Everything is better dipped in Chocolate

My husband and I aren't the kind of people who spend a TON of money on Valentine's Day.  Not a day goes by without us saying "I love you".  He buys me little things all year long to show me that I'm always on his mind and vice-versa. Our plans for tonight involve dinner at home after our darling daughter goes to bed.

 I'm a sucker for all the lovey-dovey quotes, crafts and heart shaped things that the day brings- I can hardly wait until my girl is old enough to do valentines crafts and baking with!

They're not baked but today I whipped up a batch of chocolate-covered strawberries- yum!  They're so easy to make (though I'm a little disappointed I forgot to pick up white chocolate to drizzle them with- they would have looked REALLY fancy).

Find the recipe for them here.  Wish I had a nicer way to display them (and a nicer camera to take pictures of them with but you get the idea!) but I still think they look pretty darn good!

They'll definitely be tasty after a nice dinner with my wonderful hubby!  Happy Valentine's Day!

My Pretty Valentine..

I look after a little girl in my home a couple of days a week.  She's a year older than my little girl and because of that I'm able to do a few things with her that I can't do with my own, like little crafts and stuff.  

I decided today that since Valentine's day is coming we could make some really cute cards for her family.  I'm a hoarder of all things crafty so of course I had blank cards, acrylic paints, heart stamps I made from compressed cellulose sponges (last night) and little rubber letter stamps.  I let her choose the colours and we got a little messy.  I'm really happy with the way these cards turned out and I hope her family likes them.  Brings a new meaning to "handmade" as well :)

So cute!  I also made some play dough and the she loved it!  I'll send her home with a chunk but I'll keep the rest of it here for next time :)