Valentine Decorations

I made some Valentine decorations out of papercrafting supplies that I had on hand and some old valentines. I just looked around for what I already had that I thought would look good together.


Weaved Paper Hearts Banner

Scripture Valentine Banner

Love Banner

Mickey Mouse Mobile

Valentine Tree

I finished my embroidery project "Sentiments in Suede" from the Mary Engelbreit book "Wrap It Up Gifts to Make Wrap and Give'. I made 6 out of felt and now have them hanging on my Valentine Tree.

Easy OREO Truffles

1 pkg. (1 lb., 2 oz.) Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
1 lb. Chocolate candy coating or 2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted

Crush 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor; reserve for later use. (Cookies can also be finely crushed in a resealable plastic bag using a rolling pin.) Crush remaining 36 cookies to fine crumbs; place in medium bowl. Add cream cheese; mix until well blended. Roll cookie mixture into 42 balls, about 1-inch in diameter.

Dip balls in chocolate; place on wax paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover chocolate can be stored at room temperature for another use.) Sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs.

Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store leftover truffles, covered, in refrigerator.

How to Easily Dip Truffles
Place truffle ball in melted chocolate to coat; roll if necessary. Lift truffle from chocolate using 2 forks (this will allow excess chocolate to run off) before placing on wax paper.

Makes: 3-1/2 doz.

Rolled Sugar Cookies

For a large batch:
1½ cups (3 cubes) margarine or butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
7 cups flour
2 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2/3 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla

For a smaller batch:
3/4 cup (1½ cubes) margarine or butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3½ cups flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
1/3 cup milk
½ tsp. vanilla

Cream margarine and sugar. Add eggs. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla. Mix in the last half of the flour by hand. Roll out dough to desired thickness. Cut in desired cookie-cutter shapes. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes.

Snowy Day Tablescape

I pulled together a lot of things that I already had for this fun snow themed tablescape. It cost me $6.50 for the food and nothing for decorations. I had planned to make snowflake cutout cookies but didn’t.

What’s on my table?

Snowball Cake- It cost me $3.50 to make the cake, and I already owned to cake stand. I got all the ingredients at Aldi.

Snowflake Suckers- $1.00 for 6 at the Dollar Tree at Christmas, and ribbon from my wrapping supplies

Snowman paper plates- leftovers from Christmas cookie plate’s project

Snowman Cotton Candy- $0.49 each after Christmas Sale I bought 4.

Hot Cocoa- The cups are my everyday coffee mugs, I already had the cocoa and leftover French Vanilla Snowman Marshmallows from Christmas.

Snowball Candles- a gift years ago that I never got around to using. I used small plates that I had because I wanted something to set the candles and snowflakes on. I thought the mostly white with gold trim plates went well with my colors they also have blue and pink flowers on them.

Paper Snowflakes- I used paper that I had and folded it for making the big white snowflakes and the small blue ones under the candles.

Tablecloth- I got the tablecloth which is blue, white, and gold with a snowflake motif on the corners as a gift 3 years ago.

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Tablescape Thursday

Frugal Friday

just for the Joy of it

Finer Things Friday

February 1-7 Menu Plan

Monday: Tuna Noodle Casserole

Tuesday: Creamy Layered Enchilada Bake

Wednesday: Pork Loin Roast, Mashed Potatoes, and Peas

Thursday: BBQ Pork Loin Hoagies

Friday: Baked Chicken Leg Quarters, and Green Beans

Saturday: Leftovers

Sunday: Out of town

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Creamy Layered Enchilada Bake

1 pound lean ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
2 cups Salsa
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained, rinsed or 2 cups prepared
1/4 cup italian dressing
2 tablespoons taco seasoning
6 (8 inch) flour tortillas
1 cup sour cream
1 (8 ounce) package mexican shredded cheese

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Brown meat with onions in large skillet on medium-high heat; drain. Add salsa, beans, dressing and seasoning mix; mix well.

2. Arrange 3 tortillas in single layer on bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish; cover with layers of 1/2 each of the meat mixture, sour cream and cheese. Repeat all layers. Cover with foil.

3. Bake, covered, 30 minutes. Remove foil. Bake an additional 10 minutes or until casserole is heated through and cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting to serve.