Happy V-Day!

Happy Valentine's Day blog world. It has been busy around here since the start of the year but I have a few yummy recipes to post about soon. And I have a million friends having babies in the months to come so I am cooking up all sorts of crafty ideas for baby showers and gifts. Plus at some point I will actually get some of my sewing projects on my to do list done and posted. Here's what we enjoyed doing for Valentine's Day.


I made heart shaped pancakes from scratch. The recipe was quick, easy, and delicious. Then I warmed up some frozen strawberries over the stove and blended them up to make a yummy, quick strawberry sauce (it's just not Valentine's Day without something strawberry).


Then I also used my heart shape pancake molds to make heart shaped scrambled eggs. Cheesy, I know. But fun and yummy. I figured this was my year to play around because my son is not old enough yet to eat these things, let alone care about them. Next year I want to do THIS surprise breakfast, from Our Best Bites (I hope my husband doesn't read this), if I can manage to ever wake up before my husband. It looks so fun!

The rest of our day was pretty normal, except dinner went in the oven around 6:00 PM (talk about LATE), then just before it was coming out my husband was called to help give a blessing to a boy who is sick (learn about blessings HERE if you don't know what I am talking about). Thus it is almost 8:00 PM and we are just about to sit down to a fantastic dinner. Pictures and recipe to come tomorrow! Happy Valentine's Day everyone.

Happy Valentine's Day

This year for Valentine's Day my hubby and I decided to give homemade gifts. I wanted to do something special and put a lot of thought into it (although not a lot of money). When I saw this idea for "52 Reasons Why I Love You" I knew it was perfect for my guy! It was a lot of fun to make, although I did spend a lot of time cutting and gluing. It is made from a deck of playing cards, scrapbook paper, and clip art images found using google images and microsoft word. You will also need craft glue, scissors, a hole puncher, and a piece of ribbon to hold it all together!

Here's a close up of some of the cards I made for him!


It was a lot of fun putting this together and thinking of all the reasons I love my husband. Of course there were more reasons than I had cards! Happy Valentine's Day to you all!

Hanging Valentine

Last year at Valentine's Day I found this big wooden heart at TJ Maxx (I love that store). I found 2 coordinating, matching ribbons and looped them through the tiny hole it had drilled at the top. Then I tied them in a knot and hung it on my front door! I love how it turned out. This year we are in a new apartment and there is no place to hang wreaths on the front door. I managed to hang this one up for Valentine's Day, but I keep seeing beautiful acorn wreaths like this one, and gorgeous heart wreaths for Valentine's Day like this one. I cannot wait until the day when I can once again hang a wreath on my front door properly!

Valentine's Day Balls

I saw these in a Martha Stewart magazine (she had done white and silver ones for the New Year) and I thought they would make cute Valentine's decorations in my glass jars. I think they turned out really cute!

Supplies:

• STYROFOAM balls (I used 4 1.5 inch balls, but you could use bigger ones)
• 50 mini cupcake papers (or more for bigger balls - use regular cupcake papers for balls bigger than 5 inches) Note: the balls double to triple in size once the papers are all attached.
  
• Glue gun with glue sticks
  
• Pencil
  

Instructions:

Take pencil and place the eraser in the center of the cupcake paper. Scrunch the paper up around the pencil. Place a small dab of glue on the paper at the eraser end and press onto STYROFOAM ball. Repeat until ball is covered, placing the papers as close together as you like. The closer together you put them the more you will need, but your balls will look fuller with more papers. The finished result...

And here is a close up of what they look like! Super easy and super fun! Just throw on a movie and you'll be done!