Pink Hippo Party #97

Happy Monday Pink Hippos!  

Hope you guys had a great weekend!

Today is the last day to enter my giveaway 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Here are this week's Features!

First up is this flippin' adorable Film Reel Picture Frame

by the Shabby Gals @ Shabby Gals

Next up is this Awesome Owl Embroidery Sketched Pillow

by Fifi @ About Blogging Time

Then we have this DEEE-Licous looking Carmel Apple Munch Mix

by Keri @ Shaken Together

And last but not least is this Spooktacular Halloween Decoration

by Lisa @ Stubbornly Crafty

Now let's get this party started.. LINK up.. GRAB a Button.. Be a FOLLOWER (Yay!) and Share some LOVE!

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Love,

Pinkapotamus

Tequila Lime Marinated Pork Burritos

Cilantro and Lime could make shoes taste good.. and really they add a huge kick of flavor to my 

Tequila Lime Marinated Pork Burritos! 

Want to make some.. you KNOW you do! 

Ingredients

Package of pork chops

2 limes juiced

1 cup tequila 

1 red onion

bunch of cilantro

salt 

Adobo with pepper

Start by chopping red onion and putting 1/2 into a medium pot.

Next juice your limes 

and chop your cilantro

add it to your marinade along with 1 cup tequila, salt and a few healthy shakes of Adobo!

Next trim the fat from your pork chops.

Place them in your marinade, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer 

until pork can be fork shredded.

Once the pork is shredded set up your burrito bar complete with chips, salsa, wraps, avocado with cilantro, sour cream, shredded cheese and pinto beans covered in the leftover marinade!

Place your toppings in your wrap..

Wrap it up and serve it with some 

spicy Mexican Rice (recipe to follow!) 

Oh yeah!

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Love,

Pinkapotamus

Skeleton Birdcage

My kids love Halloween.. 

Spooky Scary Halloween.. 

so this creation was ALL their idea!

Here's how to Make ONE for your house.. 

Ingredients

Birdcage 

$1 Store Pedestal

Spray Paint

Glitter Spiders

Paper Mache Skull

Acrylic paint

Webbing

Start with your Birdcage and Pedestal.  Spray Paint them Black.

While the spray paint is drying paint your skull.

We used brown for the base, white for highlights and then tan to bring it all together and make it look scary.. um spooky aged.

Check him out.. he's creepy!

Then hot glue his head to the pedestal.

Look how Happy he is in his new home!  He he he.. 

Now put the lid on, cover it with spider webs and spiders and have something super scary come out his cheek hole!

Oh.. hold on.. let me show his scary um yeah.. I mean good side.

Poor little guy.. my kids are soo mean to him.. but hey.. they are LOVING Halloween decorating.. yes I said decorating..  I'm NOT ready it's NOT time.. but they just won't STOP!

So I guess this is it.. It's officially the Halloween season in 

MY house!

Hey.. by the way.. did you notice my shiny NEW button?

Come back on Tuesday for a Tell All!
I am sharing with

 

  Love,

Pinkapotamus

Under 300 Followers Blog Hop #19

Happy Thursday Pink Hippos!  One more day til the weekend... you'll find me on the soccer and football field cheering on the mini hippos!

In the meantime, let's have some bloggy fun and make some new friends at the

Hosted by Me, Amie @ Pinkapotamus

Amanda @ City Girl Gone Coastal

and

Lelanie @ To Sew With Love

And now here is this week's featured CoHOST!

Hey there! I'm Niki, and I am the proud creator of Hello Paper Moon. Hello Paper Moon is where I share my efforts to live a less consuming and more creative life. Besides being a blogger, I am a stay-at-home mother of three, a deployed sailor's wife, self-proclaimed super geek, and amateur foodie. On my blog I love to share my projects and recipes. Lots of the projects I make are very nerd related. Like the letter from Hogwarts my children received or the Butterbeer we just had to make after going to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter earlier this year

Like I said, I am an amateur  foodie and still learning along the way. And I fortunately like to take photos of my food. This used to be a point of contention at our house, but now we all know mom needs to take a photo before we eat dinner/lunch/dessert. I try to keep things healthy like my Asian inspired salad, but lots of times we have to make things a bit more chocolaty like with some chocolate pavlova. It was seriously delicious.

We recently found out that our family is being stationed in Oahu, Hawaii. Don't hate me please! But none the less, I threw the kids a Bon Voyage party that was an outdoor movie event and a few days later the kids and I started our one week road trip across the country before we got on the plane to Hawaii. It was a blast and maybe after some time I would totally do it again.

So that is Hello Paper Moon in a nutshell (Help! I am in a nutshell. How did I get into this nutshell?) Sorry, I couldn't help the Austin Powers reference. Thank you so much to Amie for inviting me to share my place in the blog in world and thank you for reading and hopefully checking me out.

Remember to follow your hosts and cohost!  Let us know you are following along and we will return the favor!  Now, link up your homepage, grab a button and make some new friends!

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 Love,

Pinkapotamus and Friends!

DIY Witches Hat

Let me just start this post by saying that on a regular basis I do NOT start thinking about decorating or creating for Halloween until October 1st.  

I like to savor my holidays and seasons one at a time.. which means, Fall in September, Halloween in October, Thanksgiving in November and so on and so forth.. but this year

  I did what any crafty lady would do and I made myself a fancy, witchy hat.. 

that will be put AWAY until October 1st.. but in the meantime, here is how you can create your own!

Ingredients

Cardboard Cone

Cardboard Round 

Hot Glue Gun

Acrylic Paint 

Sparkle Mod Podge
Cobwebs
Tulle

Ribbon (Lace)

Start by glueing your cone to your cardboard.

Then paint your hat the color you desire.

Add some sparkle Mod Podge 

and Glittery bats your hat once it dries.

While the Mod Podge is still a bit tacky.. cover the hat with cobwebs!

Next add your ribbon around the bottom of the cone.

 I, of course, had to add my signature fabric flower with a custom ghost scrabble tile center.

Then create a little ruffle with your tulle and glue it to the underside of your Cardboard round.

Hope you found this post 

BEWITCHING!~

I am sharing with

 
Love,

Pinkapotamus