Greek Salad Hors d'oeuvres --Healthy and Simple Party Food

I love, love, love party food! I was pretty excited for NYE this year so I could try out a new dish to bring to a party. I've been stuck in a rut in my party food making so I knew I had to bring something other than my usual 7-layer dip and BBQ meatballs. I decided to try out these Greek Salad Hors d'oeuvres. They came out looking beautiful (a few people commented that they were too pretty to eat! lol) and delicious. Not only that, they were also simple to make.

Ingredients:

Black Olives

Grape Tomatoes

Block of Feta Cheese

Cucumber

Olive Oil

Salt & Pepper

Slice black olives and grape tomatoes length wise, cut feta into cubes, slice cucumber and then quarter each slice. Push one of each onto a toothpick. It works best if you start with the olive and also to pierce the tomato from it's inside rather than through the skin. 

Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Enjoy!!!



Girly Nails: Barbie Pink and Silver Glitter

Lately I've been trying out lots of different nail polishes together using contrasting accent nails, glitter ombre, ect and this is my newest combo and I love it! I used a super girly pink from Old Navy called "Preppy Pink" which has a subtle silver shimmer to it. I added an accent nail in Pure Ice "Beware" which is a shinny silver glitter packed polish, 2 coats and you can't see nail under the glitter.

I love the Barbie doll feel of these two colors together and the best part is that they are very affordable, under $3 each! For being cheap polishes they stay on chip free surprisingly well.

 



Kids Room Letters-Lego Theme-Cheap and Easy!

This room letter craft is super easy and cheap! You can get all your materials at Hobby Lobby/Michael's/Joann's. Never pay full price when shopping at these craft stores..catch your materials on sale or use a 40% off coupon, you can print them and they all have a free smart phone app so you will always have a coupon on you when you go! I use the mobile apps for all three stores and it is so convenient and I don't waste money anymore because I forgot my coupons at home.

 

My son is a Lego freak so that's the theme I chose to go with. I used the typical bright primary colors that go with Lego but the paint comes in pretty much any color you could want so your theme possibilities are endless. Your materials will be: large cardboard letters (I got mine at Hobby Lobby for 30% off, ended up paying around $15 for 9 letters.) Hot glue gun, paint and a paint brush.

 

This is the paint I used. I got these at Michael's on sale for only 77 cents and I have plenty left over for other projects.

 

Paint each letter with two coats, for lighter colors you'll need more coats, I did 5 coats in the yellow and 2 coats in the other colors.

 

Once they're dry just hot glue them together and you're done..easy peasy! You can leave the letters separate if you want to do it that way. You can also glue them together vertically or staggered so they're not in a straight line.

I hung them on the wall using those removable 3m mounting squares from Walmart and they are holding up just fine! These could also be used on selves, table tops or dresser tops if you don't want them on the wall.