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From Decorations to Dinner 40 FABULOUS Valentines Day Ideas

1 · Jan 27, 2014 · 5 Comments

// From Decorations to Dinner… 40 fabulous Valentines Day Ideas //

It’s the season of LOVE! Today we’ve rounded up some of the best ideas in blog land from valentine decor, treats, gifts and printable valentines to give, and even some holiday dinner tips and recipes just in case you’re planning a date night in instead of braving the crowds.

Enjoy!!

DIY Vintage Arrow Valentine / DIY Love Sign / Yarn Hearts

LOVE IS SWEET Garland {source unknown} / Valentine Heart Banner / Paper Punch Heart Garland

Doily Windowed Heart Garland / Yarn Pom Flowers / Crayon Heart Valentines

Free Printable Valentines / Free Valentine Printables / Triangle Heart Wall Art

Yoda Valentine Printables / Pencil Arrow Valentine Printables / Valentines for Boys Printables

Free Printable Valentines / Valentine Cupcake Printables

Toilet Paper Roll Heart Stamp / Valentine’s Glitter Letters

Homemade Gift Tags / Heart Hoops

Baker’s Twine Heart / Cupid’s Arrow Wreath / DIY Heart Marquee

Valentine’s Table / Valentine Mantel / Valentine Snow Globe

Sugar Cookie Braclets / Pom Pom Heart Wreath / Heart Gift Tags

Homemade Heart Mints / Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars

Cinnamon Red Hots Shortbread Cookies / Strawberry Donuts

Baked Sweet Potato Chips w/ Blue Cheese / Wild Mushroom Fettuccine / Salted Chocolate Tart w/ Kettle Chip Crust

Three Pepper Enchiladas w/ Homemade Sauce / Linguine w/ Clams & Bacon / Mussels in Meyer Lemon & Garlic Broth {link broken, similar recipe here}

Pizza w/ Fig Preserves & Chicken Sausages / Mushroom, Garlic & Parm Flatbreads / Stuffed Salmon w/ Sriracha Cream Sauce

Flourless Chocolate Cake

1 · Jan 22, 2014 · 17 Comments

Flourless Chocolate Cake // Last weekend I was put to the test. I needed to create a cake for a last minute get together and didn’t realize until I was in the middle of my baking endeavor that we were OUT of FLOUR!! Who lets themselves run out of flour?? I was a little nervous but remembered that I once tried a flourless cake that was amazing. I decided to test out a version using things I had on hand and boy was it delicious!

Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe

3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup dutch cocoa
3 eggs

Directions

Preheat your oven to 375˚. Place six ramekins onto a baking tray and lightly mist with cooking spray.

Combine the chocolate chips and butter in a small saucepan. Cook until just melted and remove from the heat.

In a small bowl whisk together the sugar, cocoa, and eggs. You should have a paste like chocolate mass. Fold in the melted chocolate. Divide the batter between your bowls and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Now, you could frost this cake if you felt the need. Since the cake has plenty of chocolate goodness packed inside, I decided to top it with a simple dust of powdered sugar and a few fresh raspberries. Light, riche, and decadent. Those are the top three words I would use to describe this cake.

It is the perfect Valentines Treat. It quickly comes together, tastes amazing, and is sure to impress the ones you love. Why spend tons of time in the kitchen when you can have a simple and impressive dessert ready in minutes?

! If you liked this recipe you should check out these other Valentine Inspired Treats on my site, One Sweet Appetite!

Red Velvet Cake // Strawberry Champagne Cupcakes // Candied Strawberries

Valentine’s Day Popcorn Pops

2 · Jan 16, 2014 · 4 Comments

Hello Whipperberry friends! Jenn here again from Clean and Scentsible. It seems like Christmas was just yesterday but Valentine's Day will be here before you know it! Today I'm sharing these fun Valentine's Day popcorn pops with you – they're a quick and easy way to spread a little love!

Ingredients

8 cups popped popcorn {this is approximately 5 tbsp. of unpopped kernals}
3 cups mini marshmallows
2 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp salt
red food coloring
3/4 -1 cup Smarties {these are the Canadian Smarties which are similar to M&Ms in the States!}

Directions

Pop the popcorn and place it in a large bowl {I actually ended up using 2 bowls so I had more mixing space}
Heat the marshmallows, butter, and salt in a large heavy saucepan over medium to low heat stirring continuously until the marshmallows are melted. Add food coloring by drops to make your desired pink color. I just wanted mine a faint pink so I only used about 5-6 drops.
Pour the marshmallow mixture over the popcorn gradually, mixing it well. You can use a greased spoon to do this but I found that it was easiest to grease my hands with butter to mix. {The butter should help to protect your hands from the heat but make sure it is not too hot!} Add the candy.
Shape into balls or use a heart shaped cookie cutter if you would like to do hearts. If you are using the cookie cutter, grease the inner borders and press the popcorn inside the cookie cutter until your shape is formed. Press popcorn firmly together once the cookie cutter is removed to hold.
Insert sucker sticks. For mine I used the basic sucker stick and then added a paper straw over top of it to give it extra strength.
Wrap each ball in plastic wrap. Makes approximately 8 {3 inch diameter} balls.

There are lots of fun ways that you could package them up – add some baker's twine, tie them up in a cellophane bag, or add a cupcake liner and some washi tape! Feel free to get creative – I always find that the packaging is the best part! 🙂

If you would like any of the printables, just head over to Clean and Scentsible for a free download!

If you are looking for other Valentine's Day ideas, you might also like…

Photo Handprint Card / Valentine's Day Teacher Gift / Quick and Easy Valentine's Day Breakfast

I would also love to have you join me on my Household Organization Diet – a year long project to get organized once and for all!

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Thanks so much to Heather for having me! I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day! 🙂

NEW YEAR INSTAGRAM WREATH

0 · Dec 30, 2013 · 3 Comments

Hi Whipperberry friends! It's Jenn from My Fabuless Life. I hope your Holidays were wonderful! Today I'm sharing a quick Memory Wreath I put together with some of my favorite moments (via Instagram) from the past year. I have a sort of picture addiction and am always running out of space to hang or display more frames, so this is perfect for being able to display LOTS of pictures in a small space!

I started my Instagram wreath with a wire wreath form from the craft store and spray painted it gold.

Then I printed out my favorite Instagrams in black and white. You can find a free template and tutorial on how to print them yourself here.

Once cut, I laid them out on the wreath to get an idea of placement, and then just slipped them between the wire. I put a little piece of tape of the back of them to hold them in place and then taped some of them directly on.