DIY Valentine's Day: 2013

DIY Valentine Sugar Cubes

Sugar cubes are perfect for making your loved one's morning coffee a little more special. Just combine the simple ingredients and press them into small heart candy molds. Here’s a basic recipe that you can easily customize to your, or the recipient’s, taste!

Read more at Home Made Simple

Tips for Valentine Flower Arrangements

"...This Valentine's Day, forget your go-to roses. Instead, opt for a more unique—and dare we say, beautiful—arrangement to show your sweetheart you care. Here, flower experts Eileen Johnson of Flower School New York and Phoebe Crary of Brooklyn's Opalia Flowers share their insider tips on picking the freshest cut flowers, caring for blooms and creating incredible arrangements..."
Read more at iVillage

Chocolate Dessert Recipes

"...Dig in and indulge a little! Check out these refreshingly sweet chocolate dessert recipes including cupcakes, cakes, brownies, cookies, mousse and more..."

Love Heart Cookie Video Tutorial

Haniela shows us how to decorate a Valentine's Day cookie with Royal Icing. Love watching an artist at work!

"...I've been asked many times about my sandwich bag decorating technique and today I decided to show a really very simple cookie design, using sandwich bags in my video tutorial..."

Scratch-Off Photo Valentine

"...You can make your own easy scratch-offs using dish soap and acrylic paint. It’s really that easy. Give one of these away to your crush or BFF for Valentine’s Day! They’ll totally be impressed by your crafty photo skills, and who knows…maybe you’ll really hit the ultimate jackpot: true love. Awww..."

Source: Photojojo

Hanging Decorations

"...Using this ridiculously easy technique, you could do this with ANYTHING. I originally saw this technique used on a heart-shaped styrofoam and she turned it into a wreath! PRECIOUS!!!! I’m about to get started on a few more for the chandelier and maybe a wreath or two!! I just LOVE how fun & festive it looks…not to mention how EASY they were to make!..."

Find tutorial at Pearls, Handcuffs, and Happy Hour

Valentine's Day Parfaits

"...this is a great thing to do at a school Valentine's party. This is a fun alternative to bringing cookies or cupcakes.

We start with clear cups and decorate them with heart foam stickers (just for fun).

Then we layer cake, pudding mixture, cool whip and sprinkles..."

Valentine's Day Wheel

"...Create a wheel of rotating endearments along with phrases and symbols that convey your love with every turn. Print our designs onto a card stock circle..."

Print the Valentine's Day Wheel Clip Art and Instructions

Conversation Heart Cheesecakes

"...when I decided to make heart shaped cheesecakes to look like conversation hearts, there was no doubt in my mind what recipe I'd use. Tyler's recipe calls for a bit of lemon zest, which I love, but I oftentimes leave it out depending on how I'll be serving the cakes. I didn't want flecks of lemon zest in these pastel colored cakes, so I just flavored the cheesecake with a good quality vanilla extract..."