Let's talk Valentine's Day. Do you guys go all out? We keep things super simple around our house - no Valentine's Day mantels or red heart pillows, just some cute and easy ideas to make the day a special one. Today I'm sharing my five favorite simple Valentine's Day ideas along with my friends Pam of Simple Details, Lisa of Shine Your Light, Jennifer of Dimples & Tangles, and our guest host, Ann of On Sutton Place. I'm so excited to have Ann guest host and could go on and on gushing about ...
Valentine's Day
A Valentine’s Day Chocolate Fondue Feast!
Ever since my first fondue feast at The Melting Pot 20+ years ago, it's been one of my favorite special occasion dinners. And whether I brainwashed my girls or it's in the Jarrett DNA (maybe both?), my daughters love it just as much as my husband and I do. The four of us still go to The Melting Pot a few times a year and do the full-on fondue feast, but I've also come up with a scaled-down version that we make at home when our chocolate and cheese fondue cravings get the best of us! It's become ...
Upcycled Globe: I Love You Around the World and Back Again
My daughters mean the world to me and I created something for Valentine's Day that tells them exactly that - an upcycled painted globe with the words "I Love You Around the World and Back Again": I created it using a globe that I had picked up at a garage sale a few years back and had never found a home for. It was a pretty simple project that I worked on with my youngest daughter. First, we used tracing paper to trace the outline of each continent: Then we used the side of a crayon to rub ...