The guys love baking and decorating and eating sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day.  We share with teachers, neighbors and anyone else that comes by.  Of course, we have a great variety of heart cookie cutters and even a cupid shooting an arrrow, but NO lips.  These are so cute and different and I think they’re [...]

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Everything’s better on a stick.
It’s true.
Where would a lollipop be without it’s stick?  It’d be a chunk of boring old candy.
And what about corndogs… a Texas State Fair staple?   Without the stick, simply some cornbread and pig parts.
Popsicles without the stick?  A puddle of melted ice cream in your hand.
And now, with the help of [...]

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Add a little bling to your morning with this adorable rhinestone monogrammed red mug.  Holds 14.5 ounces of your favorite hot beverage in style and announces to the world, I am a pretty princess!
Really.
Makes an inexpensive, yet elegant gift!
Personalized Red Mug – $19.95 at Personalization Mall

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Want fabulous cupcakes but don’t have the time or talent to do it yourself? Me too.  I can bake a really great cupcake, but the decorating is the hardest part for me. Sometimes I just don’t want my cupcakes to look quite so homemade. Enter Cupcake Caps, a fat-free edible cap to your [...]

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Your favorite cook, or you, getting married soon?  Check out these adorable bridal shower party favors…especially cool if the bride or groom loves to cook.  Because they’re cookie cutters, two of them in different sizes, presented in a sheer heart-shaped organza bag, which is available in a ton of colors to match your reception or [...]

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You probably already know about my amazing Valentine’s cake that I made my loves this year, because I have told you about a hundred times since Feb 14, but you don’t know about what I made all the boys in my life last year, do you?
I’m sure you’re dying to know, so I won’t keep [...]

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OK, you are not gonna believe this, because I still can’t.  This whole entire thing is cake (except for the paper chocolate wrappers) and I made it.  By myself.  With step-by-step idiot-proof instructions from Bakerella.
And let me tell you that my cake baking prowess is usually limited to lumpily-frosted cakes.  Although, once I made a [...]

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Not to be outdone by the heart-shaped cake pan, these melamine (fancy plastic) measuring cups are ready to spice up your V-Day.  Because they’re cute.  And come in valentine’s colors.  And shapes.  And because when you have colorful measuring cups, it’s likely that you’re gonna make something sinfully-delightful to eat with your sweetie….or eat off [...]

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Romance requires candlelight.  The candlesticks provide candlelight.  Therefore, romance requires these candlesticks.
I didn’t major in Logic in college, but I sure took a class or two.
Rosanna Dauphine Set of 2 Black Candlesticks, Gift-boxed – $40
The Seduction Cookbook: Culinary Creations For Lovers – $12

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Ever notice that all the great holidays feature the color red in some way?  Think about it.  Valentine’s Day -  hearts.  Fourth of July -red, white and blue.  Halloween -blood.  Christmas – red and green.  So, when you’re hunting for some new cute dishes, a perfect color choice is RED.  It’ll match all the holidays [...]

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