Holiday Party Goodness!

Dessert Goodness!

Since I'm an ADD crafter extraordinaire, I can always find something else to work on besides the crafts I want to do.  Self-imposed deadlines are silly, but I still continue to saddle myself with them.  Needless to say, I am hopping on an airplane in t-minus 20 hours and have not nearly completed what needed to be done.  But, I threw one hell of a "Bad Sweater" party this weekend and worked diligently on my dessert table (inspired by this).

Pre-food display

My table isn't nearly as beautiful, but it was very "Deela" like. I centered around a couple of fabulous light green serving dishes I bought for $.50 at a thrift store and an awesome cookie tower constructed of cardboard cake rounds and chicken noodle soup cans. :)  And of course, peacock feathers.  Yes, I have a problem.  I have to incorporate them everywhere.  Don't judge me, just embrace the beauty of them!

Grandma's cookies..

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And believe it or not, Wally World had the gorgeous sugar rock sticks that worked perfectly with my theme.  I threw some white rice in the bottom of mason jars and tossed them in.  My wonderfully talented sister whipped up sugar infested buttercream frosting to match (and as a result, had blue lips all day).  We turned Grandma Nonie's white cookies a greenish-blue with some candy melts from Michael's.  Which was also how we turned these pretzels into uber-deliciousness!

In addition to some sugar-loaded desserts, we had to have jell-o shots - it's sort of a new tradition.  And of course, we needed 200 of them for 20 guests (WHAT?!?!).  Yes...all gone!  Just in case you aren't a jell-o shot expert (I'm not either)...the trick is gelatin.

Here's a synopsis of how to make AWESOME watermelon shots:

YUMMY Jell-O Shots!

1 large package watermelon jell-o

2 packages gelatine

2 cups boiling water

(stir these ingredients together in a large pitcher until it dissolves) then add:

2 cups watermelon vodka

Pour into condiment cups and refrigerate.  YUM.

And to top things off...we set up a photo booth to document the ugly/bad/most creative sweater goodness.  Here's a sample of Nanner and poor Tank...he's sooo not interested in this.

Photo Booth Film Strip

Happy Holidays!!!