Begin Valentine's Day with a glass of fresh squeezed juice in your favorite crystal goblet, garnish with an apple heart made by using a mini cookie cutter.
Adding color to your favorite sugar cookie recipe or store bought sugar cookie dough is a way to pump up the Valentine's volume. We chose 3 colors - pink, red and purple. We divided the dough into 3 even pieces, colored each one. Rolled each out and stacked them on top of one another. Then we just rolled them up into a tight cylinder. Put them into the freezer to harden to make cutting easier. We baked them according to recipe directions, after cookies were baked and cooled we used melted white chocolate to dip each cookie into then added some sprinkles and red hot hearts..it took a little time..it appeals to the child in each of us. A very nice munchy treat with love sprinkled all over it!
Let your kids cut out double layers of newsprint into various heart shapes. Attach them to thin string of filament. We are so impressed with how much children love to craft, they are always so pleased with the results of their handiwork. We adults linger over our projects as though it really mattered if someone else is pleased with it or not. When we make things for others that come from the heart...others will receive them in that same way...let your inner child come out to play.
These Lavender filled hearts are a simple project. The supplies are listed below. Fragrant hearts are the perfect size to tuck into a suitcase, the side of a purse, or in a lingerie drawer to keep everything smelling fresh.
We used a wheat colored piece of felt and roughed it up a bit with a spiky brush to soften the surface, cut it into hearts, added a coffee stained message, and then stitched it all around with a blanket stitch leaving a hole to fill up with Lavender before closing. What a sweet thing to find amongst your things..makes a wonderful memory.
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