Football Cheeseball

We had a Clemson vs. Maryland viewing party get together at our house in October with a bunch of our friends. I'm sure you see a theme here with us liking to entertain at our house especially for something Clemson related.

With a 7pm kickoff time we did drinks, heavy appetizers and dessert. We made several items and everyone else brought something too.

I make a really yummy beef cheeseball and I wanted to jazz it up so I formed it in the shape of a football!!

Instead of the usual just 1 pecan halve on top I sort of made football laces. I cut pecan halves in half and lined them up and put 2 perpendicular at each end for the laces. I think it looked as close to a football as you can with a cheeseball and of course it tasted fabulous!

We had a really delicious variety at the party.

Tiger Tails and Reeses pieces brownies!!

Yummy Sangria

Clemson came back from behind to win in an edge of your seat / roller coaster ride type of game AND Gen and I got to use our Clemson servingware! A win win!


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Clemson Tiger Paw Cookies

We had friends over to watch the Clemson vs. Va Tech game in October so I thought that would be a great opportunity to try out my Clemson Tiger Paw cookie cutter! Our friends are Va Tech fans so I made Hokie cookies for them too. I decided on sugar cookies so I could do frosting in orange.

Here is the cookie cutter I have. There are 3 sizes and I have the little one and the  medium one (still need the big one). I used a Thanksgiving turkey cookie cutter for the Hokie cookies, close enough right?

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Cookie Pops

My friend Katie mentioned cookie pops to me when I told her what I was making so tried it out. For 2 of the cookies I stuck wooden skewers a little more than halfway into the dough before I put them in the oven. Knowing we didn't plan on eating these 2, I let them cook an extra minute or 2 so they would be a little sturdier. Then I put them in a purple bucket filled with marbles and packing peanuts so they would stand up for a great table decoration!

I used store bought frosting to ice the cookies. They actually had orange for Halloween but it was a light orange so I added orange food coloring and mixed it up for a Clemson orange. Next time I might try to do fancier looking icing by piping it on instead of just using a knife.

Here was the whole table set up. We fixed a nacho bar for dinner: shredded chicken in the crock pot, melted cheese in crock pot, and loads of toppings. We also had fruit with whipped cream to dip it in.

I love using all of my fun Clemson servingware!

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Clemson Reunion Weekend

This year's 5th annual (wow!) Clemson Reunion Weekend was for the Clemson vs. FSU game the weekend of Sept 24th. It just so happened to be the weekend after our Clemson vs. Auburn game family weekend so Eric and I got to be in Clemson two weekends in a row. It kinda felt like when we were students and we were there every home football weekend.

On Friday, after a little shopping downtown we went to Monterrey's with the Morgan clan. Lots of yummy cheese dip and chips were consumed as usual and some margaritas.

Then we were off to Tiger Town Tavern where we always go the Friday night before the game (and usually the night after the game too).

The next morning I snapped this pic of the lake house we rented for 2 nights because it was much cheaper than a hotel, although it was further away. Next year hopefully the Anderson condo we always like to rent won't already be booked.

We were out to the tailgate spot before 9am ready to have mimosas, bagels, pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, fruit, spinach dip, and such. The Morgan fam hosts a wondeful tailgate every year!

Annual session of putting together of the new grill after the old grill forgot to get packed. Kelly had the honor this year.



Traditional photo shoot of the roomies. I think this photo is hilarious of us telling Vickie she had something on a tooth. True friends tell each other things like that :)

We miss you Brooke

Gen and I

If you read my Auburn game post which was a week before this game you will notice my hair is certainly shorter in this picture with Eric than in ones from that weekend

My little Christa stopped by the tailgate.

AXO girls

Of course there was cornhole.

We had a wonderful lunch of bbq, coleslaw, cheese & crackers, smores bars, brownies, and more. Then we relaxed a bit.

Vickie's brother who is a big FSU fan brought an FSU themed raft that he blew up... great for pre-game napping.

Game time! This was a 3:30 game. We had all hoped for a night game but at least it wasn't noon. It was pretty hot out even at 3:30.

The Tigers pulled off a great win over FSU! I am 5-0 for Clemson vs. FSU games.

After the alma mater.

After going back to the tailgate for awhile it got quite dark so we headed to Tiger Town Tavern again to finish out the night.

It was a fabulous Clemson reunion weekend and I cannot wait for next year! (Brooke you better be there!)

Layered t-shirt vinyl onesie

My friend Katie is getting a new niece/nephew and wanted to give them a University of Michigan onesie. She brought over a onesie and some yellow and navy t-shirt heat transfer vinyl. I had never tried layering vinyl before but after doing a little test with some of my scraps, I decided we would give it a go.

Layered Vinyl Onesie
After making the design with the silhouette software, I did a little copying and resizing to get an "M" that would fit well inside the other M". After getting them cut out, we just read the directions for layering from where she purchased the vinyl from. I know brands are different and this was cold peel vinyl so you wait after ironing to peel it off and then wait before doing the next layer. Make sure to read your vinyl instructions when you do this.

I am so glad we went with 2 colors to make it more authentic looking. The layering was simple and I would definitely do it again.

Katie's new niece/nephew is going to be such a great U of M fan!


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(M) Motivate Me Monday, Making the World Cuter Mondays, Making Monday Marvelous, Just Something I Whipped Up, The DIY Showoff, Mad Skills, (T) Today's Creative Blog, All Thingz Related, Tip Me Tuesday, Ladybug Blessings, Try it Tuesday, A Little Birdie Told Me (W) Whatever Goes Wednesday, Creations by Kara, Blue Cricket Design, We Did It Wednesday, Wassup Wednesday (Th) Hooking up w/HoH, Somewhat Simple, Lemon Tree Creations (F) Remodelaholics Anonymous, JAG Show and Share Day, Frugalicious Friday,  FrouFrouDecor, Fingerprints on the Fridge, FFA Friday, Weekend Wander, (S) Weekend Wrap Up Party, Lamb Around (Su) Sunday Showcase Party, Sundae Scoop, It's So Very Cheri