I’m extremely late getting things ready for Valentines day and (yikes!) I’m in a long distance relationship. It’s a long way up to Minnesota from FayAr, so I’m sure whatever care package I end up throwing together will be a day late (and a few cookies short) for Valentines day.
After all the “hinting” I’ve done about the impending lovers holiday, now I’m the one who’s not ready. It isn’t because I haven’t thought about it. It’s probably because I’ve thought about it too much. Every DIY, Craft, and Baking blog out there has thrown out a slew of cheap, easy, and eco ideas and I’m getting overwhelmed. Here are a few I love and a few of my own. (and Adam, if you’re reading this, stop now, otherwise you’ll know that everything you’re getting will be made out of those denim cutoffs you loathe).
Valentines:
1. Take a piece of clothing that your lover hates and use it for fabric to embroider your homemade valentine on. I’m going to be obnoxious about it and embroider something like the words “R.I.P. 2/14/10 My Favorite Denim Shorts Died for our Love”.
2. HowAboutOrange featured tons of valentine ideas this month, but this cute heart paperclip idea was so simple I made several at my desk. I think I’ll use them to attach the embroidered valentine to a card or love note.
3. These matchbox valentines from Mighty Girl are charming as all hell and since my boo is having a hardtime kicking the habit I think I’ll leave matches in one and put mints and gum in another one.
Baking:
4. Ever since a co-worker and I made her cake balls, Bakerella has been my absolute go-to for simple baking ideas. You can make her pie pops heart shaped with a cookie cutter and put them on a lollipop sticks as shown in her tutorial. But since I’m going for simplicity, I’m going to make pie bites instead. I’ll probably toy around with cutting out my own crude heart shapes, but we’ll see if any of those make it out of the oven not looking like blobs.
5. Looking at all of these baking blogs is making me far too hungry. I’ll probably just rip off a cookie recipe from 17 & Baking because everything she makes looks phenomenal.
Fin. Remember those cheesy card boxes you would make in grade school? I plan on making one of those to ship all of this in so he gets really embarrassed when it comes in the mail.
So, here goes being the best girlfriend of all time. Wish me luck.
Photcred: scienceblogs.com
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