Trendy Shamrock Recipe

If you have recently attended a wedding, birthday party, casino event, or Bar Mitzvah, you likely have noticed how trendy Shamrock Cookies have become at a St. Patrick’s Day Event. These confectionery delights are the craze of partygoers and bakery shoppers. Share these “Pots of  Gold” treats from your cookie jar--they just might bring some "luck o' the Irish" to your !


Here's a great blog we like to send people to for baked-good inspiration as ll: http://www.bakewithginger.blogspot.com.

Enjoy this delicious Shamrock Cookie Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day...and a "Green Beer Candle" decorating idea bonus!



Irish Shamrock Cookies
These green cookies are delicious anytime of the year. Make some green frosting for these cookies using a sugar cookie icing recipe found on Cookierecipe.com.
Ingredients
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package instant pistachio pudding mix
• 1 1/3 cups baking mix tablespoon white sugar

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheet.
2. Cream together the butter or margarine and the pudding mix. Blend in the baking mix, egg, and sugar and mix well.
3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 3/8-inch thickness and cut into cookies with a shamrock cookie cutter.
4. Place cookies on the prepared baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 9 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned on the edges. Let cookies cool on rack. Frost with green-colored icing if desired.

Nutritional Information
Amount Per Serving Calories: 310
Total Fat: 16.8g
Cholesterol: 76mg

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St. Patrick Day Celebration Table Décor

Light Up Your Irish Party Table and Go Green!


Our St. Patrick's Day Green Beer Candle is a great addition to any St. Patrick's Day celebration. For each candle, fill a 13-ounce a glass mug with dark green gel and top with wax for the appearance of a frothy beer "head." Decorate your Irish-themed tables with these--and send the St. Patrick's Day Green Beer Candle home with all your party guests as favors! Each green beer candle burns
approximately 80-100 hours.

Sláinte (Cheers) for St. Patrick’s Day!

How to request fundraiser donations

Dear Followers,

  Wowzers! The month of February is close to its end... Its crazy really.. March 2012? Madness right! As I sit typing it is pouring one of this season's few rainstorms. So what came mind this cold rainy winter's night? Soup or maybe a good movie? No, my friends.. Fundraisers!

  Spring has classically been a popular time for charitable fundraisers in the casino industry.. and with Spring a mere 22 days away, I think its perfect timing for a fundraiser primer.
  The basic rundown of a casino fundraiser is as follows:

1. Committee decides on a casino fundraiser
1. Book D&E Casino ;) 
2. Book your venue
3. Begin marketing your event
2. Guest buy tickets to event
3. Day of the event
1. Hosts provide basic food and drink. Alcoholic beverages are frequently extra. 
2. Casino tables are hyped up throughout event with play money specials and one-time table prizes. 
3. Gaming is accompanied with dancing or other recreational activity. 
4. Guests exchange remaining chips for raffle tickets, which are put into a prize-drawing.  

 One of the important motivators for your attendees are the raffle prizes that are given out at the end of table gaming. Thus it is IMPERATIVE that you as a host focus on obtaining GREAT prizes. So how to secure absolutely fantabulous prizes? There several methods. The first method involves recruiting from your personal network. Make a list of your friends/family that own businesses. Approach those most familiar individuals first; they are more likely to really contribute to your cause. Another source to approach are local businesses that are related or involved in your charity.

 Remember that business owners want to give back to the community.

Not only are donations tax deductible, but consumers favor those businesses that take an active investment in their well-being. 

The final method, cold-calling, is less-favorable but can still produce great results. Its all about the presentation here!!! So write a letter with the following components:

• A brief summary of the upcoming event
• Number of event attendees
• Amount of funds raised last year
• The end-goal or purpose for the money raised

Feel free to mail your letters, but for the best results, present your letters in person. Plan ahead and find out when the business-owner is in-office. Keep a smile and remember why you need their donations.  

Well, folks I hope that helps!!!! Send us any questions on getting your fundraiser off the ground. 

Stay Dry!!!! 

Your Blogger, 

-Holly-

Fatty Fatty: Fat Tuesday!

Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras Approaches! Tomorrow is the day which marks the end of Carnival season and the commencement of Lent. In contrast to contemporary Mardi Gras( meaning Fat Tuesday in French) merriment, traditional celebrations included anticipatory feasting on rich dishes fasting to precede Lenten fasting and costumed parades. While many modern parties lack the original religious undertones, some catholic-majority cities still host time-honored religious events.  Fat Tuesday is celebrated throughout the world including Northern and Southern Europe, South America, in addition to the United States.

D&E Casino Services was happy to contribute to 2 Mardi Gras celebrations this year. It was our absolute pleasure to visit:   

Saint Joseph High School

and Saint Matthew Ecumenical Catholic Church

Similar to customary celebrations, guests are encouraged to wear masks or their most elegant finery. Lively music and rich foods accompanied by an open dance floor where attendees could frolic unrecognized in their temporary disguises. Sometimes, like this past weekend, beads and other prizes are passed out to top-table-winners. We have serviced many of these events in the last 20 years and they are always a pleasure. Please call us at 562-925-1957 if you would like to discuss a Mardis Gras, Carnival, or Masquerade party. 

