Showing posts with label candy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label candy. Show all posts

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Creative Valentine's Day Ideas


Celebrate love this February 14th with more than the average drugstore card!
Why not pitch a Valentine's Day love tent or paint some paper roses red?
Check out some of my favorite Valentine's Day ideas and be inspired!



Saturday, January 5, 2013

Conversation Heart Art


It's Conversation Hearts! The official candy of love! Did you know that Necco
began producing these sentiment-stamped confections around the time of the
Civil War? Me neither!  Though most if not all of the sayings have been changed, 
conversation hearts remain to be one of the most traditional of Valentine's Day treats.
 Check out these creative candy heart creations!










































What's your favorite or least favorite conversation heart saying?


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

etsy stocking idea 5....pate de fruit

Macarons are always special but how about these delicious little pate de fruit sweets like those seen in Paris candy shops? Made by California candy maker Nicole Lee Fine Chocolates, they are chewy and bursting with real fruit flavor. Who wouldn't want to find these yummies in their stocking Christmas morning?


Nicole Lee also makes macarons and truffles. Shop here.

Monday, December 10, 2012

gingerbread houses diy.








we had a lovely weekend filled with the following:

making gingerbread houses, visiting the grinch at whoville, staying up late playing scooby doo monopoly and risk with our nephews, watching jude beat everyone at monopoly (true story), sleepovers, pancakes and homemade pizza, great worship at church, listening to christmas and johnny cash records in the basement, relaxing and coloring by the fire. 

how was your weekend!??




To make the gingerbread houses you need 6 graham crackers, about 1/2 cup of icing, 1/2 a bag of skittles and m&m's, and sprinkles. I used string to hold the houses together until the icing hardened. I thought about using melted chocolate next time. arrange the roofs, ice, and decorate with desired candies. This was a hit. It was a fraction of the price of store bought houses, and they actually liked to eat the candy off the house.  They each got their own to decorate, which is always good :)