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2/14/12

Valentine's Day Popcorn

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's a sweet little Valentine treat.

-pop your popcorn ( we have a whirley-pop and it is amazing!!)

-double broiler melt some white chocolate

-once melted add some red food colouring

-put your popped popcorn in a lined roasting pan

-pour chocolate mixture over it and stir it in

-sprinkle with pink and red smarties (we also threw in the left over sprinkles from our cupcakes)

-Put in the fridge for 20 minutes :)

> Jessi

2/7/12

Here's a little valentine's treat! We were lazy and just used a cake mix for the cupcakes, I did try to dye them red, but that was a fail. We made a cream cheese icing, which I like alot more than regular icing - it's not as sweet.

Cream Cheese Icing

8 oz of cream cheese softened ( I didn't bother because the kitchen aid mixes it up good)

1/2 cup of butter softened (again didn't bother)

2 cups of icing sugar

1 tsp of vanilla extract

For one box of cake mix I doubled the icing recipe. we then decorated with heart sprinkles and cinnamon hearts

I think Maya likes to help just so she can wear an apron

Lily is more interested in the candies hiding in the cupboard

> Jessi

1/31/12

Valentine Craft

It's February!! That means Valentine's day! Do you do anything special? We don't usually, but I... I mean the kids sure like any excuse to make decorations.

I bought a bag of small foam hearts, and a bag of big foam hearts from the dollar store, some were pre-glittered and some weren't (because it's fun to play with glue and sparkles!) and we strung them to branch from the backyard (which we also glittered). The kids had fun with this for about 15 minutes and then left me to finish it alone. oh and I think It looks cuter then it does in the picture :)

On another note - Thursday and Friday we will be doing our shoot for the magazine!! We are excited for that - not so excited about the part where I have to clean the house.

Also be sure to go to the Thrifty Gypsies giveaway!

> Jessi

1/23/12

Monday Valentine Love

Happy Monday! How was weekend? I got a head start on mine on Friday with a trip to the salon with Aminah, followed by dinner and gigantic margaritas! It marked the first visit to a restaurant with Lily where she actually stayed put and didn't end with one of us having to take her outside- we may be turning over a new leaf with her.

We also braved Canada's Largest Ikea... it was insane and no store should be that big! And because of this trip I spent all Sunday re-arranging rooms. Hopefully next weekend can involve some down time.

Here's a little free Valentine love to start your week!

> the handmade home

> the paper cave

> one charming party

> Jessi

2/14/11

Pretty Lilies

Pretty flowers delivered to the office today - a nice gesture that only slightly embarrassed me (center of attention..no thank you!) :{

We celebrated on Sunday so they were totally unexpected, I guess Clifford's present (a flip) earned me some extra brownie points!

Hope your having a good Valentine's Day!