Time for heart garland.

So my very creative daughter has now taken up crocheting.
And of course she is doing fabulous with it. :)
When I found this sweet heart garland I immediately thought of her and how much fun she might have with this.
This amazing garland was by the two very creative girls at Two girls...being crafty. For the DIY go here.

Photo Valentine Tree

I found this cute little tree filled with Love and thought I'd share it.
I'm pretty sure any proud grandparent would love a tree filled with pictures to display in their home.
Great idea for a February Wedding or Shower too. :)

You can find the DIY http://choosetothrive.blogspot.com/

Kisses in the kitchen

oh my....how could i resist posting about these amazing chocolate cookies?
how sweet they must be. i can only dream of them. :)
if you'd like to do more than just dream of them...here's the recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 36 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates or HERSHEY'S HUGS Brand Candies
• 1 can (16 oz.) vanilla ready-to-spread frosting

Directions

1. 1 Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt alternately with milk, beating until well blended. Cover; refrigerate dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to handle. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
2. 2 Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolate pieces.
3. 3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Spread frosting onto cookies, leaving about 1/2 inch around outer edge unfrosted; place chocolate piece in center of each cookie. About 3 dozen cookies.

found this here.

Cotton Candy Garland

Oh is this ever sweet! :)

Cotton candy
Garland
You just can't go wrong with either! :)
So here's the tutorial for ya!

Garland...duck tape style

We all should have known we'd see something like this in our future!
Come on..duck tape is SO popular right now!! I'm just disapointed that I didn't come up with this cool idea first!! :)
found this great idea at live love laugh grow

Garland...ball style

Now isnt' this creative!!
I've made little pumpkins using this idea, in fact my niece LOVES to make pumpkins like this, but I would have never thought to make a garland of them.
This is from a party done at Shim and Sons.

Happy Valentines Day!

I just thought I'd share some of the Valentines I made.
I made the butterflies using the download from Skip to my Lou. They were easy to do but not alot of fun cutting them out. And I forgot to put eyes on them!! Goodness sakes.

And these were free downloads from Living Locurto. Very easy and fun. Bright colors. Cool design. She has alot of other free downloads there too. These bags are filled with chocolates.

And these were just a little something I came up with to give my little kids in church today. I wanted something not so sweet. They are little bags filled with Teddy Grahams and a few Valentine M & M's.

Seriously SWEET Valentines

Have you made your Valentines yet? Well these are so cute...you'd be "loved" for making and giving these that's for sure. You just need to print on cardstock, cut and sign your sweet name. :) The Long Thread is offering the template on their site. If you want something even a bit different...they have some options. Enjoy.

Breakfast for your Sweetheart

Broiled Banana Crisp...mmmmmmmm

Heart Pancakes

Rasberry-Stuffed French Toast

Love Tree

Isn't this just the cutest idea? First of all , I love tree decor so this caught my eye right away. It is just branches in a vase of any kind and covered with little love notes from your family. How sweet! The idea is from this blog I happened to find. She gives much more detail if you are interested in checking it out further.

Valentine Lollipops

These lollipops are adorable! :) Check them out at this site. They look really easy to make. Great Valentine gift if you are into Valentines day.