Mini Heart Cookies

The kids wanted to make some cookies for their friends for Valentine's Day instead of giving out candy.  We loved these Mini Leaf Cookies Chelsea made so we decided to branch off her recipe, and make these adorable Mini Heart Cookies.  These Honey Sugar Cookies are so yummy and the mini size lets you eat handfuls without the guilt.  The kids did all the decorating, and had lots of fun.  Invite some kids over, and decorate away!

Recipe:

For the Cookies:
1/3 cup Crisco
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup room temperature butter
1 tbsp vanilla
2 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

For the Icing:
1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 egg white
1 tbsp lemon juice or maple syrup
food coloring

Directions:

1.Mix shortening, butter, egg, honey, sugar, and vanilla thoroughly.  Blend flour, soda, and salt, and stir into shortening mixture.  Refrigerate for 15 minutes.  Roll onto a floured surface to about 1/4″ thick and use your mini heart cookie cutters to cut out the shape.  We got our mini heart cookie cutter from here.  We used some of the dough to spell out words and names using our ABC Mini Cookie Cutter set from here.  


2. Put shapes on a piece of parchment paper and place on a baking sheet. Bake approximately 4 minutes at 350 degrees. They puff up, but they don't spread so you can fit them close together on the cookie sheet.

3. Allow the cookies to cool on a rack while you mix up the icing.  Combine all ingredients, and mix until smooth. You may need to add more powdered sugar if you find that your icing is too runny or more syrup if it is to thick.  Separate the icing into small bowls and mix food coloring in each to make your colors.  Once the cookies were cooled spoon a little icing on each cookie and use a toothpick to spread the icing. 


4. Let the icing set, and package them up for your friends.  This recipe makes so many that you can eat a bunch, and still have so many left! 

Package them up in milk bottles decorated with twine and washi tape, berry baskets and candy cups from the Shop!

Giant Tissue Heart

Looking for a quick and easy decoration for Valentine's Day?  This giant tissue heart is perfect, and if you have some foam board, tissue paper and double stick tape, you can get started right now!

For each heart, you will need:
-2 white foam boards or cardboard
- tissue paper
- roll of double stick tape
- scissors
- empty water bottle

- packing tape

Step 1-Draw half of a heart onto one piece of the foam board or cardboard and cut out.  Trace the first half heart onto the your second foam board so both halves are the same size. 

Step 2- Cut out second half of heart.

Step 3-Line up both sides, and tape together in the center using packing tape.  Make your heart as big or small as you want.  We used a 16 x 24 size foam board that we purchased from the dollar store.  You can get bigger boards from a craft store.  

Step 4-Cut out squares of tissue paper.  We cut ours 2 x 2.  They don't have to be perfect. Separate all of them to make the process of taping go faster. 

Step 5-Make a row of double stick tape across the heart.  

Step 6- Take one square at a time, center it over the top of the water bottle, and press down to form around the top of the water bottle. 

Step 7- Hold the paper in place on the water bottle, flip, and press into the tape.  Repeat this down the entire line of tape. 



Step 8-Add another row of double sided tape 1 1/2 inches over, and use the same technique until your heart is covered.

Make a few in different colors to decorate for Valentine's Day.  These would be cute for a shower or wedding decoration too!

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Rich Red Fall Wedding

Checkout this amazing photo shoot inspired by the pretty pallet of fall and full of red, metallic copper and lots of fun ideas!  You can spot some of our pretty products being used too!
See below for some of our favorite image but also check out the full blog 100 Layer Cake!

Milk Bottles and Paper Straws are from The Sugar Confetti Shop.

