happy valentine's day...

happy valentine's day...

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i'm celebrating valentine's day with my valentine!

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this is one of the first gifts

i made for my valentine,

the valentine's day before we were married.

we married in june.

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he gave me flowers for valentine's day.

i love getting flowers!

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and i made him frosted rolls
for breakfast this morning!
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he loves frosted rolls!
me too!
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a pretty and yummy valentine's day...
we both feel happy and loved!
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wishing you a pretty and yummy valentine's day,
peggy

more love...more popcorn...more hearts...

i'm still feeling love...

celebrating with popcorn balls...

and seeing more hearts!

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isn't valentine's day grand?

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i made these yummy popcorn balls

to celebrate valentine's day!

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they're soft, gooey, and oh so yummy!

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here's the recipe~

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popcorn balls

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30-35 cups popcorn

2-10 oz. bags marshmallows

1/2 c margarine

1/4 c sugar

1 t salt

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melt margarine in a large saucepan;

add sugar and salt and stir;

add marshmallows and stir until melted;

pour over popped popcorn;

stir to completely cover popcorn;

make into balls;

(i added another package of heart shaped marshmallows)

wrap;

eat and enjoy!

~~~here are a couple valentine messages

from my laundry room~

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make it a valentiny day!
peggy

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seeing hearts...

there are hearts everywhere you look

this close to valentine's day!

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i thought i would show you a few of the hearts i've been seeing...

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this much-loved pillow

graces the bed in our guest room for valentine's day.

it's satin is faded and threadbare and i love it!
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this is an old wooden hanger

that i wrapped with red vintage velvet ribbon.

the glass heart is hung on the hanger

and tied with more velvet ribbon.

the necklace is made of clear glass seed beads.

it hangs in my laundry room.

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this vintage lace-edged heart hanky is

also hanging in my laundry room.

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i've collected these vintage red-handled cookie cutters

over the years.

the tin is a vintage valentine chocolate candy mold.

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you can't have too much red

or too many hearts

for valentine's day!

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hope you're seeing lots of hearts...

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make it a hearty, happy day!

peggy

popcorn love...

i love popcorn!

love it!

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if i had to pick one food in the world

i couldn't live without,

it would be popcorn!
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love it, love it, love it!

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popcorn has it's own shelf in my cupboards!

that's how much i love it!

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i usually use a stovetop popper.

that's what i grew up with,

and i love making popcorn this way.

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popcorn has it's own vintage jar!
on the countertop,
so i can see it!
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i knew i could use this jar to store my popcorn in
when i read the lid!
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we also have a stir crazy popcorn popper!
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the grandsons love watching
the popcorn pop!
they each carefully place one kernel in the popper
and we wait for them to pop.
when each of the kernels pop,
i add the rest.
we try to count the popcorn
as it pops.
we usually count
1, 2, 3....100!
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fun, fun, fun...
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they love popcorn
aaaaalmost
as much as i do!
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i do love popcorn!
and as much as i loooove popcorn,
it can't compare to my love
for these boys...
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they are the extra butter on theatre popcorn!!!
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it's the popcorn lovers yummiest valentine!
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make it a popcorn day!
peggy

love week...

if february is the month of love,

(and it is!)

this week must be the week of love!

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gotta love that!

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and one another...

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my hope for you

is that this week

is filled

with love...

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for you

and for one another...

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make it a loving day and week!

peggy

simple rustic charm...

i love my willow tree angel of the heart.

(and my mother-in-law who gave it to me)

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i love the simplicity and rustic charm

of these angels.

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simplicity,

living a simple life...

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so me!

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more simplicity and rustic charm...

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this hand-stitched valentine

is as simple, sweet, and charming

as it can be.

i couldn't love it more!

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the message here is simple...

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no one wants to be forgotten

on valentine's day!

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to remember

and be remembered

on valentine's day

is

a sweet and simple gift of love

that brightens all of our day!

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make it a sweet and simple day!

peggy

a "love"ly weekend...

it was a "love"ly weekend

for me.

my friend, june, was here!

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we'd planned this weekend of valentine crafting

for some time

and were sooo excited

to get together,

to talk,

to craft,

and to eat!

we even had time to check out our new thrift shop in town!

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we may have talked and ate

more than we crafted

but we had a great time!

and we did make some great hearts for valentine's day.

june just got a few more ( a lot!) more done

than i did...

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it was a girly weekend

but we did invite our husbands

and june's son, dakota,

for roast beef supper on saturday nite!

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june and i have been friends

since high school

and we love so many of the same things!

it's good to have had such a good friend

for so long.

i feel like we know sooo much about each other,

but i did learn something new about june this weekend...

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she has a secret for playing hand bells...

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make it a great day!

peggy

love that color...

the sun is streaming thru the windows today.

the sun warms your heart.

it helps to brighten this cold january day.

sunshine can do that!

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sunshine and color do that for me!

i love color

and i love winter.

i love the white glistening snow,

the stark, bare landscape...

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but i need color too!

i've decorated our home for valentine's day

so now i have the color i need!

red and pink!

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hope you're surrounded by sunshine and the colors you love!

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make it a great day!

peggy

a new color...

this is the color of my world today...

white with shades of gray.

not much for color,
and i so loooove color!
don't get me wrong...
i'm home today because all of the wonderful white in my world.
and for that i am grateful.

it's just that i need a little pop of color
in my otherwise wintery white world.

and here it is...

red!

my favorite color!

red valentine hearts!

check out my etsy!

there will be more red and pink and valentine's day pretties

to come!

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make it a great day!

peggy