Treats for Valentines Day

... and now abideth faith, hope and LOVE, but the greatest of these is

LOVE.

I Corinthians 13:13



Are you ready for Valentines Day?

I think I am.

This year I decided to make cupcakes for our neighbors.

I have never done this before {not for this many at once}  and I decided it was time to

spread the love!

There is so much heartache and brokenness in the world today that a little kindness

goes a long way.

 I have been making cupcakes for the last two days and enjoying every minute of it.

I packaged them up and delivered part of them last night and hubby delivered the rest today.

I always try to keep cupcake boxes on hand. The ones I purchase hold four cupcakes so it is a perfect
gift for two people. 

It is also nice to have these cupcake holders for a single person.

I don't have a specific "recipe" that I use. I just wing it.

SO...

Make your favorite chocolate cupcake and let them cool.

Then make your favorite butter-cream frosting and add in a couple tablespoons of
Smucker's Simply Fruit in seedless Red Raspberry flavor.

It makes it so yummy and  it also gives the frosting a pretty pink hue.

Next, take a chocolate candy bar and use your carrot peeler to make some
sprinkles or curls...Top with a fresh red raspberry and wa la...you are done
and you have a beautiful and delicious gift!

SO YUMMY!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Trick-or-treat!

Just look what I found!! A pretty little mermaid  getting ready to go trick-or-treating.

...along with her sweet little sister. Aren't they both so precious and don't they make
beautiful little mermaids? :)

My son also donned a costume ...lol!

Hubby and I went to our son and daughter-in-laws place and trick-or-treated with them and the girls
 last Saturday evening. We had a lot of fun, although just as we were starting it began raining so we
 had to break out the umbrellas.

The above photo is an apartment building that we walked past.

Two little mermaids getting ready to head out for treats.

 {yes I got the photos in the wrong order...sorry}

Grandpa and Grandma all ready for a fun evening with the pretty little mermaids. ♥

This was my costume! HA HA! We did look for ears on the spur of the moment, but didn't find any.
 Annika wanted me to say "meow" at every place we went so I tried to oblige her. HA! They are only
young once and we are making memories. I found out when I became a grandparent that I will do
things for my grands that I have never done before! :) Fun, fun times that will pass all too soon
 and they will be 16 before we know it. I am treasuring these days and holding them close to my
heart.

A Special Birthday and THANK YOU ~

My best friend turned 50 on June 26th.

BUT We couldn't get our schedules arranged to have her birthday lunch

until yesterday.

This was my birthday gift to her~

I wrapped brown craft paper around the gift (a piece of pottery)...

and also added brown paper shred in the top ~ Embellished it with seam binding ribbon

and

a homemade flashcard along with a sticker or two...vintage style ~

This is the pottery piece that I purchased at

my favorite store...

HOME GOODS ~

I also typed up 50 reason I love having her for a friend,

folded them up

and

put them in a jar.

She can take one out every day and read it or read them all at once ~

(Pookie don't look at the next picture unless you have read every slip of paper in the jar)

Here are some of them.

I used different fonts for different adjectives

and also added the definition of each adjective

along with my own thoughts on a few of them.

I had a lot of fun doing this.

A birthday to remember...the big 50!!

I also want to say a most heartfelt

THANK YOU

to all of you who read my post yesterday

and emailed me to offer encouragement.

I feel so blessed to have your support.

I love the land of blog.

Blessings ~