LOVE Cupcakes by Sweetopia

Ok so I am in LOVE with these cupcakes by sweetopia. Such a cute colorful idea for valentine's day. The Disco Dust used on the LOVE sure does make these cupcakes sparkle!

Image by Sweetopia


I am thinking of making my own verson of these sweet cupcakes.



Valentine Printables

Another great Valentine Printable. The Hands-On Housewife designed these adorable valentine printables. These would look so cute in a frame displayed in your home or if your having a Valentine's party displayed in a frame on your dessert table. I know I will be printing at least one (or both) of these little cuties out!

 

 

Image by The Hands-On Housewife

Image by The Hands-On Housewife

 

Free Printable Valentine Cards by Anders Ruff

Check out these super cute (free) Valentine printables by Anders Ruff . I can not wait to print mine out. Thanks Ladies!

 

Image by Anders Ruff

Image by Anders Ruff

 

Valentine's Cookies

I wanted to make something fun, easy and affordable for Valentine's Day. That's when I came up with a Valentine Cookie Party. These Cute heart shaped sugar cookies would look great at any Valentine's day party.



My daughter Ella helping roll out the dough.





For these mini hearts I melted Wiltons Chocolate melts(I used red and white) in a small bowl,

dipped a spatula in the chocolate and drizzled it over the cookies.





These LOVE cookies turned out pretty cute! I used ABC cookie cutters that my

sister gave me for Christmas that I have been dying to use. I dipped the bottom

half of the cookie in the Wiltons chocolate and poured sprinkles them.





For these heart cookies I dipped half of the cookie in the Wiltons chocolate and poured valentine

 sprinkles over them, drizzled a couple with the chocolate and left a couple plain



The Sugar Cookie Recipe - from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter, softened

2 cups white sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

5 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).

2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely

ENJOY!



Welcome to EMJ Design CO.

Welcome to my blog. Let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Mel. I have a beautiful daughter who keeps me on my toes. A wonderful husband who is my world. I do not know where I would be without him. I have amazing family and friends who support my dreams and ideas and encourage me every step of the way. I am truly blessed.
We have two cats who keep us thoroughly entertained. My daughter's favorite pastime is chasing them around our apartment. I'm not sure if they like it, but we sure do get a lot of laughs. During the nice weather we spend a lot of time at the local lake and do some hiking and biking. In the winter we just love to play in the snow. The more snow the better.
Life is busy raising an almost three year old. I spend my days with her and I work the night shift at a hotel . I love scrapbooking and paper crafting.

When my daughter turned one, I began planning her first birthday party. I did a lot of researching on the web, getting ideas and planning what I wanted to do. I came across so many blogs that had wonderfully beautiful birthday parties. The only problem was that they were way out of my price range. They were gorgeous. Out of this world, but nothing the average person could afford. Now that my daughter is approaching three, I want to throw her an out of this world party on a budget. That is where this blog comes in. I want to share my ideas with all of you party people on a budget who still want to throw amazing parties. Trust me it can be done! I am going to share with you great ideas for affordable birthday packages.Lots of DIY projects. Favors that are not only affordable, but also fun and do not contain a bag full of little plastic toys that just get scattered all around your guests house then get tossed in the trash. I'll show you where to buy paper goods and much much more.