Showing posts with label valentines day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentines day. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Valentines Day Card for All Your Girl Friends



Valentines day is just around the corner and I love all the red and pink and lacy goodness! Reed isn't really someone that appreciates the red, pink and lacy things so sometimes I need to come up with some creative ways to celebrate the holiday :)  

Pinterest is filled with super cute ideas for classmates, teachers, and children but I don't have any of those... I searched Pinterest for some to send to girl friends of mine but I didn't really see any that felt like they fit. So of course I decided to fix that! 


One thing that all girls love is pretty panties. So why not celebrate the holiday full of lacy red, pink and black goodies with just that! I created a quick printable comparing friends to pretty panties, grabbed a fabulous selection of pretty panties from TJ Maxx and just as pretty mailers from the Dollar Store.

I can't wait to get these sent out to my girls, I know I would be extremely excited to get some pretty panties along with a little witty card. 

My little printable was inspired by a fun quote I found on Pinterest comparing friends to underwear. I loved how witty it was and wanted to keep the humor but make it fit the "pretty" theme of Valentines day a little better. So changing around some wording and adding some pretty dainty details gave this printable that perfect Valentines day flare. 



If you are as smitten with this little card as I am you can download the printable HERE
(Sorry for the language, I messed around with some other wording but just couldn't get pasted the giggles this one generated!)
 

I just love to be cheesy, I think thats my favorite part of Valentines Day. It's ok to be goofy, and cheesy and sappy on a day celebrating love! So, what is your favorite part of Valentines Day? 
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Friday, February 21, 2014

Canned Biscuit Doughnuts

Well, last Friday I said Reed and I didn't really do Valentines day. Then I turned around and did Valentines day.  Here is a quick look at my super quick and thrown together date night. I started "preparing" at 4:30 and Reed was supposed to be home at 5:30... I ran out to the store to get him some goodies for a "man bouquet"(includes Pringles and lots of Slim Jim), cheap champagne, ingredients for shrimp scampi, and canned biscuits for doughnuts.  I figured a homemade date night would be fun, we just needed something we didn't usually make. Like doughnuts! Also, I used it as an excuse to do fancy makeup and wear my sequined dress. :)


But I wanted to share with you how easy these doughnuts are. I thought everyone knew about these, but Reed had never had them so here goes a blog post enlightening those who have missed out on the goodness of canned biscuit doughnuts!


Literally all you need is about 15 minutes and these ingredients:
1 can of biscuits (we used Pillsbury buttery flaky goodness)
-2 inches of oil ( we didn't have two inches but it still worked well)
-Whatever yummy toppings you want!

First you open your can (I hate this part, some times they pop loud and sometimes not. I mean really be consistent please!) and decide which type of doughnuts you want. We went with the easy route of dough nut holes. So all you do is cut your biscuit in to fourths. Or if you want traditional shaped doughnuts you can use an apple corer and cut out a circle in the center of each biscuit.


Then place a handful of your biscuit pieces in to the hot oil. They will brown quickly so be sure to watch them! And according to Reed they flip themselves, but just be sure the biscuit gets flipped so it doesn't get "well done" on one side.
Pull them out and place them on a paper towel to drain off some oil. Then toss them around in whichever toppings you want!
Reed wanted brown sugar cinnamon so we mixed up some in a bag that we could toss the doughnuts in once finished. And I just wanted powder sugar :)


Basically these are awesome, and now we will get canned biscuits ever trip to the grocery store. If you come to visit, this may be on the breakfast menu :) They are super cheap to make, usually you have the ingredients on hand, and SO FAST! My mom used to make them for breakfast when we were little. I can't believe it took me this long to make them for myself. Plus it added some fun to our simple date night, and yes we ate all of these with our champagne watching the Olympics in fancy clothes :) 

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Get Pampered Giveaway

It's time for Februarys giveaway!! Rachel and I so love being able to spoil y'all with these monthly giveaways, and not to mention all of the cool shops we find along the way! For February it took us some time to figure out what we wanted to give y'all. I mean this is the month of all things pink and girly so we figured we would just go along with that theme :)
We want y'all to feel beautiful every day not just on the big date nights so we have put together the perfect package that one lucky person will win on Valentines day!


Our first prize is this stun-ning robe by CelestineDreams. These are typically given as bridesmaid gifts but boy wouldn't it feel nice to put this on after getting out of the shower, who cares if you aren't a bridesmaid! We have chosen this beautiful Satin and Lace pale pink robe for y'all and Jessica and her team will make sure to have it custom made just for YOU! Don't get too antsy y'all should know that all good things take a bit of time, so this custom robe may take up to 4 weeks to get it just right for you!

Please be sure to visit ClestineDreams at all their social media! 


Next up is another pretty piece that will help you pamper yourself every day! Jen from LishieShop has graciously included her "Your are Beautiful" vinyl decal. This little message can be placed on your mirror so every morning when you wake up and every night before bed you will be told "You are beautiful yes, you". I know I would like that :)  The vinyl measures 11inches x 5.3 inches and is removable but not re-usable.

Please be sure to visit LishieShop's links, we want to show our appreciation for them being so generous!

Now that you are a prettied up in your robe and feeling good after reading your inspiring vinyl how about some bling!! Antebellum Baubles is contributing a set of her glorious stackable baubles!! This set is super girly and fun to pair with anything from a little black dress to jeans and a sweater. Just enough bling for any day :)

Please be sure to visit Antebellum's links, we want to show our appreciation for them being so generous!


Yayyyy for a totally fab giveaway! This giveaway will run from Tuesday February 4th until February 14th, yep, Valentines dayyy! We hope you all pamper yourself with all things girly this month!!


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