Valentine Cookies and a Story

Hello everyone,

This Sunday is Valentine's Day and
 It's a very special day for me.

Sweetheart and I were engaged on Valentine's Day in

1960. To see my engagement ring Go Here. I scanned

the photo from our Wedding photo album. In those days 

Wedding photos were taken in Black and White. Our

photos have turned a little yellow over the years, but our 

love is just as fresh as it was 56 years ago.

To celebrate our special day, we have
dinner at home and when we were younger 

we would put on our favorite dance music and 

dance in our kitchen later in the evening.  

A box of chocolates and flowers are my gifts 

I usually don't give sweetheart a gift...

because he has ME. 

~LOL~

During Christmas I was making Lemon Bars and I had a little
shortbread dough leftover... I put the dough in the freezer until
last week when I baked a few heart shaped cookies with a hole
in the center to put a straw through.

I made the frosting thick as syrup and poured it over the cookies.
Let the cookies sit on a rack for six hours or overnight.

Confectioners sugar and milk 

with a VERY SMALL AMOUNT of

red food coloring.

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Sweethearts (also known as conversation hearts)
 are small heart-shaped sugar candies sold around
 Valentine's Day. Each heart is printed with a message such 
as "Be Mine", "Kiss Me", "Call Me", "Let's Get Busy", 
and "Miss You". Sweethearts are made by the 
New England Confectionery Company, or Necco. 
A similar type of candy is sold in the UK under the name 
Love Hearts. Necco manufactures 
nearly 2 billion Sweethearts per year.^[1] source

Milk and Cookies

A mosaic to Pin

Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day

Joyously,

Betty

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Valentine Mantel

Hello everyone,

Red and White decor is so refreshing to see after my dreary and boring January mantel. I decorated the fireplace mantel with a little Red, White and Green. And

I decided to use plates this year on the mantel for monthly inspiration. Each month I would like to change the plates out to express the season. This month is a Valentine theme.

I love my square boxwood wreath decorated with a red ribbon and two red cyclamen plants as the centerpiece.

During a shopping trip to Macy's after Christmas I found these white felt hearts trimmed in Red for one dollar each. With some satin ribbon and little red clothes pins I have a bunting or banner for Valentine's Day. Simple and fun to make. 

Just enough  decor for My Cozy Corner.
The Before Photo of the mantel is Here.  It was Christmas time and featured at Katherine's Corner. You can also see my Christmas Banner too. 

I have several different salad plates I've collected to set my tea time tablescapes. And I think this is going to be fun to change the plates, candles, center decor every few months. I will need to change the colored ribbon on the wreath from time to  time. We will see if this works out for an easy mantel display during the year of 2015.

As soon as I spotted these cute heart ornaments my heart skipped a beat. I knew the minute I saw them exactly what I was going to do with them.

The heart plates are a set of four and I found them at Tuesday Morning when I worked there a few years ago. I love Tuesday Morning. They have the cutest stuff and at great prices too.

Brass and Gold goes so well with our new living room furniture. 

I love a mosaic to recap my post. I hope you love them too.

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Thank you so much for visiting and Happy Valentine's Day.

Joyously,

Betty

Linking to:

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday

Mosaic Monday at Lavender Cottage

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday
Cedar Hill Ranch for The Scoop!

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday

A Delightsome Life for Home and Garden

Katherine's Corner for Thursday Favorite Thing  
 French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday 

 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday 

My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday 

Dandelion House for Farmhouse Friday Blog Hop

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday 

The ROSEGARDEN for Showoff Saturday

Sunny Simple Life for Simple Saturday

Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine card making is just great fun.  I made two cards like this one for my older granddaughters.  I also included money and a piece of gum in each card.  The gum is a tradition since they were small and they love it.

The four younger granddaughters received these cards. 

On another note!!  Today my honey and I are celebrating the anniversary of our engagement of 50 years.  We were married on July 17, 1960. in Santa Clara, CA.  About ten years ago we started celebrating Valentines Day at home.  We have Lobster for dinner and dance in our kitchen.  Our favorite music is Steve Tyrell's A New Standard.  It is very romantic.