, December 29, 2012

new years eve cereal treats....!



...so is it really almost 2013?? it kinda seems impossible that another year has flown by, but every year i seem to say that so guess it's just what happens as time passes faster and faster each year....

but seriously, these cereal treats can be made in no time at all for a last minute desserty-sert for a new year's eve party...and they are just too fun!


i spotted these at my local tar-jay while doing some after christmas sale shopping....fruity pebbles cereal in "rockin' extreme colors"!


....look how bright and neon these are! (ok i agree, not natural at all, but it's new years eve and a little neon coloring in your digestive tract once a year can't hurt too much, right???)


these are made like any rice krispie treat recipe, using 6 cups of cereal, 4 cups of mini marshmallows, and 3 tablespoons of butter...heat, mix, set, then cut....


and add the new year with some melted vanilla candy melt (or you can use melted white chocolate too or royal icing, whatever you have around)


cut into any sizes or shapes you like...to make this simple i just did squares and rectangles...


...and you get some really easy, festive, and fun cereal treats to ring in the new year!

Thanks as always for stopping by--sharing all my sweets with you this year has really made my 2012 so enjoyable and i can't wait to see what 2013 brings....! Have an AWESOME time this new years eve whether it's at a gigantic party or just very low key and spending it with those special to you....enjoy every moment left in 2012 and wishing you all the best for an amazeballs 2013...!

Monday, May 14, 2012

mother's day, graduation, and 80's neon party.....!


...so i hope everyone had an awesome mother's day weekend! or just had a fun weekend in general...to celebrate mother's day AND to celebrate that i officially finished my higher pharmacy degree (pharmD)....i made myself a fun little party.....and channeled some of my inner 80's just for fun....!


...if you're an 80's child...you'll remember these...


florescent jelly bracelets...or actually a lot of neon and florescent stuff in general....belts, sweatshirts, shoes....you name it....so tried to get some of that color for this par-tay....

....tint your frosting until you get the color you like....i used food paste pink, yellow and light green from william sonoma (the orange i made from the same yellow and added a little red to get the color i wanted)


the cupcakes and cake are a chocolate cake from i am baker which is from this recipe.....2 words.....MAKE IT!!....so simple and delicious!....decorated the cupcakes with the tinted frosting with some different wilton tips....

I always like to know which tip did what design (tip 199 is my fav right now!)
the diplomas (did you realize they were diplomas?) where made with tootsie rolls...my newest favorite medium since i am not a fondant fan....just nuke a tootsie roll in the microwave for no more than 10 seconds.....roll out flat, then roll it up like a diploma, snip ends if needed until you get the diploma shape...i tied it with some leftover edible grass from easter....i originally did them in the vanilla flavor, but then realized i had matching colors of the frosting with lime, cherry, orange, and lemon tootsie rolls!


had some leftover frosting so made some sandwich cookies with some store bought chocolate wafer cookies....


i like the chocolate with bright neon colors together....definitely had an 80's look to them for me....since there was a lot of florescent with black combos back then!


and the cake for mother's day...it was a 6-inch chocolate layer cake...frosted with homemade buttercream with just simple drop flowers on top in the bright colors....

flowers made with wilton tip #108
...and added some sugar pearls and some bright pink non-pareils around...and done!


....and you get some fun neon goodies!....i never thought i'd look back to the 80's and say "why yes, more neon please...." but i actually kinda miss it....and neon is making a come back....i bought a neon pink belt the other day from the gap!...now if mullets and acid washed jeans come back into style i may have to take a pass (and how would you make acid washed cupcakes??!)....but some florescent accessories and goodies i can deal with!
 

the kids and i had a really nice mother's day....i got to sleep in late, got some homemade gifts, and had a fancy lunch with them .....a lunch without chicken nuggets or mac and cheese on the menu!....the rest of the day i just enjoyed them and being their mom....absolutely nothing better....

p.s. playing around with pic monkey (my nostalgic 80's pic above).....love that site....it's ridiculously easy to use too!