Cakes For Dinner

Last week David came home telling me about a meatloaf cake that his coworkers had told him about.  It is basically a meatloaf with mashed potato frosting.  So today I decided to make it!  I also decided to make my famous rainbow cake for fun and comparison.  Of course I couldn't eat any (of the rainbow one that is), today is day 2 for me of no sugar.  We shall see how it goes.

So, basically you make a meatloaf how you prefer and put it into two round cake pans as seen above.

I put a layer of ketchup between the meat loafs.

And then frost with mashed potatoes

All frosted

 

All smooth and garnished with cherry tomatoes, not too bad huh? 

 

After we cut into it...

And for the rainbow cake!

You make it from the bottom up so you have to start with the purple, then blue, then green, etc.

The other batters, I love that this cake is so colorful

Being built

 

Frosted, this cake is always super tall

The cake cut into

I received my Lilla Rose flexi clips that I ordered from my party this weekend.  The girls and I have been having so much fun trying them out.

 D with her tails up

A and B are really liking the half up.

And today we had some fun doing busy bags from the last swap I was a part of.  The kids worked on the ice cream scoops, the clothesline, the felt building, and shape sorting/matching.

 The clothesline

 D proud of her felt picture

 C and B working happily

All in all today was a very good day.  Hope yours was too :)

Lilla Rose Winner and Reminder

Congratulations to Darlene, the winner of the Lilla Rose Flexi giveaway!  You have been contacted and have 48 hours to respond.  And for everyone else, don't forget to check out my Lilla Rose blog party here.  Again, I cannot stress enough how much I love my clip and use it!  Now, off to finish decorating for the big bash today (A's 8th birthday party).

My Lilla Rose Blog Party

I am so excited to invite you to my first ever blog party!  I am having in essence a catalog/blog show with Lilla Rose.  Want to be a part?  Just visit my party, add your name and start shopping, pretty simple.  My party begins today and will close on the 24th of January so be sure to get your orders in before then.  And note, orders will not ship until after my party closes on the 24th.

Now, for some fun bonus offers!  All orders on my party will ship for free.  That's right, you will not pay shipping cost and your order will come straight to you, talk about convenient.

And Sarah is at it again with her generosity.  She is extending a special offer for this party,  a Buy-3-Get-1-Free deal.  Sarah will send a Have-One-On-Us ticket good for any Flexi Clip up to a $15 value to anyone who places an order of three or more Flexi Clips!  How awesome is that?  Happy Shopping and let me know what you find!

What about my giveaway?  Please, please still enter my Lilla Rose giveaway for your chance to win a Flexi Clip up to $15 value!  The giveaway ends on the 20th so the winner will be notified prior to my blog party closing - in case you want to know if you won prior to ordering.  And note, there is no requirement to place an order.  I love my clip and wanted to give others the chance to buy one too :)

Please remember to share this opportunity with your friends and family too!  Questions, feel free to ask and I will try and help.

Lilla Rose Flexi Clip Review & Giveaway

*** Giveaway Now Closed ***

Congratulations to Darlene!

Have you heard of Lilla Rose?  They offer a variety of beautiful and well made hair clips, bobby pins, and more.  The Lilla Rose product line centers around unique, functional, and well made hair jewelry.  From their flagship Flexi Hair Clip, they have expanded to Hair Sticks, Orings, Hairbands, and Bobby Pins. From there they rounded the line out with complimentarily designed You-Pins, Badge Holders, Necklaces, and Earrings.  I have been blessed to work with a consultant named Sarah.  Sarah is super helpful and can answer any questions you may have concerning Lilla Rose and their awesome products.

Love, love, love their flexi clips!

 Check out the Flexi of the month!

I was blessed to receive the above flexi clip!

Antique brass princess tiara with etched daisy beads in a large.

 The first time I did a tails up.  I like it.  And it was so easy to do!!  Love that they have some short videos that you can watch so you know what you are doing :)

And I must mention that I have super thick hair.  It is not uncommon for me to consistently break pony tails.  I was amazed at how well this clip holds up my super thick hair!  And I am excited that these products work on thin hair as well because all 4 of my daughters right now have baby fine hair.

And I made a video of myself.  The below video is the second time I put my hair in the flexi clip.  It's not the best video and I stumble a bit but you can see how truly easy it is and now I can pretty much put my hair up in less than 20 seconds...talk about fast.

Now, onto the giveaway!  Sarah has generously offered a Flexi Clip (up to $15 value) for one of you!  Yes, that's right!  One of you will win your very own Flexi Clip, how awesome is that?

Mandatory Entry:  Visit Sarah's Lilla Rose website and choose your favorite Flexi Clip, that's it!  Please be sure and leave your email so I can contact you if you win!  Special Note: In order to win you must be a new Lilla Rose customer (or at least one who has never received a free flexi clip before).

Extra Entries, leave a separate comment for each extra entry.  As you can see, there are lots of extra entry opportunities so don't be shy!

1.  Follow me on google friend (2 entries)

2.  Follow my google+ page  (2 entries)

3.  Follow my facebook page (2 entries)

4.  Enter any of my other giveaways (2 entries per giveaway)

Giveaway will end on January 2oth at Midnight.  Winner will be selected using a random number generator and will have 48 hours to respond.  If there is no response, I will randomly select another winner.  Open to US residents only.