Photographer: Jake Anderson / Styling & Concept: Maddy Hague of Splendid Supply Co. / Coordination: Simply Elegant Bridal Consulting / Floral Design: Studio Fleurette / Select Wholesale Flowers: Fifty Flowers / Hair & Makeup: Melanie Rivers / Paper Goods: Minted / Vintage Rentals:Vintage Type Rentals / Baked Goods & Food Styling: Melissa Coleman of The Faux Martha / Cupcake & Cake Toppers: Splendid Supply Co. / Wood Cake Stands: AHeirloom / Yarn Tassel, Table Numbers, & Place Card Picks: Splendid Supply Co. Custom Design Services / Garlands: Steph Loves Ben / Milk Bottles & Straws: The Sugar Confetti Shop / Model: Danae Herrmann / Dress: Leanne Marshall fromFlutter Bridal Boutique

Witch Hat Piñata

These adorable witch hat piñatas can be used as a place card for your Halloween guests that double as a special take home treat, or make them for your kid's class party.  They only take a few minutes, and are easy to make.

Step 1: Cut a 9" circle out of card stock, and cut in half.  You can make yours as big or small as you want it.  We used a 9" plate as a template, but a circle cutter would work well too. 

Step 2: Tape a piece of twine on the straight part of the circle to make a loop to hang your piñata.  It also makes a cute handle so your guest can carry it home!

Step 3: Fold the paper into a cone shape leaving the loop hanging out at the top and tape shut.  This is the top of your witches hat.

Step 4: Fringe one side of the crepe paper.  The easiest way to do this is to fold the crepe paper in layers; cut and pull apart to separate.   

Step 5: Rub your glue stick all over the cone.  Starting at the bottom of the cone, wrap your fringed crepe paper around the cone until you get to the top.  If you run out, just fringe some more crepe paper and continue. 

 STEP 6: Fill your cone with candy and confetti.  We added a couple of spider rings too.

Step 7: Cut a small circle out of card board, and glue it to a 5 inch circle cut out of card stock.  Make a hole in the center of the circle, and poke twine through the hole.  Make a knot at the end so it won't go through the hole.  Using white glue, glue this piece on the bottom of your cone.  This is the brim of your hat.

 Step 8: We used a 1" circle punch, and personalized our piñatas with these name tags also used as place cards at our Halloween party.  Glue the name tag onto the end of the twine, and use the same size circle for the backing.  We choice "Boo" for the back message.

When your guest pulls on the string, all the goodies will come tumbling out! We loved using these cuties as place cards for our party.  Cute....right?

Paper Chalkboard Table Runner, Black Strip Napkins, Plates and Cups, Wooden Spoons, Black Cake Stand and Confetti are available from The Sugar Confetti Shop.

DIY HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN A BOX!

Materials

White box - We purchased ours from Michael's.

Confetti

Washi Tape

Paper Straws

Confetti Balloon

Happy Birthday Garland

Goodie Bags

Slider Box Candles

Glue Stick

Ribbon

Directions
Using washi tape, add vertical stripes to the box.  We love washi tape because you can remove it, so if your lines are not straight on the first try you can fix it. Glue the confetti to the lid of the box in a random pattern.  Fill your box with special goodies for your special someone.  Once filled with goodies, tie it up with ribbon, and add some fun tissue balls.  

How to make the Straws and Cupcake Topper.  We used washi tape for the fun little flags on our straws and cupcake toppers.  We choose our "HELLO" washi tape and our pretty green washi tape.   Cut a 3” piece of washi tape, lay it on a flat surface and place the straw down on it. Fold over the tape, lining up the two sides before pressing down. Cut about half an inch down the middle and then cut diagonally from each corner to the end of your middle cut.  For the cupcake toppers, we used the same method using wooden skewers, then dipped the ends in glitter and gave them a coat of Modge Podge to keep the glitter from getting on your food.  We tied the straws and cupcake topper with pretty twine.

We used our Happy Birthday Garland on the inside of the box.  When your special someone opens the box, the Happy Birthday Garland will look like a pop up card! When you close the lid of the box, make sure that the banner falls into the box, and isn't stuck in the edges.  Just tape the ends of the garland to the corner of the lid.

Put all your fun goodies in the box.  We put a special present in the Goodie Bag along with the candles, blower, cupcake toppers, straws, confetti balloon and confetti. 

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