Best Ambrosia Salad

This is seriously the BEST way to make Ambrosia Salad!

Wikipedia says, "In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods, often depicted as conferring immortality upon whoever consumed it.^[1] It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves,^[2] so it may have been thought of in the Homeric tradition as a kind of divine exhalation of the Earth."

That describes this delish dish perfectly!
And it's my favorite fruit salad dish to bring to all my spring and summer parties!

INGREDIENTS:

1 Tub of Cool Whip

2 Cups of Cottage Cheese

2 Cups of Shredded Sweetened Coconut

2 Cups of Mini Marshmallows

1 Sm Pkg of Strawberry Jello

1 Jar of Maraschino Cherries (drained)

1 Can of Mandarin Oranges (drained)

1 Cup of Fresh Pineapple (thickly sliced)

1 Cup Fresh Green Grapes (rinsed & halved)

1 Cup Fresh Blueberries (rinsed)

*You can buy the already canned fruit cocktail, but I prefer fresh! It tastes so much better!

 To make, start by mixing the first 4 ingredients listed: Cool Whip, Cottage Cheese, Coconut & Marshmallows.

Then mix in the Jello.

Then add the last few ingredients: Cherries, Mandarin Oranges, Pineapple, Grapes & Blueberries!
It's a rainbow of FUN!

Doesn't it look amazing? I crave it all the time. You can be as creative as you want with your fruit choices as well as Jello flavors. I've tried it with Cherry and that was just as good!

Have a Happy 4th of July Everyone and Thanks for Stopping by!



Mama Monday: Homemade Diaper Bag

I couldn't find any diaper bag's that I liked so I made my own. If you are not a experienced sewer then don't worry. I looked harder than it is. I used the Laura Ashley sewing pattern from Jo Ann Fabrics. But I modified the pattern a little. The pattern had a zipper and I didn't want one so I didn't add that. And I added some stroller straps on the inside. I also used upholstery fabric that is much sturdier. If you want to use some fun light weight fabric then line it with lining fabric and it should be fine. The hardest part was cutting all the pieces out. Once you sew it, it goes really fast. Don't be afraid to take a project like this on. It was fun and not as hard as it looks.

Par-Tay Tuesday: Pink & Black Baby Shower

Tickled Pink Baby Shower

Homemade cake by our sister-in-law Vivian Campbell

Welcome Banner

Advice Book by our other sister Heather Williams

Gift Bag Milk Carton's filled with treats

Banner on Front Door

We used these as candy wrappers

This logo was printed on the Thank you cards

This was used for stickers and tags on the gift bags

This was the Banner for everyone to see

This was the invitation

Auntie Erin

New Mommy Joi

Scotlin Aurora

All of these designs were created on my Greeting Card Factory Program on my Computer. Joi had her first baby and this was one of the shower's she had. It was a lot of fun to do, since we did it after the baby was born. Isn't she cute?

Mama Monday: Wooden Name Letters

We both made Wooden Name Letters for our daughters. If you aren't very crafty and you want to make these, don't worry they are super easy to make.

Here are Erin's ideas: All you do is buy some wooden letters at a craft store or online. With my first daughter, Cheryl, I went to Roberts crafts and found some pre-painted black letters. I have redone Cheryl's letters twice. I just added the paper on top of the old paper and you can't even tell. With my second daughter, June, I couldn't find letters that I wanted so I found some online that were also prepainted black. Both sets of letters were really inexpensive to buy. I then bought some fun paper. I did a girly jungle theme in my girls room so I got jungle paper. I traced out the paper on the letter's, cut out the paper and fit it on the letters. It doesn't have to be a exact match. You can't really tell once it's on the wall. I just used plain old Elmer's glue to glue the paper on...it's all I had at the time.  I hot glued some really cute ribbon on the backs (which doesn't have to be perfect either). It's much easier to tie the ribbon first then glue the ribbon on, if you want to do bows. You can get the ribbon and a glue gun at a craft store also. I had a couple of button's laying around, so I glued them on too. And viola, fancy letters that you didn't have to pay a fortune for and that are personalized to your style.

Here are Joi's ideas: Basically I did the same thing as Erin, except that I bought unpainted wooden letters and painted the sides black then after the paint dried, I traced the paper around the letters and cut them out to fit. Then I mod podged the paper to the wood and presto! I attached them to my daughter's bedroom wall with velcro so that I could adjust them on the wall easier!

You can also create any letters for your home. Like Welcome, Family, Love and you last name. It was a lot of fun to make, so get your girlfriends together and start crafting.

~ Joi & Erin ~