Mother's Day Dinner Menu

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day! I am hosting a Mother's Day dinner at my home. I  will make everything fresh and from scratch. And I am hoping that I will remember to take some pictures!

Appetizers:

Olive Tapenade with Toasted Baguette Slices

Chicken Salad Tartlets with Fresh Herbs

Dinner:

Spinach Salad with Pears, Pomegranate Seeds and Crumbled Feta

Fireman's Pasta Casserole

Chicken with Fresh Herbs and Cream Cheese Wrapped with Bacon


Dessert:

Vanilla Cake

Root beer Float Pie


Party Favors:

Mom Sachets

Fresh Flower Bouquets in Tin Cans

Mom Sachets

I make these almost every year. They are the perfect Mother's Day party favor. I try to make them in different colors every year. They look really pretty in a basket or added to the top of a gift. Since they are all hand sewn they would be perfect for older kids to make.

Supply List:

Felt in a spring color

Coordinating embroidery thread

Coordinating button

Needle

Scissors

Two different sized heart cookie cutters

Black pen

Dried Lavender or other sachet filing


Directions:

Trace the hearts with a pen onto the felt. Each sachet needs two large hearts and one small heart.

I used this dried lavender to fill the sachets - I thought it was perfect with the purple felt.

On the small heart hand sew a MOM with a button for the "O." Then sew the small heart onto a big heart. Before the heart is completely sewn together add a tablespoon of the lavender.

Then sew the two large hearts together and before it is completely sewn shut add enough dried lavender to fill the heart and finish sewing closed.

These are so easy to make and a perfect party favor. Mom can put this in a drawer or linen cabinet. 

Tina's birthday is near Mother's Day  - so I added a Mother's Day sachet to her gift. 

Getting Ready for Mother's Day

I started getting ready for Mother's Day yesterday by making some quick party favors.

I made some m&m tubes with some little heart "Mom" tags.

I just used some blue themed scrapbook paper that was already in my craft cabinet.

Then I wrapped some Hershey bars in blue scrapbook paper. And once again I cut out some hearts and wrote, "Mom" with some alphabet beads.

I also bought my mom and mother-in-law some Jo Malone!

I am hosting a Mother's Day dinner at my house - I ordered a beautiful cake from a new bakery. I hope I remember to post a picture of the cake and some of the food I make for dinner.

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day

I hosted a Mother's Day dinner at my house. I had grandiose plans taking pictures of the food and flowers. However, once I started get drinks, appetizers and getting dinner ready I took very few pictures and I am super bummed.

However, I did take some photos of my cupcakes. I just made some vanilla cupcakes with some vanilla frosting. To get the word "Mom"I simply melted some blue chocolate tabs from Michael's and put the melted chocolate in a zipper top bag. Snip a little end off and write "Mom" on wax paper. Place the wax paper in the freezer for 15 minutes. When you take the wax paper out of the freezer gently peel the word off the wax paper and place it on the cupcake. Move over Martha Stewart.

I also made everyone a Mother's Day bouquet. However, I only took one picture of the actual bouquet. I made 8 bouquets and used them to decorate the dining room and outdoor tables. And forgot to take photos.

However, I did take some photos on how to make the vases. If you save your tin cans from soup or other canned goods you can recycle them into vases.

For this project you need:

tin cans - cleaned with the labels removed

scrapbook paper

double sided scotch tape

ribbon scraps

buttons or flower stickers

glue stick

I always clean the tin cans in the dishwasher. Once they are dry I make a scratch paper pattern and then cut the scrapbook paper to size using the pattern.

Using the double stick tape adhere the scrapbook paper to the tin can.

Heat up the glue gun and add ribbon to the top and bottom of the cans. Then decorate with little paper flowers.

Now fill the cans with water and add flowers.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! These ideas can be used for any party or celebration.

Mother's Day Sachets

I made some sachets for Mother's Day party favors.

They were really easy to make. I always find it relaxing to make crafts while I watch my favorite television shows.

To make this project you will need:

felt

embroidery thread

good sized needle

two different sized heart cookie cutters

black ballpoint pen

small buttons

dried flowers/potpourri 

Directions:

Using the black marker and two different sized cookie cutter - mark them out on the felt.

For each sachet you will need 2 large hearts and 1 small heart.

On the small heart write MOM in the middle of the heart.

I used cookie cutters to trace the hearts - but you could also make some cardboard patterns.

On the small heart - embroider the MOM. Use a small button for the "o". Then sew the small heart onto a big heart.

Now sew the two big hearts together. Before the hearts are sewn shut add the scented dried flowers.

I used a Lily of the Valley scented dried flowers to fill each of the hearts and they smell fantastic!

These are just meant to be fun little party favors that you can put in your lingerie drawer or linen cabinet.

Happy Mother's Day!