Fall & Football Tiered Tray

It's football season folks! Popping in with my Fall and Philadelphia Eagles Football Tiered Tray. I picked up a new white rectangular tray from Aldi. It has lots of room for decorations and I love it on my table! Topped it with cute items gathered at various stores over the years, a crafted thing here and there...

And yep, a sign that says "Eagles Fans Only"-ha. 

Here's hoping it's a great season:@)

***GO BIRDS***

Have a Happy Day🏈🏈🏈

Baseball! Candle Ribbon Wrap, Krispie Cookies & Phillies Pinterest Board

I started a new Phillies Baseball Fun Pinterest Board, so this week's posts have had a bit of a baseball and tailgating theme... The next, no-brainer, idea for decorating the candle on my tiered tray, Wrap a Flameless Candle in Icon or Logo Ribbon. You only need about 10" of ribbon to cover a 4" wide pillar candle. I secured the ribbon closed with glue dots. And of course, this doesn't need to be sports theme'd, any pretty ribbon would be nice. Dollar Tree usually has a display of seasonal choices, as well as the glue dots:@) Planning a wedding, bridal shower, baby shower, etc? You could have custom ribbon printed up. But please, only use flameless candles or wrap it around glass jars...

Need a little snack that travels well...

May I suggest these Krispie Mmmm's Cookies.

Good stuff folks:@)

And finally,

You can see Barbie's trip to the ballpark HERE.

Let's start humming the song now...

📌All of my Pinterest Boards here.

⚾Make something just for fun, and

Have a Happy Day:@)

Pineapple Pie, K-Cup Easter Egg Holders & Easter Tiered Tray

The countdown to Easter is truly on, so for this week's ReView... If you're looking for a dessert that's little different for the Easter buffet this year, may I suggest this Pineapple Pie. It only requires one 20 oz can of crushed pineapple and a double crust. I used a cute chick cookie cutter to vent the center:@)

These Recycled K-Cup Easter Egg Holders are a fun project, especially great to keep the kids busy for a while... Then maybe the Easter Bunny could set his favorite dyed egg out for each kid to have for breakfast. You know, before they start in on the candy:@)

My 2024 Easter Tiered Tray: "Chocolate" bunny is a 98¢ plastic candy container from Walmart. I tied a pretty bow around the neck. Dollar Tree chick S&P's (bought years ago), and an old Christopher Radko Easter Bunny ornament. Luckily the bottom is flat, my ornament holder won't fit on the top tier.

Bottom Tier: How to make Flameless Candle Wrap here, colorful appy food picks, napkins, functional S&P grinders, vintage ducks on pond S&P, and of course we have to have some jelly beans:@)

🐣Easter is next weekend folks,

Have a Happy Day!

Seasonal Easter Bunny Wrap for Flameless Candles & Glass Jars

Continuing on with my next idea for Seasonal Flameless Candle Wraps... I picked up a pack of puffed gingham Easter bunny decorations at Dollar Tree. Each bunny is a tad over 4" tall, and they had blue, purple, and pink (I know, shocking that I didn't get the pink ones:@) I wish there was a multi-color pack, but no. Then hot glued them onto a ribbon at the bottom, so it could be wrapped around the candle. It took 4 to cover a standard 3" wide pillar candle. Options for the closure: It could be tied, use glue dots, velcro, or just quickly sew it together. I left one end of the ribbon longer and just hot glued it onto the back of the next bunny, creating a circular collar. Colorful and adorable, another great addition to my tiered tray centerpiece.

You could add another ribbon behind the heads if desired. I'm going to leave it as is:@)

My inspiration:

Leftover bunnies?

How about that Barbie apron idea here...

🐰Make something just for fun, and 

Have a Happy Day🐣

St. Pat's Tiered Tray & Leftover Corned Beef: Soup and Hash

To be honest folks, my St. Patrick's Day Tiered Tray doesn't change too much from year to year... Top Shelf: Little bouquet of mini daffodils from the yard, and acrylic craft bead shamrocks scattered around. My thrift store leprechaun and the Dollar Tree large mushroom fairy garden house he lives in:@) 

Bottom Tray: Flameless candle with holiday wrap, bowl of colorful candy, S&P, food picks, and napkins (my tiered tray has to be functional as well as cute:@). And I've had the large shamrock ornament forever.

Seems like all of the early holidays are ganging up on us this year! St. Pat's and Easter are only two weeks apart, so my ReView for leftovers is a little early, but the ideas are worth tucking away... What makes my Corned Beef Hash a little different? A nice generous sprinkle of fresh rosemary:@) That and a beautiful brown crust takes it right over the top. Talk about a breakfast I look forward to every year, good stuff folks.

And this Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup would be great as an alternative to a big holiday dinner, or a good use of leftovers. Maybe even tuck some meat away for a rainy day in April. It's a nice light meal.

