Pinning it Down~ Valentine's Party!

Well today we had some friends over for our Year of Crafts get together. My friend and I decided that instead of getting our kids gifts from each other this year, we would get together once a month for a craft instead! So far it has been super fun! This month it was my turn to host. Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I had to do something fun! And once again, with Pintrest in the picture I was inspired to do some extra to make our day fun! This awesome party was my jumping off point for planning! Since we do have lunch together, I thought I would have some fun with it! I set the table using some Pintrest inspired ideas! I found this awesome Leaf Runner made of felt and I changed it to hearts to put on the table. I thought it turned out really cute! Plus I was able to use some scraps of felt, so it was free! :) I also used some other scraps of felt to make some hearts to put in the vase that I have in the center of the table. On the hearts I put some Valentines seals to match the ones I put on the cups! These were a free printable that I found on Pintrest here! I loved them! They were so cute! There are also some really sweet printable that were free if you like their facebook page. These are the ones that I framed and put on my shelves! It was a very simple and easy bit that added a bit of pizazz! Here are a few pictures of what I had all set up!

For lunch I really had some fun figuring out how to make everything heart shaped! ;) I got the idea from someone's pin about making a Twinkies into a heart. So I thought that a hot dog would be able to do the same thing! So with a little diagonal cut and a flip, the ends of the hot met and it looked just like a heart! :) I also prepared more of the Valentine's Apples and I cut some carrots the same way I did the hot dogs to make hearts. I also added some cucumbers that I cut the edges off and a notch out of the top to make it look like a heart! They all were really fun and super healthy (to counter act the hot dogs which were not the healthiest choice! :). To finish it off, I made some cookies with the girls the day before! I used a sugar cookie recipe that I found on...you guessed it....Pintrest! They turned out ok, but I don't think that it is my favorite recipe. If anyone has an amazing cut out recipe, please share it!!!! I am about ready to give up finding the elusive recipe! Everything was really pretty and I think that the kids loved it (at least there was no more food)!

So that is what our lunch looked like today!!!! After lunch we moved on to some fun projects! I will post those tomorrow, so be sure to stop back!!!! I am linking up today with Sarah for Pinning It Down! To see some more awesome real life pinning, be sure to stop by and see what people have been up to! Happy Crafting!