I have literally been snowed in here for most of the week. And being the craftaholic that I am, you would think I have lots to show you. Yes, I spent a large amount of time crafting and I have three projects currently in the works. But none of them are complete. Why, you ask? Well, I ran out of supplies for one project, another project is still being worked through in my head, so it is not coming together as quickly as I'd like, and the third one is totally kicking my butt. Here is a bit of my three projects combined:
A mess. But it will come together. You will see them all soon, and in the meantime, I'll share with you a project that I did last Valentines day.
Use a sifter of powdered sugar to dust the counter and scrape the candy out of the bowl onto the counter. Add lots of extra powdered sugar to the top and start to knead it like bread dough. Keep kneading and adding sugar if needed until the candy is satiny instead of sticky.
Then decide how many colors you want to make and divide the dough up into that many portions. Take each portion, add a few drops of food coloring and almond extract and knead it until the color is well distributed. (By the way, any flavored extract will work). For this step, use rubber gloves so that you don't end up with rainbow hands. Repeat this with the other portions until all your candy is colored and flavored.
Dust the counter again with powdered sugar and roll out one of the colors to about 1/4″ thick.
Please don't get me wrong, I am SO happy when you try them out, especially when you love them, cuz I think that is what recipes should be about- sharing, but I would just appreciate it if you care enough to not copy but link to my post so people can find the party and blog! Also, if the recipe is a guest feature, please link to the original author's blog post that is hyper linked at the top of the page!
>LOVE the homemade conversation hearts idea! Don't know that I'll have time before Valentine's Day to make them since we are currently in the hospital with our 10 month old, but this is definitely going in my folder of things to try!
>Thank you for letting me be a guest on your site!
You made my day!
suzy
>I used Suzy's recipe, but went a different direction and used them as cupcake decorations! You can check it out at http://messhalltobistro.blogspot.com/2011/01/cutest-baby-shower-cupcakes.html
They were relatively easy to make and they were a huge hit!
>This is a great idea…I admire the effort you put into it, especially when it's so easy to just buy a few boxes! 🙂
>Hello. I would very much like to nominate you, but I am totally confused when I go to the link. If you could contact me, p'rhaps you could help me go to the right nominating spot? There seems to be more than one landing pad. I'd surely appreciate it. Thanks.
~ Yaya
>I just nominated you for the Homie award! Good luck!
Nancy
>What a great idea! I could see this being used to make your own Valentines Day cards…the saying on the cards could be "Love Evelyn" (in my daughter's case) My site is all about personalized cards, so this is a perfect idea. Hmmm, I don't know if I will have time to do this and do a posting on it. If I do I will give you lots of links saying that this was YOUR idea. Thanks for the inspiration!