Do enjoy your custards, cakes, doughnuts, and whatever else strikes your fancy this Fat Tuesday.

Cheers from your blogger!

-Holly- 

The day for lovers. birds, and candies: V-Day

Happy Valentine’s Day!!! In western society, today is the day that in modern times has come to represent the day of love or sweethearts. The day of candies and chocolates, and for those us older than 21, champagne. I am certain that many of you are planning a dinner with your sweetheart or singles awareness get-together. I would love to present a potential dinner menu or some analysis of the number of single people that run to Vegas on February 14^th, but since D&E Casino Services is a multi-cultural company that truly embraces love of all forms. I want to give a brief highlight of love celebrations around the world.  

A story in pictures:

 I love the card above which was intended for the exchange of children in the 1920's. 

St. Dwynwen's Day is an alternative holiday celebrated in England on February 25th. The day commemorates the patron saint of Welsh lovers. 

 Ystävänpäivä is the finish holiday celebrated on Febraury 14th which means Friends Day. The day is spent with friends and remembering the importance of good freindship. 

In Barcelona on April 23rd, a holiday called La Diada de Sant Jordi celebrates Catalonia's patron saint who is said to have saved a princess from certain death by a dragon.Traditional April 23rd honors romantic love and chivalrousness. In contemporary times, the holiday has been conjoined with the  death anniversaries of William Shakespeare and Miguel  de Cervantes for International book day, in which men give special ladies roses and women reciprocate with a book. 

Dragobete is the Romanian celebration that is more closely linked to nature than Valentine's day. On February 24th, Romanians honor the season of love, the time when birds nest and new life arrives. Traditionally boys and girls would gather flowers, while maidens gathered snow to protect themselves fr illnesses. 

 In South Korea, Valentine's Day is a segregated holiday. Meaning on February  14th, or Red day, only women give men chocolate.. But on White day, march 14th, men give women non-chocolate candies. On April 14th, Black day, those that did not receive any gifts eat black noodles to wallow in their single life. 

Well folks! That is just a quick look at various love holidays. I hope that you have enjoyed it and will enjoy your festivities tonight.  

Your Blogger, 

-Holly-

Happy Autumn to our Customers and Clients...

Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter usually in September Northern Hemisphere.

The equinoxes might be expected to be in the middle of their respective seasons, but temperature lag (caused by the thermal latency of the ground and sea) means that seasons appear later than dates calculated from a purely astronomical perspective. The actual lag varies with region. Some cultures regard the autumnal equinox as "mid-autumn", others with a longer lag treat it as the start of autumn. Meteorologists (and most of the temperate countries in the southern hemisphere) use a definition based on months, with autumn being September, October and November in the northern hemisphere.

In North America, autumn is usually considered to start with the September equinox. However, according to the Irish Calendar which is based on ancient Celtic traditions, autumn lasts throughout the months of August, September, and October, or possibly a few days later, depending on tradition.  According to United States unofficial tradition, autumn runs from the day after Labor Day (i.e. the Tuesday following the first Monday of September) through Thanksgiving (i.e. the fourth Thursday in November), after which the holiday season that demarcates the unofficial beginning of winter begins.

Website Maintenance

Before anyone goes into cardiac arrest, I wanted to assure you all that our website is currently undergoing maintenance and that the company is up and running on turbocharged speed. There is still availability for for the upcoming events before Summer Ends. If you are looking to diversify your event's activities, then rent a blackjack or crap table and leave your guests entertained. our full range of gaming tables include:

•Blackjack
•Craps
•Roulette
•Wheel of Fortune
•Poker and Texas Hold'em
•Baccarat
•Pai Gow
•Let it Ride
•and all other standard casino tables

We hope that everyone is enjoying their holiday and please stayposted for website updates and this weeks blog post



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EB IN THE HOUSE!

Hello hello and hello!
I am pleased and excited to announce the birthday of D&E Casino’s Co-CEO, Ellie Bingham!

Ellie happens to be a fabulous lady on and off the court. As i have detailed in previous posts, she provided the initial instigation for the company’s conception and continues to be notable mover in day-2-day activities. Furthermore, she is a wonderful mother, wife, and friend to all. I could go on and on but instead, please enjoy these photos that I ♥ of this lady in red......


Ellie and Dan At this year's birthday celebration




Our Family

 



Ellie and daughter Jennifer





Anniversary!





Back in the day......





All Hallow's Eve!



See ya later gator....

2010 Bday



Ellie with good friend Cindy



 

Momma B y Moi :)

I hope that you have enjoyed this brief photo montage and happy happy happy birthday to my Momma B!

Your Blogger,

-Holly-