happy new year

As is our tradition, we are spending New Years as a family with a bunch of other friends and their families. It is always a great night. Since I was asked to only bring a salad I thought it would be fun to make a little favor to bring too. After a quick search on Pinterest I found two quick and easy ideas with free pintable's! After a quick trip to a local shop for Hershey kisses and ring pops you should have everything you need!  I loved the idea for "midnight kisses." I didn't love the tag when I printed it on plain white paper, so I used some silver paper that I had here at the house and loved it. You can make little individual bags or just place a jar of kisses, with one of the tags, for people to help themselves.  I thought the kids would love the ring pop favors. I happen to have those little clear boxes here at the house, but you could just attach the printable to the ring or put it in a little cellophane bag and it would be just as cute. Hope that you all have fun wherever you may be ringing in the new year.  Here's to a sweet 2014!

happy new year

As I have mentioned before my daughter's teacher is our neighbor and lives two houses down.  On Christmas eve we heard a knock on the door and were surprised to see her husband and daughter standing in front of us with a beautiful plate of homemade cookies and a Christmas card.  It was such a sweet and thoughtful gesture.  We thought we would return the favor with some New Year's cookies.  I got the idea for these cookies from my blogger friend, Anna.  She made some 100  day cookie time lines to celebrate the 100th day of school! 
Wishing you all a Happy, Healthy and SWEET New Year. 

wishing you a sweet new year

We are heading over to some friends house tonight to drink some eggnog martinis and ring in the New Year in style.  I am bringing dessert and decided to make this recipe for cannoli dip.  For fun I am serving it in an over sized martini glass.  I dusted some cocoa powder on top and stuck a pirouette cookie in for a garnish.  I am going to put a variety of cookies and some fresh strawberries around the platter for people to dip.  May your New Years be filled with good friends and may your 2012 be sweet!

happy new year!

Tonight we are going to an adult pajama party to ring in the new year. I was thinking that espresso martinis would be fun- but, since I am pregnant, I made a dessert version instead. My friend gave me a very simple recipe for chocolate mousse. Since I love a good presentation, I found some gold martini glasses and a gold tray at the local party store to serve it in. I even found some edible gold star glitter for the top! All the best for 2011!