Celebration Sunday - Valentines Day 2

This week it's all about Valentines themed food! This post very nearly became all about baking as there are so many gorgeous recipes out there! Not everything pictured below has a recipe linked, some are pretty self explanatory. Don't just keep these ideas for Valentines day though, use them to add a little sweetness into a dull week - could do wonders for those of us who have the Monday morning back to work blues!

First up are a few cute breakfast ideas -

Jam heart toast
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Heart pancakes

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It would be fun to serve breakfast with these darling items (I am not paid to endorse these items, I just googled and these came up!) -

Cute heart tumblers

Heart side plates

Now onto the good stuff! Here are a few recipes that caught my eye -

Red Velvet Cupcakes
These are to die for! Recipe from the lovely Jenn over at Eat Cake For Dinner,
Check out her other recipes too - all divine!

A simple but very pretty way to serve strawberries and cream, this would also
look good used as cake decoration.
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The first of two recipes from Martha Stewart, these look adorable!
Heart Cookies

There are thousands of recipes on Martha's website but these caught my eye!
Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes

Last but not least, if you and your lover share the same geeky humour then investing in one of these will go down well! I think it is really cool!

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I hope the few ideas here get you inspired :)

Celebration Sunday - Valentines Day 1

Some of us love Feb 14th, some of us think it is tacky and a holiday invented to make greetings card companies money... I fall into the middle of the two camps, I don't go overboard but it is always nice to be romantic :)
More importantly - An excuse for crafting! (Not that most of us need an excuse!)

This Sunday is about cute things to craft, in the following weeks cards, baking and sewing projects will be covered.

First up are a few cute packaging ideas, ideal for small gifts and sweet treats.

Cute pillow boxes!
Fill these with heart shaped sweets or your loved one's favourite confectionery.

The link for this project will take you to the tutorial which includes a template for the boxes.

Heart wraps

A lovely project from Martha Stewart, ideal for small gifts and love notes.

Adorable fox gift bag!

Perfect for slightly larger gifts, I think it would be simple enough to resize.

I also found some adorable projects/inspiration for the home.

Teacup floral arrangement

Decorated Candles
I do not recommend lighting candles decorated with flammable objects!
Source - myjdl.com

Heart wreath
Listed in a Christmas wreath collection....screams Vday to me!

Lastly one little polymer clay jewellery project - I think the possibilities are endless for using the beads though.

Heart bracelet
Darling blog too FYI :)

I hope that something here has inspired you! Let me know if you try or have previously tried any of these or similar projects, I'd love to see them!