Party plans and cornucopia bread…

You know – this whole turn the clocks back thing is straight from satan himself. “What?!” you gasp in that annoying bewildered tone. "But you GAIN an hour of sleep!!!"
That’s a lie: for starters – kids wake up at the same time every day. It doesn’t matter if the clock says it’s an hour earlier – they still get up. And secondly – going to bed at 2:30am instead of (really 3:30am) is no consolation. Especially when the kids get up at 7am instead of (really 8am). *insert triple latte*
Because my secret identity is “Last-minute-girl” I started working on the fliers for the church bulletin last night at 11 pm (really 12am). I am in charge of the all-church Christmas event (of COURSE I am) mainly because it was my brainchild a few years back. And if you want something done right….
So, I pulled a late-nighter creating fliers, posters, sign-up sheets, job description sheets, registration forms etc…
I lost track of how many shots of espresso I’ve had today. Three? Mnn, perhaps four. I got up in front of the church to make a big marketing push for people to sign up and come to the event. Apparently I did better than I thought, because we had about 125 sign up today. I threatened them with “Now you know – 2 years ago this was a sell-out event with standing room only and a waiting list!!” Nothing like creating a sense of urgency!
This year I am re-writing the lyrics of Devo’s “Whip It” to “Dip It” – sort of a chips & salsa song. Our family will be constructing DEVO hats and performing this – MUCH to my children’s dismay. I am also re-writing the lyrics to the Go-Go’s “Vacation”. I always wanted to be Belinda Carlise – so this ought to be fun!
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So, I saw this Thanksgiving recipe in a magazine and thought “Hey – I think I can make that!” It is a cornucopia made out of bread (refrigerated breadsticks actually). I was going to try to make it for Thanksgiving but thought a dry run might be a good idea. Last week, I had the perfect opportunity to test it out for a pumpkin party potluck.
Here is how it turned out:

I guess I never got pics of it in the platter with the crackers in it. These are the post-baking pics…
The foil inside is the foil mold that is used to shape it. I filled it with crackers and served it with dip although it would be great with some fruit in it. It turned out way better than I thought it would. It actually was pretty easy too. I think it took my around 30 minutes from the time I started shaping the foil into a mold till when I put it in the oven.
Next time I think I may use my own homemade bread dough because it takes 3 packages of refrigerated breadsticks (which weren’t on sale) and they were around $3 each. You could probably do it for $1 if you used homemade bread dough.
Here is the link to the recipe:
http://www.womansday.com/food/12402/how-to-make-a-bread-cornucopia.html
 
I’m thinking this is going to look gorgeous on the dining room table for Thanksgiving dinner…