Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Valentines For My Loved Ones


This year I'm making most of my gifts by hand so Valentine's Day was a perfect way to get started.  As I've already shared, I made Valentine themed gift tags and I dug those out of my stationery box.  I also made my own Valentines to send in the mail.


I made English toffee and once it had set up I broke it into pieces.  


Then I made my famous sugar cookies, iced them with a little vanilla glaze and decorated with homemade red sugar sprinkles.  Colored sugar sprinkles are really easy to make.  


You just mix a little food coloring with granulated sugar, allow it to dry and then mix it all up again.  Easy and thrifty.


I put the toffee into Valentine treat bags I had bought at the dollar store last year.


I did the same with the cookies.


Then I tied them off with the gift tags I'd made.  The baker's twine on the tags was perfect too.


Plenty of delicious treats to share with my loved ones.


I also made a plate of cookies to share with my co-workers (yes, even the big meanie, she needs kindness more than anything).


How did you share the love this Valentine's Day?

12 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness everything looks so cute! I love everything here. And I didn't even know it was possible to make your own colored sugar sprinkles, I thought the granules would just dissolve!

    I hope you and your family have a wonderful Valentines Day!

    D.

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    1. Thank you! Yes indeed, you can make your very own sprinkles. :)

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  2. Your treats look wonderful. I wish I had wandered by Boise to try the toffee and cookies!

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  3. Happy Valentine's Day... it looks like everyone in your life was treated well!

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  4. So pretty and looks so yummy.. Happy Valentines day to you and your girls.

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  5. Everything looks so good and pretty! Your loved ones and co-workers (even the big meanie) are so blessed to have you in their lives.

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    1. So sweet of you to say. The big meanie refused to participate and everyone told her she was really missing out. I think my grandma called that cutting off your nose in spite of your face. Pretty sad really. Oh well, more for us. :)

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  6. Yes, that would be what your grandma would say about the meanie. Everything is soooo pretty, and it looks delicious.

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