🍀Let's get ready for St. Patrick's Day, and

Have a Happy Weekend:@)

St. Patrick's Day Fabric Wrap for Flameless Candles & Glass Jars

**Disclaimer: Please read the title again... I treated myself to a set of Luminara flameless pillar candles from QVC at the holidays. Purposely chose white so they’d be perfect year-round… Then I saw a candle wrap on clearance and decided to use that as inspiration… Wa-la, here we have a Fabric St. Patrick's Day Candle Wrap that took about 2 minutes to put together and will add a little seasonal fun to my tiered tray on the kitchen table. I also love that it doesn't hurt the candle in any way, will be easy to change out, and the possibilities are endless. The key here: ~Flameless or fully contained in glass candles, Please-No Live Flame~. 

I started with some leftover seasonal print fabric. Then used glue dots to secure the ends together and hold it onto the candle. The light still shines through the fabric brightly and it looks great! Honestly couldn't be easier:@) As the year goes on and holidays continue, I'll show a few more cute ideas using different materials. 

Vintage bubble edge glass coaster from thrift store, love using it as a candle holder.

Luminara, as well as a couple other higher end flameless candles, can occasionally be found at the HomeGoods group of stores. As with everything in life, it all depends on timing:@)

🍀Let's start thinking green...

Have a Happy Day:@)

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Football Tiered Tray

I added a few items to my Tiered Tray Centerpiece for the game and took a couple quick pics... If the sun comes out I'll try to get better ones, but wanted to pop in to wish everyone a great day! 

I picked up a football field runner💕

Luminara candle for light and safety:@)

Have a Super Sunday:@)

ReView: Pumpkin Palooza! Pie Cake, Crochet Coaster, Yo-Yo Pumpkins & Dollar Store Crafts

I thought we'd do a little pumpkin round-up just for fun... How about a seasonal treat that's different and will impress your guests... This Pumpkin Pie Cake might just replace your traditional pie at the holidays, yep folks, it's really good:@) You'll see in the original post, it can be a full 9x13 size, or I made half in an 8x8 pan. It's a total from scratch recipe (using canned pumpkin), and well worth the time to give it a try.

While I'm far from a student of the fiber arts... Every once in a while I'll make a little somethin-somethin. Way back in 2013 I made some Crochet Pumpkin Coasters. Click to pop over for the free pattern and directions:@)

This Yo-Yo Pumpkin Picture Tutorial remains one of my most popular posts to this day. Easy-peasy and a great way to use up a little left over fabric from your stash. I've made the large stuffed yo-yo's, and...

 Stacked yo-yo's:

And I'll leave you with a few crafts/recycling ideas using Dollar Tree Items. Good to use as little decorations on shelves or tiered trays, and of course for Barbie play:@)

Pumpkin Topiary  ~  Tea Light Jack-O-Lantern

Pumpkin Head Costume

Pumpkin/Pumpkin Spice Cooking & Crafts Pinterest Board.

Halloween Food Pinterest Board.

Make something just for fun, and...

Happy Pumpkin Season🎃

Pumpkin Yeast Dinner Rolls & Fall Football Table Runner with Tiered Tray Tip

Looking for a nice weekend baking project as the weather turns cooler? Or maybe want to perfect that signature side dish before the holidays get here? How about some Homemade 90 Minute Pumpkin Dinner Rolls. The key to these fluffy warm rolls is using rapid rise yeast, also known as bread machine yeast. I dressed mine up a bit with sesame seeds, little pepitas would be a pretty seasonal addition too. Just look at that great color folks:@) Leftover pumpkin? More Pig In Mud ideas here.

And I wanted to share my new Fall Football Table Runner:@) Love the look with my tiered tray on the kitchen table. I've mentioned before, this tiered tray has to be functional (S&P, napkins, candy, food picks, etc...), and I like to add little seasonal touches. My tip for today, you can easily decorate a tier with nothing more than a candle ring. This one is nice and full. I'm a sucker for these retro hard plastic rings and pick them up when I find them in good shape at thrift stores.

Posts with tiered tray label here.

Pic from Amazon:

The footballs are 4" long.

🍁Happy early fall,

have a great weekend:@)

Fruity or Spicy Gumdrop Cookies -Christmas Cookie Recipe

These Fruity or Spicy Gumdrop Cookies are a nice colorful addition to cookie trays folks. Sure to be a favorite with the kids, especially the fruit flavored ones... I bought a bag of mixed fruit jellied candy and fished the red and green out for Christmas. Stay tuned for a fun idea using the orange ones too! My best tip: Cut the candy ~small~... Picture a small gumdrop cut into fourths. I like my cookie tray treats to be smaller, so, you know, everyone can try a little of everything:@) As for the taste, this is a very nice sugar cookie with a chewy fruity bite. 

The recipe calls for mixing most of the candy into the dough.

*I preferred adding a couple pieces as I rolled each ball.

