You make my Heart Glow : Free Valentines Printable

Happy Monday Friends!

How was your weekend?

It was a dreadful one here weather wise.

But we made the most of the break we got yesterday.

Back to the Rain again today, so I'm sharing a little something to brighten up your Monday.

Last Monday I shared a craft and free printable with you guys.

This week I've got another.

I love designing and sharing my printables.

It's become a real passion of mine.

I hope you enjoy them.

"You make my Heart glow!"

I had a few glowsticks left over from my daughters birthday.

I got something like 20 for €1.49 in Deals.

Deal, right?

I don't want to give my kids a whole lot of chocolate for valentines.

I want to give them other things that they can enjoy.

And a cute printable to tell them how much they mean to me just make it even more special.

So here you go.

Just save the picture to your computer and print away.

Just print them, cut them out and punch two holes to hold your glowstick.

It's that easy.

And there you have it.
Another cute non chocolate idea for valentines.

I would love to see if you use them for your kids.
If you use them and are on instagram, tag your photos with #CGRprintables .
Or tag me on my Facebook page.
I'd love to see how they turned out.

Thanks for reading!

Blowing Kisses Your Way : Valentines craft & free printable

I'm always looking for a way to make cheap crafts that don't take up much time.

I mean, we all have kids and we want to make things special.

But we're busy Mama's that don't have time to spend hours on these things.

I was trying to think of something to make for valentines day, using up what I had at home.

I had bubble sticks that I got from Deals for less then €1.50 and wanted to use them up.

"Blowing Kisses Your Way"

This is perfect to help my use up the bubble sticks.
And they're red.
Perfect for Valentines Day!

I made up a quick printable to use with them.
Feel free to download the printable or share it on Pinterest.

Just click on the image and save it to your computer.

(You may have to change your page settings to get them to the size you want)

It's such a simple way to make your kids feel like them getting something really special with out having to send a whole lot of money.

And what kid doesn't love bubbles?

None that I know.

It's a win,win.

I'll be adding these into the kids Vday bags along with the other things I've picked up.

They would also make a cute classmate gift if that happens in your school.

I don't think it happens in our but I'm sure J will let me know.

The finished product ready for handing out.

I hope you enjoy using these printables.
If you use them and are on instagram, tag your photos with #CGRprintables .
I'd love to see how they turned out.

Check back in next Monday where I'll be sharing another free printable involving glow sticks.

Thanks for reading.

Chocolate Rice Krispie Hearts : A Valentines Treat

With Valentines Day less than a month away (how did that happen?) I thought it was time for some easy Valentines inspired ideas on this little blog of mine.

I love a theme.

I love making Jasmins lunch go with whatever holiday we have coming up. 

And for me nothing says valentines more than chocolate and hearts.

All you nee to do is melt chocolate and add rice krispies. 

Freeze them in a cookie sheet or a flat dish.

I always put mine in the freezer but you could let them set on the counter too.

Get your cookie cutters and cut out the heart shapes.

I had a little problem here.

I didn't make mine chocolaty enough.

So they started to fall apart a little.

Tip: don't add too much cereal. Doh!

Next melt some white chocolate buttons and using a fork, drizzle the chocolate over the hearts.

Guess what?

You're done.

Now go show your kids and let them tell you how amazing you are for making this simple treat.

Feels great to get so much love for such a little thing.

If you're looking for another easy valentines recipe check out My Valentines cookies from last year.
They were delicious!

Paint it challenge

I was so excited when the girls decided to keep The dog days {of winter} are over link-up party going.

I really enjoyed the first run at this and couldn't wait to get stuck in with round 2.

I love this link-up. Not only have I fallen even more in love with ILYMTC but I have found some more amazing blog and the amazing women that write on them.

Now I was all set for getting the paint out and doing up the little guys room. I have the paint and I had an idea in my head but for whatever reason it didn't happen.

So, i'm going to show you a different paint project I did last week.

I have seen these lovely pin all over pinterest and I had a go myself this week.

I really hope that it doesn't classify as cheating.

I did paint something. Just on a much smaller scale.

I used a toothpick to freehand the heart. I think they look pretty good.

The colours I used are Angelica nail colour no.32 and Essence Nude Glam no. 5.

 And I know, this really isn't as good as some of the other paint it projects I've seen already but it the best I could do this week.

I'm linking up with AP over at ILYMTC today for both Hey, That's Pin-tastic and The dog days {of winter} are over.

Happy Monday loveies.

Valentines with the kiddos

Valentines day can be difficult when you have kids.

Babysitters, booking a restaurant, trying to fit it all in to a couple of hours.

It can make it a teeny bit stressful.

But I am certainly going to try make our Stay at home Valentines special for all of us.

To start things off the kiddos got a "Bag of love".

I filled it with a Teddy, sweets and other bits and pieces I had picked up for them.

What do you get for the man who says he has everything?

I made a "Tub of love".

I filled it up with all his favourite sweets and chocolates. Simple but he was happy.

I try and make the food extra dpecial on this day.

Valentines Day Menu

Breakfast

Pancakes 

 Fresh fruit

Topping of your choice

Whipped cream

Dinner

Steak with mash and mixed vegetables 

Fried onions

Garlic bread

Dessert

Chocolate fondue with strawberries, marshmallows and mini cupcakes

Meringue Mess

I'm looking forward to having a quite night at home with the ones I love. Don't get me wrong. I luurve a good date night but I'm kinda looking forward to not having to find a restaurant, babysitter and hold in my stomach all night. I might just throw on a little black number and do my hair. He's worth the effort.

When the kiddos are in bed we will settle down to watch a movie.

Coin toss gets to pick the DVD.

How will you be celebrating Valentines day?

Love to all.

{Recipe} Valentine Cookies : Hey, That's Pin-tastic

I'm linking up with AP over at ILYMTC for her amazing series Hey, That's Pin-tastic!

It's the week of love with Valentines day on Thursday and I decided to try out a love-tastic cookie recipe I found on Pinterest.

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I halved the recipe simply because I don't need the temptation of having that many cookies lying around the kitchen.

Recipe

1/2 lb butter

150g sugar

220g brown sugar

2 small eggs

1 tsp vanilla

385g flour

pinch salt

food colouring

chocolate chips

Mix butter and sugars together until well combined.

Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.

Add dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and mix well.

Add food colouring to the dough .

Mix until completely pink or the color you are trying to achieve.

Add chocolate chips.

Mix well so the chips are incorporated through the dough.

Make balls of dough and put on a cookie sheet.

Bake at 180c for 15 mins.

 Now they looked nothing like the picture I pinned so that was a fail on my side but they tasted fantastic.

Looking at the amount of cookies I got I'm really glad I halved the recipe.
If I was making them again, I'd probably cut them with a heart shaped cookie cutter the make them even more love-tastic.

Happy Monday!

Valentines entry table and wreath

Valentines is on the way and as usual I'm decorating for the occasion.

I don't go too mad for Valentines. Just a few bits here and there.

I'm linking up with AP over at ILYMTC for two amazing link-ups she has going at the moment.

The dog days {of winter} are over and  Hey, That's Pin-Tastic!

I had most of this stuff lying around the house.

I made the wreath the normal way. Only thing different is I wrapped it it bubble wrap first to make it fat. Then to make the flower I used heart shaped napkins to make the flower and pinned it on.

You can't have Valentines with out having roses.

If your looking for a Valentines printable you can find this one on my printables board on my Pinterest page.

I have loved the link-up series and finding new blogs to follow. I just need 10 more hours in the day to go read and check out all the amaze-balls projects that were featured.

Love in in the air people, Embrace it!!