Valentine's Day Sweets Table. DIY candy table ideas.

Valentine's Day Table Ideas

{Valentine}

I hope everyone had a fantastic Valentine's Day! I know this post will not help you out this year, since Valentine's Day is over, but I hope it will give you some inspiration for next years Valentine's Day.

I wanted to surprise my daughter for after school. I wanted something small but creative that didn't cost me too much money, so I made a Valentine's Sweets Table.

I grabbed all the Valentine decorations I had around the house and decorated a small card table. You can't really see the balloons, but I bought 8 balloons and put 4 on each side of the table.

The Back Drop:

I used red fabric with white hearts for the backdrop. You could use wrapping paper, but when you take a picture it will glare.

The Table:

Use a red plastic table cloth to cover the table. I bought the kids 2 little monkeys that I sat on the table.

The Subway Art:

Print out your own Valentine's Day Subway Art {HERE}. There are several different ones to choose from. 

The Cupcakes:

Make some homemade strawberry cupcakes with strawberry frosting and add some cute heart toothpicks. Make the heart toothpicks yourself or just purchase a bag like I did. It came with 24 heart toothpicks and 24 heart cupcake liners.

Valentine Wreath

You may remember this Birds Nest Valentine's Day Wreath I made from this {post}.

DIY Candy Suckers:

We made extra candy melts from this {POST}.

DIY Candy Holder:

This DIY Candy Holder is very similar to the {Marshmellow Holder} I made for my daughters Zebra Party. Just get a 6" round dummy cake, wrap ribbon or wrapping paper around it, Pin or tape in place, push your candy sticks into the styrofoam, and top it with candy to cover the styrofoam. I used those candy heart candies. 

Candy Necklackes:

I bought a box of DIY Candy Necklaces and made one to show the kids.

This was their Valentine's Day Craft and they had fun creating their own candy necklaces.

Anything goes and the kids loved the surprise!

 My Valentine :)

How was your Valentine's Day?

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Valentine's Day Shirts for Brother & Sister

Valentine's Day Shirts for Kids

{Valentine}

 Last night I stayed up late and made some last minute Valentine's Day shirts for the kids.

For Madison I printed out the word "LOVE" and made this Love shirt out of different Valentine fabric I had in stock.

 Jaxson was not a fan of the 7am photo session, but I made him this red and white stripe tie using this tie {template}.

Valentine's Day 2012 * Madison and I before school.

So you may remember this {post}.

My husband read my post and surprised me with the necklace I wanted. He's a keeper!

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Valentine's Day. I have a sweet surprise for my kids later today. Come back later and check it out :)

 

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DIY Fondant Engagement Ring Cupcake Toppers. {DIY Monday}

Engagement Ring Cupcake Toppers

{DIY MONDAY}

Yellow Diamond Engagement Ring Cupcake Toppers

Valentine's Day is tomorrow and lots of men will be popping the question. These engagement ring cupcakes will be perfect for the upcoming engagement party. I did not make these cupcakes, but I did help make these Fondant Engagement Ring Cupcake Toppers.

You Will Need:

Fondant

Paint Brush

Wilton's Yellow Pearl Dust

Wilton's Silver Pearl Dust

Engagement Ring Candy Mold

Baking Spray

Exacto Knife

Clear Vanilla Extra or Lemon Juice

Cupcakes

DIY Steps:

1. Knead a small piece of fondant with your hands until it's soft and pliable. Just enough fondant to fit inside your engagement ring candy mold.
2. Very lightly spray the engagement ring candy mold with baking spray.
3. Press your fondant inside the candy mold.
4. Slowly remove fondant from the candy mold.
5. Cut the excess fondant from your fondant engagement ring with the exacto knife.
6. Mix a few drops of lemon juice with the silver pearl dust and paint it on the fondant engagement ring.
7. Mix a few drops of lemon juice with the yellow pearl dust and paint it on the diamond part of the engagement ring. (we mixed yellow and white pearl dust together so it was just a hint of yellow)
8. Add a few coats of pearl dust if needed.
9. Let dry overnight and add it to baked and frosted cupcakes.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day!!

What surprises do you have instore for your loves? Come back tomorrow to see what I have planned.

Friday I will post an Engagement Ring Cake I made :)

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Valentine Card Ideas {Pin it Sundays}

Valentine Cards for Kids

{Pin it Sundays}

Handmade Monkey & Lion Valentine from Lisa Storms.

DIY Love Juice Valentine from A Second Street.

DIY Valentine Candy Pencils from  Simply J Studio.

These are simple, cute, and GREAT! I feel a creative itch coming on :)

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Kids Edible Craft. Valentine Candy Melts.

Valentine's Day Lip Candy

{Tutorial Thursday}

My daughter and I made some candy lip suckers today just for fun.  It was a great craft that my 6-year-old could handle and loved to do. This is a must try for you and your kids.

You Will Need:

Change it up however you want.

I used...