More gumdrop fun:

Gumdrop Spritz Cookies

Barbie (no-bake) Cookies and Gumdrops Centerpiece:

I think red and green candy would really look great:@)

And we always have spiced gumdrops for snacking this time of year:

Christmas Tiered Tray Centerpiece

Gumdrop Cookies-from Betty Crocker

1 C butter, softened

1 1/2 C sugar-I cut back a bit

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 C A/P flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt-I used salted butter instead

1 1/4 C quartered gumdrops, or as many needed for about 5-6 pieces per cookie

Sanding sugar for sprinkling

1. Cream butter and sugar, mix in egg and vanilla.
2. Add dry, if dough stays crumbly use hands to bring together.
3. *Mix in candy, roll into 1" balls and place on cookie sheet 2" apart.
4. flatten each ball into a 1 1/2" circle, sprinkle with sanding sugar and push 2-3 pieces of candy into top of each cookie.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until lightly golden brown around edges.
6. Cool 2 minutes on pan, remove to rack and cool completely.

Enjoy a cookie and have a happy day🎅

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Saturday Snippets-Playoff Weekend! Tiered Tray, Party Supplies, Vintage S&P, Munchies & More

We're ready for some football here at Pig In Mud!!! The Philly Faithful are still believing in St. Nick Foles and we have our fingers crossed for a win tomorrow in Nawlins:@) I put together a quick football centerpiece and my favorite thing about it is the great items I found on clearance! The penalty flags were marked down to 10¢ (and may sit next to me during the game to throw at the TV as needed...).

This pic was from before the Bears game last week. Eagles cocktail napkins were marked down to 10¢ a pack a few years ago. And the battery operated candle was half price after Christmas at Walmart, it's kind of neat the way the 'wick' actually wiggles around creating a flickering effect.

Walmart had an end display of party goods, I saw a lot of similar items at Party City too. 

I found this ~really~ adorable old salt and pepper set (egg holder?) nosing around Etsy HERE.
But alas... It's not for my team.

Need an easy appy for the game? 

These Stovetop Stuffing Meatballs are very good and about as easy as it gets!

Or feel up to the challenge of making something a little more involved?

These Chicken Bombs are still one of my most popular posts on Pinterest and something I need to make again... soon.

There are 87 (and growing) pins at a glance on my Dips, Cheese Balls and Salsa Pinterest Board HERE.

And finally, when jalapenos are this big and beautiful... I'll be stuffing them for lunch for sure!

Have a great weekend everyone, eat well and enjoy the games:@)

Thanksgiving Tiered Tray Centerpiece

Popping in to share a quick pic of my Tiered Tray Decorated for Thanksgiving. Yankee Candle Tom Turkey, glass acorn ornaments and a glitter Dollar Tree pumpkin on the top. A couple cool looking pumpkins/gourds from Walmart on the bottom. And I'd like to thank Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for choosing fall colors for their wrapper... Had to get some as a little~accent decoration:@) The whole tray is loosely wrapped in a berry garland I found at HomeGoods many years ago, love the way it catches light and sparkles.

Fall leaf tablecloth from Big Lots a couple years ago.

I hope all of your Thanksgiving plans are falling into place!

Don't forget to start thawing the turkey and have a  nice weekend:@)

Halloween Tiered Tray Centerpiece

I added a few fun Halloween trinkets to the Tiered Tray Centerpiece over the weekend. The big pipe cleaner and bead spider Ma made is fun hanging from the top. My 'gazing ball' is an old silver ornament on a small vintage milk glass candle holder. The Mini Me Baker Skeleton I made years ago (the boys are still waiting for that pie...) and small jack-o-lantern tealight holder from Walmart. And the water globe on the bottom came from Dollar Tree last year, I couldn't believe the dome is made of glass!

 I've mentioned previously that while decorating the centerpiece is fun, I still need for it to be functional, 

like...

A place to corral our keys:@)

My zombies can be kinda... messy... napkins are a must.

 But there's still always room for a few silly seasonal things...
My Halloween Button Bouquet makes me smile.

After I took the pics above I decided the bottom tray had an empty space and needed one more thing...

Ah, now that's better.

Plaid tablecloth from Boscov's many years ago.

Happy Halloween Season Everyone-Enjoy:@)

4th of July Tiered Tray Centerpiece and His and Hers RW&B Corelle

I thought my 4th of July Tiered Tray Centerpiece was kind of perky this year! Loved hanging my parachuting Uncle Sam Santa ornament from the handle, the ceiling fan makes him swing/wiggle a little back and forth. I used the same bouquet of Dollar Tree lights idea (originally used shamrocks at St. Pat's), this time stars and I added some washi tape to the neck of the vase. All of my miniature ornaments are stored in the craft room, separated by color in boxes for easy access any time of year.

Small daisies from the yard and a handmade RW&B ornament add a little seasonal fun to the bottom tray.

Many years ago... I found the Corelle plates with a red and blue stripe at the thrift store.
Then I saw the set with a blue border and red flowers on Ebay and thought it would be cute to have His and Hers summer holiday plates.
I likey:@)

I hope all of your plans for the 4th are falling into place...

Fly your flags proudly and have a happy day:@)