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What do you get when you have the ones you love + reservations at the cutest place in town?

the best valentines day ever!

I haven't had that much fun on a valentines day in a long time. My oldest sister is the best party planner and hostess around. She put up with all my additions to her wishful simple plans and totally went all out. She has this incredible knack for making you feel so welcome and wanted and that made for a really great night together. We rarely get the chance to be just with the adults (and can I just give a shout out to the babysitters... i.e. neices and nephew, it made the night so enjoyable for me.) I loved how we reminisced and talked and laughed and just.... felt the LOVE. Thanks to all who made that happen. LOVE YA!

valentine suckers

go to the idea room blog for a great tutorial on these cute suckers made from candy canes

SPRING GREEN CARROTS

Why green you ask? They are made with recycled magazines. Everyone has them, not sure we feel good about just filling the garbage can with them... so do something productive with them.

Here's how... 1st - rip em' up. Fold them into cone shape. You can rip them into any size you want.

secure them with clear packing tape.
Tuck in the open edge to form a nice top that you will later affix the "greens" to.

get ORANGE fabrics and rip them into 1"-2" peices.

like so...

using this... spray adhesive wrap the fabric peices around the cone.

caution: do not try doing this on your inside coffee table... this glue is messy!!!

The point is a little tricky... I found that when you get to the bottom make sure you have plenty of adhesive and pull back on the fabric the opposite way that you wrapped the entire carrot. This way you have a tight point. Then trim excess fabric.

for the "GREENS" rip green fabrics and fold like so to form 4 loops... tie them in a knot.

like this

spray open end of carrot and shove knot of "greens" into hole

I'm loosing patience with my camera and photo skills... here's the best I could do to catch the final result.

There you have them... a whole garden of "GREEN CARROTS"

valentine hair-do

Saw this cute hair-do on a blog. It was easy enough for even me to do. Sorry, can't remember the blog that I saw it on... but here's how it goes... 1st, piggy tail with clear or hair colored elastics. 2nd, divide piggy's into two sections. 3rd, twist bottom 2 sections and elastic off to form the V. 4th, twist top 2 sections and elastic off... 5th, bobby pin the arches of the heart in place. Wa-La!

I've got carrot's in the works. I will hopefully come up with a tutorial for you soon...

***this is my superbowl project***

oh... and I'm trying a homemade quesso recipe... I'll let you know how it is!

Quick Valentine Project

I saw this cute idea on Studio 5 the other day... It cost me $2.50 (ya, ya, I could have sprang a few more cents for some cuter ribbon... I know, but hey)...

Just cut strips of double sided paper, fold in half and shape into a heart (I stapled the single hearts together at the bottom of the V...) then hot glue the hearts into 2 long strips of 12-14 hearts per strip. *don't go too far down into the center of each heart with the hot glue...just in the cleavage..*if you know what I mean?** This makes the chain longer and better for the final shaping.

Have fun! Happy V-Cleavage-Day! :)

flower garden

Just a few of the things I am working on. You can email me @ jandy79@hotmail.com to order one.

Boston Cream Pie

I never met a CREAM PIE i didn't like.. but this one was made for MY MAIN SLICE OF PIE my hubby's birthday.
I was rather proud of myself...all made from scratch. So I'm blogging about the things that made this cake so good. I tested a fewt things to see what the outcome would be. I will say that I really love vanilla beans.. you know, the ones in the pod that you scrape the tiny beans out of that impart delicious flavor? If you've never witnessed.. it's a fun indulgence. Secondly I bought cake flour (specificly Soft as Silk brand) I noticed a difference for sure. It was the same texture as a box mix... more light and crumbly. The ganache on top was thick and rich with the help of some good chocolate and cream. **seriously I need a personal trainer...

I love trying new things and testing it to see if it's all it's cracked up to be. YES~ I think BOSTON will forever hold a place in my heart in more ways than one.