XoXo

 So Valentine's Day was over a week ago, but that hasn't quelled our enthusiasm for sharing how we showed love to our darling boyfriends...we made cookies!!

First up is Carli Jo's homemade sugar cookies for her guy, BK.

She used cute heart and "x's and oh's" cookie cutters.

Don't their initials go perfectly together?

 

 

Next up are my cookies for Jeff. Let me be completely up front and honest, I made these cookies...from a can. *hangs head in shame* I DID, however, make the icing from scratch, so I'll award myself two pats on the back.

 

 

 I went with white and light green icing for two reasons: my adoration of all things jadeite, and that was the only food coloring I had handy. 

You can see a hint of what Jeff gave me for Valentine's Day in the photo above. I asked very nicely for hearts and I got an apartment covered in happy red hearts. He's quite a good guy.

So that, along with a ski trip to Big Bear, is how we spent Valentine's Day! How do you celebrate February 14th? Go all out? Keep it small? Forget the day even exists?

<3 <3 <3 to all!
Ashley and Carli Jo

*The cookie and icing recipe came from i am baker, along with the striped cookie decorating idea.

Shelves!

A few months back my darling boyfriend, Jeffrey, was kind enough to take on the monumental task of hanging floating shelves. I've wanted floating shelves for a couple of years now and have to give 100% credit for my lemming to the shelves hanging in John and Sherry's dining area over at YHL. I am a bit of a stress case, so I went to bed while the bf stayed up hammering away. I know he used a level, an anchoring screw thing, a ruler and a stud finder while hanging. Unfortunately, due to my state of REM I can't give you any more details than that.

Jeff did a wonderful job and I won't ever stop praising him.

Detailed shot of my growing jadeite collection, I can. not. get enough!

I'm no pro when it comes to arrangements, I just moved things around until I liked the way everything looked. Any constructive criticism is much appreciated!

Wait a minute here, what's missing? OH RIGHT! A dining table! Well, we still don't have one of those...whoops! We're working on it. Promise.

Anyone else have a room left incomplete by a missing major piece of furniture?

~AJ