Mama Bird's Nest

Halo cake

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0000

Sweet Turner loves the video game Halo and so here is a Halo inspired birthday cake!

xoxo, Mama Bird

Happy Valentine’s Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:33:00 +0000

For my class!

“You make my heart glow!”

Heart crayon & a glow stick

For Jack’s class

“Our class would “KNOT” be the same without YOU!”

friendship bracelets

just got a pack of mixed colored cross stitching thead ($5) did a few strands thick of each thread, braided and knoted. took apx 1 hr to do 20!

close-up of the crayons

Bought 6 boxes of 24 crayons ($3), broke into 3’s placed in mini cupcake silicon heart mold, 250 degrees about 10 min. These are Roseart brand, highly rec using Crayola as the melt faster, and stay more colorful.

Thanks to pinterest I have some great ideas!

xoxo, Mama Bird

Gilbert Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:10:00 +0000

I can not believe I haven’t posted this yet! WOW!! What a sweet couple to work with. Joe, the groom is a good friend of Hubs and he was a groomsman. I love that the bride went out of the box and went with COLOR!! She loves yellow and as bright as this looks on screen it was a really pale creamy yellow in person. I got all the flowers from my fav girls at the Farmer’s Market and hand cut and placed each flower. I was really pleased in how it turned out!!

Tractor Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:00 +0000

Sweet Banks loves tractors!

I do love this cake and think that it turned out really cute! How about you?

xoxo, Mama Bird

Scooby Doo

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:54:00 +0000

Scooby doobie doo!!

How are you?

How fun is this cake?

xoxo, Mama Bird

Welcome Tea {Pumpkin Dip}

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Fantab centerpieces from Sally & Co

Pumpkin Dip with ginger snaps

Pumpkin Dip: easiest ever and so yummy!!

1 pkg pumpkin pudding

1 cup cold milk

1 t vanilla

1 80z cool whip

That’s it. Almost embarrassed to print it is that easy! It is super light a fluffy!

Vanilla cupcakes with sour cherry frosting

Lemon and Chocolate tarts

*recipe to follow!

xoxo, Mama Bird

3 peas in the pod

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 +0000

OMG!!! TRIPLETS!

Yes, triplets! So 3 peas in the pod was an adorable theme to this baby shower!

Here are all the minis that went along for the guest in raspberry lemonade

mint chocolate chip

banana cupcakes/peanut butter w/chocolate drizzle

YUMMY!!

xoxo, Mama Bird

Be Mine! {Valentine cd}

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:30:00 +0000

Did you know that my heart skips a beat for a MIX TAPE? well, it does! I LOVE a fun variation of music and if it has a “theme” all the better! HA! So being that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner I thought I would make a mix cd! One that would put a smile on my face and one that I could play and dance around with the kids!!

I found this adorable printable cd cover from one of my new fav daily reads Dandee Designs. You can download it HERE and read more info about Danyell’s mix tape here.

here are my eclectic picks:

Rhythm of Love Plain White T’s

Candy Girl- New Edition

Marry You- Bruno Mars

PYT- Michael Jackson

Sir Dude- Stevie Wonder

Good Feeling- Flo Rider

Kiss- Prince

Say Hey, I love you- Michael Franti &Spearhead

My 1st Kiss- Kesha

Little Bit of Feel Good- Jamie Lidell

Better Together- Jack Johnson

Stand By Me- Prince Royal

*I purchased all songs from Amazon mp3

What is on your Valentine’s Mix?

xoxo, Mama Bird

60th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:14:00 +0000

60th Birthday

Love this simple/funky design

xoxo, Mama Bird

Perfect Pot Roast

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:33:00 +0000

This is the PERFECT Sunday, family day, comfort food!

I love the rustic and homey feeling that I get smelling this all afternoon roasting in the oven.

Like all my recipes I tend to use what I have at the time so I rarely have the exact same meal twice!

olive oil, drizzle enough to coat bottom of pan

2 onions, quartered

3 carrots, chopped

2 stalks celery, chopped

Roast

salt/pepper

4 cloves garlic

2 tsp thyme

1 cup beef broth

1 cup red wine

1 pkt Lipton onion soup mix

Drizzle olive oil to coat bottom of Dutch oven, get pan really hot and toss in onions, get a nice char on them and remove, add celery and carrots, garlic and repeat. Then, generously salt and pepper beef, sear all sides and ends, remove. Deglaze pan with red wine and broth. Add seasonings, beef and veggies back to pan. Place in preheated 275 oven for 4 hrs. or longer. It just keeps getting better.

For variations you can add mushrooms, squash, beets, potatoes, leeks, parsnips, anything!!

ENJOY!!

xoxo . mama bird

30th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:05:00 +0000

Happy 30th Birthday Elizabeth!

I designed the cake to look like the invitation.

You like?

xoxo, Mama Bird

Sophie… the giraffe cake

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:48:00 +0000

Sorry, the lighting on the blackberry is terrible! I love Sophie the giraffe (a rubber chew toy for babies) and thought using that as inspiration was such a great idea!

Love this cake!

xoxo, Mama Bird

BBQ {in the crockpot!!}

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:00 +0000

so, it is finally feeling like winter and has been raining all weekend, ugh! Hubs was craving bbq and I didn’t want him to catch pneumonia by going out to his smoker every 20mins! Pork Loin was on sale so I tossed it in the crockpot with salt, pepper, garlic, crushed red pepper, and poured apple cider vinegar about half way up the side of the pot. Set to low and let it go all day!!

