FOAD: Easter decor

A little while ago I was at a thrift store with a friend. We found matching "holy grails" as my husband would call them. And for lack of a better name, a holy grail is what it was. It only cost $1.

We knew it could be used for something. I decided to use mine for Easter decor. 

I put it on a piece of newspaper and gave it a fresh coat of Krylon's Ocean Breeze spray paint. 

I am using it to hold our speckled Easter eggs. I love the way it turned out! 

And I especially loved that it only cost $1! You would be surprised at the things

you can do with things you already have around your house.

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The inspiration behind this blog...

My Mom!

It is her birthday today. 

Even though she isn't here to celebrate it with us, 

we will be playing the Barbie Game in her honor.

I owe all my festiveness to her.

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Skor cake

My husband's favorite birthday cake is Skor cake. It is so delicious. I am glad that he chooses it every year so I have an excuse to eat it! I love how perfectly the flavors come together.

Skor Cake
1 German chocolate cake mix
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 jar caramel sauce
2 cups cool whip or whipped cream
4-5 crushed Skor bars or 1 cup hershey's chocolate covered toffee bits

Bake cake according the the directions on the package (a 9x13 pan or cookie sheet work best). Let cool for 2 minutes and then take a fork and poke lots of holes in the cake. The more the merrier. Pour the entire can of sweetened condensed milk on the cake, letting it seep into the holes. Then pour the caramel sauce over the cake. Let the cake cool and set up in the fridge. Right before serving, top with cool whip and chocolate covered toffee pieces.

Birthday Traditions

For my husband's birthday last week, we celebrated by doing some of our favorite traditions.

He found quarters in his shoe from the birthday fairy.
He got his favorite breakfast.
He got his favorite dinner. (I like that I was in the kitchen all day :)
He got his favorite cake. Post on that tomorrow.

I kept the decorations simple. My husband LOVED the giant 26 that was hanging from the ceiling and kept talking about it for days. In fact, it is still hanging. I sprinkled balloon confetti on the table and had birthday hats on our plates. I also used the birthday plate to serve breakfast and dinner on.

I took one of our favorite birthday traditions from the family I nannied for. Each birthday, they would watch a slideshow of the birthday person. It was a montage of pictures from birth to present. It was so fun to watch the pictures and see how much the person had changed.

Unfortunately I didn't have pictures from my husband's entire life, so I just used pictures from when we were dating. I included some pictures of him with other people and me, but I tried to keep it to pictures of him. It was a fun way to reminisce!

What are some of your favorite birthday traditions?