What a great Valentine treat!  Heart-shaped marshmallows are in stores right now.  Grab a bag!

Just imagine a steamy hot cup of cocoa with a heart-shaped marshmallow floating in it.  The perfect “comfort” food with a little love.  All ages will love this Valentine!

There are several treats that go with Valentine’s like red hearts.  Two popular treats are chocolates and Valentine cookies.  Because the “Celiac Kid” is near and dear to us, we are always on the look out for gluten free food.  We have found “Eleanor’s Bake Shop!”

They make the best sandwich bread and my celiac kid loves it.  However, today, besides buying bread, the cookies looked wonderful.  Gluten free people: CELEBRATE with a great frosted sugar cookie for Valentine’s!

And, I couldn’t resist taking a picture of this GF cake while I was there. Isn’t it amazing!?!

A quick way to remind a child that you love them is to put Valentine stickers on their lunch sacks.  If they don’t take a sack lunch, Throw a set of Valentine stickers in their backpack.  You might want to put them inside a notebook or book so they will be sure to find them.  If the backpack is not an option, under a pillow or in a coat pocket is a great place, too.

We are ready to roll with Valentine ideas!  Cookie cutters aren’t just for cookies! I loved cutting bread into a heart shape using a large cookie cutter.  Then I’d cut heart shaped cheese to fit the bread or bologna.  Depending on the person I was making lunch for, tuna, egg salad, ham or turkey all found their way onto a heart-shaped piece of bread.  Husbands and kids alike enjoyed the surprise when they opened their lunch — including my high school kids!

p.s. Use the bread crusts for bread crumbs!

Young and old love to receive a genuine note in the mail.  It stands out past the advertisements and bills.  It’s the envelope that you sit down for and carefully open in hopes of something wonderful.  So . . . find your favorite pen and buy some stamps – some cute ones and yes, they are now 45 cents now, but the happiness a stamp will bring is priceless!

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Some things are too good not to share. Here is a card we received from the kids at Camp Manitou-Lin.

One of our designs from our other business was on the news last month. Click here to see the video on the Studio 5 website.