Drain the majority of cooking liquid out of crock and either make a yummy bbq sauce with the liquid or pour your fav bottled sauce in crock, pull apart with fork and ENJOY!!
xoxo, mama bird

“SNOW” Doh {play sand}

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:59:00 +0000

Talk about a fun activity to do while it’s cold outside!! This was a blast, not going to lie, it made a huge mess but, the time they spent quietly playing was well worth having to pull out the vacuum!!

Recipe:

1 5lb bag flour

1 15 oz baby oil

Dump flour in a big bowl and drizzle baby oil all over the flour mix well and you will have the softest sand ever!! I think next time I may add a little food coloring (paste) in the oil to try for colored sand!!

xoxo, Ms. Kat

50th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:16:00 +0000

Happy 50th Birthday! xoxo, Mama Bird

40th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:09:00 +0000

My dear friend Annette turned 40! She deserved a special cake and I really loved how this turned out!
xoxo, Mama Bird

Carson’s {star wars} Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:24:00 +0000

Carson’s Birthday cake with Yoda (all edible)

Carson’s 4th Birthday was super fun! I loved making this Star Wars cake. His mom, Heather Machut is an amazing photographer and she took these great pics!

adorable banner Carson’s mom made with her cricut!

blow up light sabers and darth vader masks made the table look wonderful

Star Wars t-shirts for party favors found at Old Navy

Wasn’t this a great party?

xoxo, Mama Bird

Potato Soup {crockpot}

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:25:00 +0000

Yummy! There is nothing better than walking in the door to a house with a warm, ready to eat dinner sitting on the counter! Hence. my love of the crockpot!! Today I made one of the easiest potato soups ever! Just dump, shake, stir, dump again, stir again, set on low and voila a few hours later a meal!

DUMP into crockpot:

1 can cream of chicken*

1 can cream of mushroom

1 can cream of celery

2 cans chicken broth*

1 can of milk

SHAKE:

salt, pepper, garlic

Worcestershire sauce

hot sauce

all to taste

STIR

DUMP:

1 pkg frozen hash brown potatoes (country style cubes)

STIR, again!

ENJOY!!!

What is your favorite DUMP and forget about it recipes?

Will post an after photo at dinner!

xoxo, Mama Bird

Birdie Baby Shower

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:42:00 +0000

I loved the idea of a bird theme baby shower and I thought this sweet cake and cupcakes for just fantab! What do you think?

xoxo, Mama Bird

ACS {survivor’s} cake

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:37:00 +0000

I had the honor of making this years cake for the American Cancer Society’s Survivors Dinner and Relay for Life kickoff party! ACS is close to my heart and I will always donate what I can to them.

xoxo, Mama Bird

Owl {it’s EK’s} 1st Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:28:00 +0000

My friend Jen’s little girl turned 1! I had the privilege of making her a smash cake as well as cupcakes for her friends and family!

How adorable is this photo banner that Jen made!

Here is the Birthday cake & cupcakes

Here is the Birthday girl!! How freaking cute is this bday hat?! and HER NAME!!!

Table scape

printables via andersruff

What a great FIRST Birthday!!

Hope you enjoy.

xoxo, mama bird

Table {up cycling}

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:54:00 +0000

A friend was getting rid of a table that had been damaged and I quickly snatched it up!

First I took a hand sander to the whole thing. It took several times as there were some deep cuts in the top, down several layers of paint and into the wood.

Next, I painted the whole thing with this purple spray paint that I had in the garage (who knows what I originally bought it for?)

Then, I painted it with 2 coats of Antique White, leaving the drawer purple. I then took an old candle and rubbed all the edges, spindles, ridges, etc and went lightly over just those areas with the electric palm sander.

Total makeover was like $5. for the white spray paint, everything else I had on hand. I love how it turned out! I am now starting a 3 drawer side table to go on the other side of the bed!! I LOVE it!! ANd it only took me an afternoon to do it!! Spray paint dries so fast!!! LOVE

What do you think??

xoxo, Mama Bird

Day 2 (breakfast)

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:54:00 +0000

Photo Challenge Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:31:00 +0000

Fat Mum Slim is doing a really fun photo challenge! I just read about it today and since its only the 2nd I thought Why not do it? I have seen others, but now I am just jumping in on the January Challenges!!

Day 1: ME

I am a Mama, hair guru, pre-school teacher, baker, chef, party planner, wine lover, designer, jack of all trades, Master of none! xoxo, mama bird

Menu Monday and Weekly Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Mama Bird) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:08:00 +0000

Can not believe Christmas has come and gone! Today was our first day back to school and we are off to a chilly start! It is snowing all around us. Just not here. sad.

Big things going on here at Mama Bird’s Nest! I am getting clean and organized with Clean Mama! I started today and downloaded all her wonderful tips/tricks and plan to make this happen! SO EXCITED!! Pop on over and join us!!

Now, to the FOOD!!!

Monday – Breakfast for dinner! Big Ham & Cheese omelet, hash browns & blueberry muffins

Tuesday- (leftover) pork burritos or quesadillas*

took the leftover pork tenderloin, dumped enchilada sauce, 2 T brown sugar and tossed in crockpot to shred for yummy leftovers

Wednesday- Brunswick Stew (freezer)

Thursday- Big J’s Meatloaf

Friday- pizza night

What’s on your menu this week?

xoxo., mama bird