Mushki Loves My Stuff #25

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Hey you guys!

It's that time again!  

But first...

Here are a couple of my fave's from last week...

A Crafty Cook made these Cadbury Eggs! 

 I have to try these! 

 They look delish!

Oh. My. Gosh!  

These earrings are darling! 

Can you believe they're  made out of soda pop cans?

Check out how she did it at By Wilma

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Mushki Loves my Stuff #23

Ugh...I did it again!

Mushki Loves my stuff #23 is finally up...

 

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Mushki Loves My Stuff #22

I am up early this morning, so I thought that I would just go ahead and post the party so I don't forget again!

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A Rose cake

Oh, you guys.... I am A.B.S.O.L.U.T.E.L.Y awful!

 Like really really really awful!

 I uh.....forgot the party for Tuesday.

 Yeah, the one that was supposed to be up no later than 5PM.

 You know, sometimes I really think that if my head wasn't attached to my shoulders, I would lose it~

UGH!

 I AM SO SORRY!

 I will try really hard to be better... Love you guys...THANK YOU for putting up with me!

I wanted to share with you a "somethin'" that I made last week...

   Thursday we had our Relief Society birthday party. After planning it, we decided to have cupcakes and two cakes.  My friend Chels, and I made the cakes and then three other cute girlies made cupcakes. I wanted to do something pretty special.... so, where can I find awesome stuff? 

 Yep...you guessed it! 

Good ole' Pinterest.  Love me some Pinterest!

* Chels also happens to have a yummy food blog called Time for Supper  go check out her yumminess!

When I first saw the rose cake I fell in LOVE...like love...love. 

After visiting  i am baker  she convinced me that I could make this cake...so I gave it a try...and I think I did pretty good for my first time! 

 

 ( Ooh, and can I just tell you she has the best The Perfect Crusting Buttercream!)

I used 2 - 8" round cake pans. 

I always trace them onto parchment paper,cut the circles out,place them in the bottom of the pans, then  spray with cooking spray AND then coat them with powdered sugar (instead of flour) 

The cake was just a yellow cake mix jazzed up..

Follow directions EXCEPT:

-Instead of water use 1 C. Heavy Cream or Milk

-Add 1 C. Sour Cream also...It is super rich...but oh so yummy!

Lookie how it turned out!

The neatest thing was if the "rose" didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to...I could just scrape it off and then start again!  (yep, I did do that a few times..WINK)

I  found the FREE Birthday Printables at Anna and Blue Paperie.  I used a 2" scallop punch and attached them to some colored embroidery floss and then used skewers to hold up the cute banner.  I wanted to do a cute little picture frame too. 

 I searched and found A FREE  Happy Birthday card at sew.craft.create. 

 I LOVE how they matched so well!  I took a frame that I had spray painted white, and  some cute material that I had on hand, that matched...BONUS, made some rosettes and added some pearl buttons to the center of them, hot glued them to the frame and WALAH! 

SOME CUTENESS...if I do say so myself!

AHEM...

a couple more pictures..

What do you think?  

Gosh, what would I do without Pinterest, and all these wonderful ladies that are so inspiring?!

Oriental Chicken Spinach and Bowtie Pasta

On Sunday, my Mom made this yumminess that she had me try...

 My little Miss Jenika (aka Pretty Princess) was in love with it!

 She didn't want to even share!

 K,so there is a story behind this salad, that I HAVE to tell you all about.

 My Mom and Dad went to a baby blessing a month or so ago, and there was a spinach pasta salad that my Mom fell in love with. 

When she found out who made it, she asked for the recipe, she was told by the girl that it was a family recipe she couldn't share. 

 I understand some people don't like to share recipes 

(you know someone could take it and call it their own,
put it in a recipe book that makes millions of dollars and then they're out of luck!)
..... WINK....

OKAY... in all seriousness

I personally am beyond flattered when someone wants my recipe..

My cute  Mom went on a "google" hunt and found two recipes that she combined,
 and this is what she came up with!

 The recipe that she couldn't have from the baby blessing...HA!

 Oh my yumminess! You guys...this is so GOOD!

 

Oriental Chicken and Spinach Bow tie Pasta

½ pkg. Pasta

¼ C. Sesame seeds

1 handful Cashews

2 T. Salted Sunflower Seeds

1 pkg. Spinach

3 Chicken Breasts

1 Bunch Green Onions

Dressing:

1/3 C. Canola Oil

1/3 C. Soy Sauce

1/3 C. Rice Vinegar

6 T. Sugar

¼ tsp. Pepper

Boil chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces. Toast cashews, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds in a pan. Mix Dressing, Add ½ of the mixture to the cooked chicken and toasted nuts. Add the pasta, the bag of spinach and rest of the dressing. Refrigerate for 3 hours.

NOTE:

My Mom made this in two days. She cooked the entire package of pasta, and saved the rest for another dish. On the first day she cooked the chicken and toasted the nuts. Then she added ½ the dressing and let it sit overnight, then added the pasta, spinach and rest of the dressing the following day, she refrigerated it for 3 hours.

I made this for dinner tonight...we ate it while everything was still a little warm...
Oh. My. Gosh.  YUM!
So, you can have it warm or cold and it's still super delish!
Oh,  and I didn't have cashews on hand so I used slivered almonds instead...

 Printable recipe:

Oriental Chicken Spinach Bow tie Pasta Recipe

Just wondering....

What is your take on sharing recipes?

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Mushki Loves My Stuff #21

It's time for another linky party...

 The party will go live EVERY TUESDAY on or before 5:00 PM.

last week I thought I scheduled the party to start at 5:00 but, for some reason it didn't work.

  

So sorry!

 

last week if you wanted to link up, it required a back link..I REMOVED IT.  

It will not be required to link up...

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But first ....Check out these fun ideas!

How to make a spring time vignette in 5 minutes from Meeha Meeha. 

 

A new entry way from A Lived In Home

Thanks ladies!  I really appreciate you linking up! 

(LOVES)

Now onto the party....