Valentines has been here and is just about gone. I am a semi-Valentine fan. I think it is a lot more about sales in a store than about really celebrating love, because we can do that any day, any time and it is important to remember that. The ones will love will not always be here and can unexpectedly leave us, so it is important to spend those moment and take that time to say a quick hello, send a little note, or even give quick smile.
But...That being said, I love to give gifts and make things but I also love to be thrifty (a new twist for me, let me assure you =) so I wanted to do some cute things for Valentines day that did not cost a lot and where I could re purpose some items around the house I had been saving.I like to save things that might be useful in the future and for this project I decided to re-use the cherry tomato plastic containers and the large strawberry containers I had set aside a few weeks ago.
I wanted to make some nice goodies sure to please the sweet tooth and that would pack nicely in the containers so I decided on fudge and shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate, yummy yummy!
First I washed the containers and soaked them for a bit to remove the labels that were on them.
Then I created some cute labels on my
Print Master Program to fit into the top of the boxes. I took them outside and sprayed them with adhesive on a piece of newspaper (or bag) . Don't spray this inside your house, it will make a horrible mess on your floors, tables, everywhere. Believe me I speak from experience. Then stick the labels to the tops of the boxes.
You can do whatever design you like and could use these for various occasions. If you have measured properly they should fit in quite nicely. I trimmed the corners on an angle so they would fit into the little rounded edges.
Pick a cute font to give a bit of whimsy to the front of your labels and so the recipients know what lovelies they are getting.
Get your goodies together that
you want to pack in the containers. I picked no fail fudge and my shortbread cookie recipe. I made them in a heart shape, then dipped the cookies in chocolate for that Valentine touch
Line the boxes with some waxed paper, pack your goodies and then pull up the wax paper on each side & wrap the wax paper around them. You could probably use parchment paper here ii you want as well. Snap the lid shut and decorate anyway you would like. I glued a small red and gold heat ribbon I had in my stash of ribbon that would rival any craft store.
I also made one in a larger strawberry container. The two small ones went to my next door neighbor for her Valentines and the larger one I gave to my daughter and son in law for their Valentines treat! I just made the label larger and a bit bigger bow.
You can try this for just about any holiday, St.Patrick's day is next. Hmmm, I wonder what I can do for that??
