The Homemade Valentine’s Thread

kath72

Following on from the popularity of the home made Christmas thread, let’s celebrate St Valentine’s Day in style.

Nothing says ‘l love you’ like something you’ve made so I’ll be baking a few things and making a card or two for my loved ones!

Don’t have someone special in your life? Never mind, a batch of seasonal cookies or cakes will always go down well in the office.

I’d love to see what everyone else is making ... let’s share the love

kath72

Thinking about the cakes and biscuits I’ll be baking so I’ve used up some icing that’s been in the freezer since Christmas to make some decoration for them

Coloured it pink and cut some hearts then added more red colouring and did the same again twice to get red and pink hearts

I’ll let them dry and store in an airtight container til I’m ready to use them

you can pick up heart shaped cutters everywhere just now

pinks29

Sounds good Kath, will be doing something something for my man, Made him. mince pies at Christmas with hearts on, posted them on here.

kath72

I remember them @pinks29 looking forward to seeing your valentines creations

frenchielove

Oh wow @kath72 we never celebrate Valentines day, never have, but I shall be really interested to see all the lovely treats

kath72

Here’s a cake I made last year ... it was lemon and orange! I’m going to make strawberry and white chocolate version this year because I think the pink heart will show up better than the orange does

holier_than_thou

Hopefully i'll get some tips on what to do for my gf for Valentine's Day. I'm told i'm a hopeless romantic, i'm not too sure if that's an oxymoron though

kath72

I bet your gf would love anything you make @holier_than_thou

I’ll have to leave her to judge whether it’s an oxymoron 😉

Make sure you share your creations

holier_than_thou

Is it still creative if i buy something instead @kath72 ? 😉

kath72

@holier_than_thou that would depend ... but it’s easy to make your own ... I’ll try to put up some simple card ideas in the next few days, give one a try!

holier_than_thou

I'll give it a go @kath72 , no laughing at my efforts though

kath72

Never @holier_than_thou

All home made creations deserve to be appreciated !

holier_than_thou

Well there's a first time for everything @kath72 😉

yvonnearmstrong

@kath72

Another fantastic thread for Valentine's day❤

I'll look forward to see peoples creations

Yvonne

bluemoonbaz

@kath72

Lovely idea and most creative a great way to save and celebrate

vickyjakesmum

We don't really do Valentine's, @kath72 but husband's birthday is in Feb, I've offered to bake him a cake (haven't done a BD cake for ages) so I'll pop that on the thread if that's ok. Maybe it'll inspire others to have a go. My track record is pretty hilarious. Watch this space.

sibtahmed

We don't celebrate valentine's day but I like your post.

smiler48

@kath72

This will be my first Valentine's Day with my boyfriend so will be looking for ideas to impress him. My home baking went down well at Christmas so will try again for this

kath72

@smiler48 that’s really nice I’ve got a few recipes that I’ll be putting on here but you know if you scatter edible hearts over his favourite cake it’ll be a winner

kath72

@frenchielive @sibtahmed

I totally understand not celebrating ... especially as it has become so commercialised, another selling opportunity capitalising on making people think they have to show their love for another on a specific day.

I don’t think I’ve ever bought anything for it .. always a home made card and cakes or biscuits or similar! But it’s better to let them know they are appreciated all year round too !