Showing posts with label valentines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentines. Show all posts

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Valentine's Cookies

These cookies are not only beautiful, they are also delicious! The recipe I used explains that they are copies of the soft cookies found in grocery stores. I think they are much better than those!


They are soft, buttery and the icing adds the right amount of sweetness. Find the recipe from Annie's Eats: here. Please make these soon, I know you'll love them!
And lastly a peak at our crafts from this afternoon. My daughter and I made a mailbox to hold all her valentines. It is due tomorrow and she told me it was her favorite homework for Kindergarten, much more fun the math! Ha! I think she takes after her mommy, crafts over math always! We also worked on the valentines she will hand out in school. As you can see she is still obsessed with owls, they read "I'll owl-ways be your friend!" They were easy for her to make and she had fun! Inspiration can be found here: Mailbox & Owl Valentines.

Thank you so much for stopping by and may you have a wonderful Valentines Day!

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Friday, February 11, 2011

I Heart You Cookies : Anniversary & Giveaway

Today is the one year anniversary of my little blog. These cookies seem very fitting since I heart you guys SO MUCH. Thank you for all your support and wonderful comments throughout the year. I started this as a way to document my crafting madness without realizing how much I would enjoy the interaction with the blogging community.

We made two types of cookies for Valentines. These are for those that prefer a cookie without icing. A simple sugar cookie with an edge in royal icing and some cute little red balls.

And these are also sugar cookies, but they are completely covered in royal icing and decorated with melted chocolate. My daughter is obsessed with the "xoxo" signature at the bottom of the notes I write her, so I thought she would like these.

I wish I could send you each a batch of cookies... but since I can't, how about a giveaway? The lovely people at CSN stores have a surprise for my readers. Please go to my
giveaways blog to enter to win a giftcard, you have until Wednesday next week. I'll announce a winner on Thursday February 17th. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Lollipop Lily

On our way home from school, with just a couple of hours to go before her ballet class, my daughter informed me that she would love to take a treat for her friends. I quickly scrambled around the internet and found this quick and cute last minute treat for Valentines!

If you are a procrastinator like me, feel free to go here for instructions and a free template! They were a hit at ballet and several moms (and the teacher!) asked that I email them the link to the template. I think we are all a bit sick of the pack of identical foil cards with characters on them.

One note, we decided that my daughter would color each lily instead of printing them on colored paper. She had a really good time decorating them and practiced her cutting skills. A win if you ask me!

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you visit tomorrow... hint, hint.

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