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Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

By Lorraine

Indulge your sweetie this Valentine’s Day and say I LOVE YOU with romantic chocolate dipped strawberries. They are easy to make, decadent to eat and so much less expensive that purchased ones.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Desserts, Holidays, Recipes, Sweet Treats Tagged With: chocolate, food gifts, strawberries, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day Roundup

By Lorraine

30 Valentine's Day Roundup ideas to inspire with knitting, crochet, baking sweet treats with craft and decorating ideas!Is your love language gift-giving? Do you like to create with your hands or bake up yummy treats to share with others? Or maybe you just like to decorate your home with sweet touches. Scroll through this Valentine’s Day Roundup of 30 different ideas to inspire you. You’ll find lots of sweet treats, knitting and crochet items and lovely craft projects all with a Valentine theme!Continue Reading

Filed Under: Crafts, Crochet, Holidays, Knitting, More Crafts Tagged With: cake, Crochet, Knitting, Valentine's Day

Red Velvet Marbled Cake

By Lorraine

From scratch recipe for a moist red velvet marbled cake made in a Bundt pan has a lovely icing just right for Valentine's Day or celebrating a birthday.A sweet treat is, well, a sweet way to show love to folks special to us.  So for this Valentine’s Day I’ll be remaking a recipe for moist red velvet marbled cake made in a Bundt pan.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Cakes & Cupcakes, Holidays, Recipes, Sweet Treats Tagged With: bundt cake, cake, holiday, party, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day Crochet Flower Heart

By Lorraine

Quick, easy and perfectly pretty, this sweet crochet flower heart is cheerful, bright and a great craft for Valentine's Day. Easy pattern for heart & leaves.With the holidays behind us and the quieter days of January here, I now have some free moments to sit with a cup of tea and enjoy working on a small project for Valentine’s Day. A sweet crochet flower heart. It is cheerful, bright and perfectly easy.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Crafts, Crochet, Holidays Tagged With: Crafts, Crochet, Valentine's Day

The Kindest Thing

By Lorraine

What is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you? Was it a gift, an action, an encouraging word at just the right time? What was your response and how did it help you? Plus a collection of 20 quotes and verses that speak on KINDNESS.February. It is the month of love. The month we celebrate all things “love”. Not that we don’t show love all year through but February contains Valentine’s Day with its love focus.

We send Valentines, go to fancy restaurants for a fancy dinner, buy flowers and jewelry and give candy in heart-shaped boxes. All gestures to tell someone about our love and concern for them.

But love isn’t always best expressed with these sweet and thoughtful intentions. Sometimes people feel most loved when an act touches them in a deep, personal way. That brings me to this question… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Faith, Holidays Tagged With: Encouragement, Love, Valentine's Day

Shirley Temple Floats for Valentine’s Day

By Lorraine

 
Fun and pretty Shirley Temples and pink whipped cream make delicious floats just right for Valentine's Day.
Think pink and quick and easy for celebrating Valentine’s Day with little ones. Your Shirley Temple floats don’t have to be as messy as mine to be a special and fun treat. Fun and pretty Shirley Temples and pink whipped cream make delicious floats just right for kids.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Holidays, Recipes Tagged With: Grandchildren, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day Gingerbread House

By Lorraine

Super sweet, fun and easy to make, a Valentine’s Day Gingerbread House is a great project to do with kids.  Decorate with Royal Icing as the glue for favorite candy and treats. I am sharing this Valentine’s Day Gingerbread House again, because not only was it really tasty but because it was such a fun project my little granddaughters loved! They were thrilled with the results.

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Filed Under: Cookies & Bars, Recipes, Sweet Treats Tagged With: Grandchildren, Valentine's Day

Love is…

By Lorraine

 
Sweet Love is... comic strip drawings created by Kim Grove Casali of New Zealand and saved in a scrap book from the mid-1970's.Does this sweet Love is… cartoon bring back long-ago memories? When our love was new and young, I snipped these expressions of devotion and affection from the newspaper and added them to a scrapbook I kept of our every moment together.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Faith, Holidays Tagged With: Bible, Encouragement, Faith, John, Lorrie, Love, Valentine's Day

