Wedding Shower

I hosted a shower for a co-worker last week and wanted to share it with you.

Her colors were navy, yellow with a wintery theme.

So I bought navy & yellow paper products, table cloths

and used pine cones & snowflakes in my decorations.

I didn't have a big budget so all of my decor came from

Michaels, Dollar Tree & Target.

I made sugar cookies.

 We went with an appetizer theme because it was right after school.

We had cheeseballs, taco dips, cookies, fruit & popcorn.

 I made a peanut butter cheese ball that was delish!

 Fruit

 Drinks & peppermint popcorn

Regular cheeseball and spinach artichoke dip from Costco (amazing!!)

 We did two activities and put them at each place setting.

 I also found these cute little ornament place card holders at Micheals $1.50/2.

I used them to label the food items.

 I put together a quiz and advice cards for the bride.

I didn't know the bride-to-be really well so this quiz was perfect.

She answer all of the answers and then read her answers to the group.

The ultimate compliment:

The bride-to-be asked to keep some decorations for her reception :)

High Five for Friday

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving filled week this week.

Here were the higlights from mine:

1. Notre Dame is #1 in the country right now.
We just have to take care of USC tomorrow
and then it's on to the national title game!
Go Irish!

on Grace Hall by Matt Cashore

2. I just got my December book club book
and am excited to read it

3. I'm hosting & attending my first Crazy Christmas Sweater Party
in a few weeks for the teachers at my school!
I borrowed an AMAZING sweater from my MIL for the party.

 4. I paid $1.97 for these Equate towelettes and I LOVE them!

5.I'm excited to wear some of my new birthday accessories ASAP!

Low of the week:

The stomach flu attacked my husband and I this week.
We postponed Thanksgiving until this weekend.

Luckily it didn't last too long but being sick is the worst.

Linking up with

Dessert Cheese Ball

I mentioned earlier in the week that I made a delicious

dessert cheese ball.

I thought you needed to have the recipe

because it is so tasty, easy to make and people loved it!!

I found the original recipe on Pinterest.

Peanut Butter Dessert Cheese Ball

You'll need 

 8oz cream cheese

1 c powdered sugar

3/4 c creamy peanut butter

1/2 c mini chocolate chips

1/2 c peanut butter chips

crackers for dipping:

teddy grahams, graham crackers, dippers

 Cream together softened cream cheese and peanut butter.

 Make sure they are well combined.

 Add powdered sugar.

 1/2 mixed

 Completely combined.

 Use a spatula to form into a ball and scrape down sides.

 Plop out on a piece of Saran Wrap.

 I realized that I needed to have a + shape of Saran wrap instead of just a strip.

This allowed me to cover all sides of the cheese ball.

 Form into a nice ball and freeze for 60-90 minutes.

 Unwrap

 Make a new + shape of Saran Wrap

and throw out the first one.

 Spread out mini chips and pb chips.

 Press cheese ball down into the chips.

 Roll on all sides to pick up as many chips as possible.

 Wrap up tightly and refrigerate until you are ready to serve it.

 Many people asked for this recipe and ate it up at the shower.

Definitely an easy, crowd pleaser dessert for any party.

Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving

from my family to yours!!

I'm thankful for YOU for reading my blog :)

Love,