I am soooo excited to have 2 of my most wonderful friends posting on Floralshowers today! It has been a long time since I have had a guest blogger…so yay! I’m glad to have them here! Make sure to check out their cute blog…I know you’ll like it!!!
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Hello! We are Nancy & Michelle from
She Said. When our awesome friend Anne asked us to share a Valentines craft with her Floral Shower readers we were thrilled and since we {love} Anne so much we were more than happy to share a craft that you can make for that special man in your life!
She Said presents…..A Manly Box of Chocolates:
Chocolate boxes aren’t just for the ladies anymore and while the chocolate makers are starting to get wise that we don’t all like nougat centered chocolates we think it would be sooo much fun to receivea box of chocolates tailored to your actual likes. What man wouldn’t want a chocolate box full of all the treats he loves?
First : The BOX (There are quite a few options you have for this one):
- you can buy a chocolate box & eat…I mean throw out the chocolates (save the little chocolate liners to use for later if applicable)
- for those of you who own a Silhouette there are many favor boxes that you can download I personally like the 3d Heart Shaped Box {which is on sale for 75 cents!}
Once you’ve got your box, pull out those scrap papers, cut outs, stamps, letters & glue and decorate it in any theme you see fit.
Second: FILL IT
What are your hubbies favorite snacks or treats? I put a wax paper liner on the bottom of my box to set my treats on top of. If you have those little cupcake/chocolate liners those are great. You can also use regular sized cupcake liners to fill with goodies. Fill it Up! Unwrapped fun-sized candy bars are the perfect chocolate box candy knock-off, but instead of gross orange cream it can be Snickers or Almond Joys. Does he prefer the brown M&M’s over the colored ones? pick them out of the bag and fill a cupcake liner with them {and you can eat the rest}. Other ideas: brownie bites, gum, jerky,doughnut holes, truffles, rice krispy treats, trail mix, small cookies, mints….the sky is the limit! Anything that can fit in a chocolate box that he LOVES will be perfect.
What would Nan do for hers?
My “Manly Valentine Box” would include:
Peanut Butter Squares
1/2 c butter, melted
6 graham crackers, crushed
1/2 c creamy peanut butter
1 1/2 c powdered sugar
Cream together. Press into 8×8 pan. Melt 6 oz chocolate chips and spread over the top. Chill and cut into squares.
Homemade Twix Bars (I haven’t actually made these before, but I’ve had the recipe Pinned for months)
Butter Rum Lifesavers (Mr. W’s favorites)
Michelle’s Manly Valentine Box would include:
Rice Krispy Treats – of any kind-any form - Mr. S. LOVES them
Oreo Truffles
1pkg Cream Cheese
1 pkg Oreo Cookies, finely crushed & divided (4 1/4 Cups)
2 pkgs Bakers chocolate, melted
Mix together the cream cheese & 3 cups of crushed Oreo cookies until well blended
Shape into 1 inch balls (or footballs) and dip into melted chocolate sprinkling the left over Oreocrumbs on top
Refrigerate 1 hour until firm and store in an airtight container.
something with Nutella in it &
David’s Nacho Cheese Sunflower seeds
What would you put in your hubby’s box Anne?
I would put in an assortment of nuts
Me & Nan got to witness Anne & her hubby meet & fall in love….so sweet…they’re like the Jim & Pam in our office :)
Happy Valentines!!
January 26, 2012
by Anne
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So one of my “crafty goals” this year was to learn how to knit hats. {maybe socks….but first I have to get good at hats.} I have always been a crochet kind of girl. See here, here, here, here and here. But a few years ago I got this crazy idea that I wanted to learn how to knit and I have totally fallen in love with it. If you are a crocheter and you have never given knitting a try I suggest that you do!!! All you have to do is get over your fear of trying something new, watch a few youtube videos and get going! {You can check out some of my very first knitting projects here, here, here, and here.}
Anyhow…here are a few pictures of my first attempt at knitting a hat. I started off using 16″ Circular Knitting Needles
and then switched over to these lovely 8″ Double Point Knitting Needles
. I promise it is not as intimidating as it looks. Though I am definitely still trying to get the hang of it! :)
YOU CAN FIND THE FREE PATTERN FOR THIS HAT HERE!!!
Didn’t it turn out cute!?!
Ok. Cute as it was, it wasn’t perfect. I did struggle with what they call color jog and I also struggled with pulling my first stitches in each round tight enough…hence the holes. But hey, for my first hat…could I really expect perfection??? nope. :)
Anyhow, after I finished this hat for my daughter I caught my son rummaging in my yarn stash. He got a big armful of “boy” colors and then came and told me he wanted one too. So, I’ve actually already started on my knitted hat attempt #2. Which hopefully I will finish soon! Until then HAPPY KNITTING!