Chocolate Covered Caramels

By Lorraine

Delicious Chocolate Covered Caramels made easy in the Microwave for a special Valentine's Day gift.It seems appropriate to share a sweet treat of chocolate covered caramels as I wrap up Cambrie and Chloe’s stay with us last week. Sugar and spice and everything nice… if you have a little girls in your life, you know what sugar and spice and everything nice means.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Desserts, Holidays, Recipes, Sweet Treats Tagged With: Cambrie, Chloe, Grandchildren, John, Love, Raider, Valentine's Day

Build a Valentine’s Day Gingerbread House

By Lorraine

Super sweet Valentine's Day Gingerbread House is magical. Decorate with Royal Icing as the glue for favorite candy and treats. Great kids project.
Frosty Palace is what Cambrie named this sweet, Valentine’s Day gingerbread house. It was at the top of their to-do list while spending the week with us as their Mommy and Daddy were away at a conference!Continue Reading

Filed Under: Holidays, Recipes Tagged With: Cambrie, Chloe, Grandchildren, Valentine's Day

Cherry Fudge with Dark Chocolate

By Lorraine

Cherry Fudge with Dark Chocolate is decadent with bits of dried cherries and topped with dark chocolate. Something this amazing should be difficult to make but not so with this easy recipe. Make a batch for someone you want to impress this Valentine's Day.
Cherry Fudge with dark chocolate is decadent with bits of dried cherries and topped with dark chocolate. Something this amazing should be difficult to make but not so with this recipe. Make a batch for someone you want to impress this Valentine’s Day.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes, Sweet Treats Tagged With: candy, cherries, chocolate, Love, Valentine's Day

15 Ways to say I Love You

By Lorraine

 15 Ways to say I Love You. Make a special cheesecake or candy sweet treat for your sweetheart, crochet a heart, make a heart paper quilling pendant or decorate your mantle with a colorful felt heart garland. Easy Valentine's Day craft and recipe roundup.How do I love, Thee? Let me count the ways. Perhaps you aren’t as eloquent with words as Elizabeth Barrett Browning in writing a sonnet. Or maybe your heart throb prefers something delicious or even cute. Find inspiration with 15 Ways to say I Love You. Make a special cheesecake or candy sweet treat for your sweetheart, crochet a heart, make a heart paper quilling pendant or decorate your mantle with a colorful felt heart garland. Scroll through these easy Valentine’s Day crafts and recipes and say, I Love You to someone in your life.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Crafts, More Crafts, Recipes Tagged With: Crafts, Crochet, Valentine's Day

Cream Cheese Chocolate Truffles

By Lorraine

 
Decadent Cream Cheese Chocolate Truffles are perfect no-bake Valentine's Day treats. They looks so elegant as well. Sweetened cream cheese and chocolate mixture is rolled into balls and then dipped in more melted chocolate. Roll in powdered sugar, cocoa or nuts and enjoy!
Decadent Cream Cheese Chocolate Truffles are perfect, no-bake Valentine’s Day treats. They look elegant as well. Sweetened cream cheese and chocolate mixture is rolled into balls and then dipped in more melted chocolate. Roll in powdered sugar, cocoa or nuts and enjoy!

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Filed Under: Holidays, Recipes Tagged With: candy, chocolate, Keri, Valentine's Day

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Crackers

By Lorraine

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Crackers are really quick and easy and are perfect treats for Valentine's Day gift-giving.
If you need a really quick and easy Valentine’s Day treat, you will love Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Crackers. They can be made is just a few minutes with just a few ingredients.

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Filed Under: Holidays, Recipes, Sweet Treats Tagged With: chocolate, Friends, Valentine's Day

Crochet Heart Bobby Pins

By Lorraine

Quick and easy little crochet hearts can be added to many crafts and are especially cute on bobby pins for adorable hair accessories for girls.
What little girl doesn’t like pretty things in her hair.  I know our little girls sure do! And these crochet heart Bobby pins look adorable. ♥Continue Reading

Filed Under: Crafts, Holidays Tagged With: Crafts, Crochet, Valentine's Day

Tiny Crocheted Hearts

By Lorraine

Quick and easy, tiny crocheted hearts can be used to embellish crafts and greeting cards for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Birthday gifts.
Thinking ahead to Valentine’s Day, I made a couple of cards with Tiny Crocheted Hearts, snips and pieces of paper and lace from my craft cabinet. I am not a scrapbook-er or card maker so I just added a little here and a little there.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Crochet Tagged With: Crafts, Crochet, Valentine's Day

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