 Red Candy Melts

XOXO & Lip Candy Mold

Plastic Sucker Sticks

Make N Mold Bottle

DIY Steps:

1. Fill your Make N Mold Bottle 3/4 full with Candy Melts.
2. Melt in Microwave following the instructions. I did 30 sec intervals.
3. Squeeze bottle and mix candy
4. Repeat until the candy melts smoothly
5. Place lid on bottle and squeeze candy into molds (let the kids do this)
6. Tap molds softly on counter tops to level the candy
7. Place in fridge until it hards
8. Pop out candies from mold (let the kids to this)
9. Add a sucker stick by placing a small dab of melted candy to the back on the stick. Let the candy harded to hold the stick in place.

SUPER EASY!

 Madison squeezing melted candy into the molds.

 Jaxson sneaking and eating candy melts from the bag :)

 Dont forget to tap it on the counter to level it out and to pop any air bubbles.

Take silly pictures just for fun or to use as cards for Valentine's Day like our post from {yesterday}.

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Valentine's Day Candy Card Ideas

Valentine's Day Candy Photo Card

{Your Creative Way Wednesday}

So, I am a huge fan of these candy cards for Valentine's Day. I'm sure you've seen them around online and pinterest. If you haven't seen them here are my 3 favorites....

Landee See, Landee Do has a lot of creative ways to do this. Go check them out :) 

This is something different then the sucker idea and I love from Craftomaniac.

Muah. Just doesn't get any cuter than this! The kids would love to make their own suckers for their friends with candy melts and candy molds. This is from Funky Polka Dot Giraffe.

What are your creative ideas to switch it up?

I have a few but do not know if it would be cute.  Maybe, I can have Madison smelling a candy rose? Or, turning Madison's hair bow into a small piece of candy?

Any ideas?

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Valentine's Day Love Nest Wreath. {DIY Monday}

Love Nest Wreath

{DIY Monday}

I haven't made a Valentine's Day Wreath since the Heart Tulle Wreath a few years ago, so today I decided it was time for a new Valentine's Wreath.

I really like the way it turned out. Once I started adding the heart garland it looked like a little birds nest. I added two little love birds and broke up the heart garland with some red tulle.

 This Love Birds sign I bought from Hobby Lobby on sale.

 Mr. & Mrs. Love Bird

DIY and  have fun making a Love Nest Valentine's Day Wreath.

You will need:

Foam Wreath

3 Heart Garlands

Red Sparkle Tulle

Glue Gun & Sticks

Love Bird Metal Sign

Heart Ribbon

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Valentine's Day Unique Gift Ideas. {Etsy Tuesday}

Valentine's Day Gift Ideas: Etsy Finds

{Etsy Tuesday}

When I think of a gift I want for Valentine's Day I think of something unique and meaningful. I would love to have one of these gifts I found on Etsy this week for Valentine's Day.

Note to my husband: 

I hope you are reading this.... Hint Hint :}

A beautiful Rhinestone Key Necklace from Eleven13. I have always wanted a key necklace and my husband should know by now :}

This leather and silver hand stamped bracelet from The Bead Girl wont look great on my wrist any day of the week.

Personalized Love Token from Rock Candy Vintage is not only for women, but for men and children. Not too many people pass "LOVE TOKENS" around and this would be a great keepsake.

 Not only are these items great for Valentine's Day they would be great for any occasion.

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DIY Valentine's Day Tie Shirt. Tie Template Included.

Valentines Day Tie Shirt with Tie Template

{DIY Monday}

 Valentine's Day is coming up soon and today is the perfect day to get out your valentine's fabric, heat n bond, iron, scissors, sewing machine, and a shirt. Sew up this cute Valentine's Day Neck Tie Shirt for your little man.

Haven't made an applique shirt before? Dont worry. Read here for a step by step applique tutorial. Just use our tie template.

This is the Tie Template I use for my Tie Shirts. You can draw it up yourself or click, copy, and paste it into word, then print it out. I size it to fill-up the whole sheet of paper but you can down size it if you need.

Just go for it! You can do it :)

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Valentines Day Chocolate Rose Candy Bouquet. {Past Projects}

Valentines Day Chocolate Gift Idea

Sweet Friday

Last year, my friend Ashlee made a few of these Chocolate Rose Candy Bouquets for me to give as gifts to our parents. Huge hit! I really recommend you creating these or ordering some from Ashlee today.

DIY        Craft

Supplies   Needed:

Red Shredded Paper

Rose Candy Mold

Red Candy Melts

Sucker Sticks

Candy Bags

Ribbon

Vase

♥

Have a Sweet Friday!

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6 Cute Valentine's Day Subway Art. DIY Printables. FREE!

6 Free Valentine's Day Subway Art

The Subway Art I printed out for my home. It's the 1st link listed :)

I love subway art and it's better when it's free! Here are 6 of my favorite *free* Valentine's Day Subway Art....

Find the subway art you like and it's link below...

From Pink Polkadot Creations

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From Long Wait For Isabella

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From Not Just A Housewife

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From Denise's Scrapbooking Room

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From Thrifty n Crafty

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From The Girl Creative

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