VINTAGE VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY

The Vintage Valentine's Day party my girlfriend, Sandra, threw was just as lovely as I thought it would be.

The table was set so beautiful with pale pink and touches of red, white lace tablecloth and napkins and vintage hankies.

I loved the centerpiece which was very simple and easy to do but yet oh so breath taking.

Fresh red roses were put first into a vase of water and then into a box covered with a romantic print. Vintage Valentine hankies were then placed in the box, around the vase to add a sweet touch of days gone by.

Pink and white swirl plates were used and topped with a darling chocolate bar that had a sweet vintage Valentine wrapper. The napkins were wrapped with pale pink ribbon that held a pink heart. Vintage inspired pink glasses were also used.

The little white lace top boxes were placed on top of darling note pads with a cute a vintage cover. Just another little token of the party every one got to take home.

There were several touches to the party that I just adored and the chocolate bars were one of them. I fell in love with the wrappers.

She found these at TJ Maxx, of all places.

Sandra always decorates her fireplace mantel for every party she has and this was no exception. Just perfect!

Vintage inspired signs, plates and other decorations tied in the theme of her party.

We all got to make some great Vintage looking cards and a heart shaped box. As always, Sandra put out a big spread of papers, ribbons, charms and so on for everyone to use.

I loved all the items we made but, this box was just to cute for words. She even supplied chocolates to put inside so we could give them as a little gift to our loved ones or even keep them and treasure each year.

There was enough food to feed an army. You know how hungry you get after crafting for hours!

The desserts were way to tempting for me to stay away from. There was homemade lemon bunt cake, homemade cookies, mini cheesecakes of different flavors and tons of other sugar/butter filled goodies.

But, the item I swooned over was the homemade coconut cheese cake. OMG! It was wonderful!

Years ago, Sandra, got a monkey from Build a Bear and she dresses her up for every party she has.

Check out this cute outfit. This little monkey has become Sandra's party mascot.

A big thrill this year was this darling little puppy, Bella, who entertained us with her sweet personality.

One of Sandra's good friends just got her a few earlier and didn't want to leave her home. I was thrilled to be able to play and hold her.

She was such a good girl.

So there you have it. Another fun and pretty party. We had a lot of fun, laughs and good memories were made.

My ghost hunting got canceled due to another heavy storm with thunder and lighting. While it sounds like it would be a fun time to go, the truth is a lot of sounds and sights would really be coming from the storm and would be hard to tell what was from the weather and what was from the Paranormal. So, we will reschedule.

I'm off to another party today. A Superbowl Party. I'm sure many of you will be doing the same thing.

I THINK I'LL BE HAVING FUN ON FRIDAY

On Friday, I will be having a full fun filled day. First I'm going to be going to my girlfriends annual Girls Valentine's Day party.

Each year she picks a different theme and we all get together to chat, eat lunch, do crafts and we even have a gift exchange.


I love the theme she is having this year. It's a Vintage Valentine's Day theme.

She made this cute invitation and I knew as soon as I saw it we were going to have a fun day.

Our gift exchange is going to be a Vintage Apron. Well, they don't have to be a real vintage apron but just the style of the vintage aprons. How fun will that be!

I told her I would help her out any way I could and she took me up on that. She asked me to put together the little boxes she wants at each place setting on the table.

Aren't these cute! Guess where she found them? At Big Lots! They are Martha Stewart brand and she picked them up months ago knowing she would one day use them. I adore the sweet lace look to them.

So, I put them all together, filled them with a pink lace doily and then packed them full of cinnamon red heart shaped candy. I love those candies and could have eaten the whole bag myself.

In fact, they were tempting me so badly I had to open them up and put these together a few days sooner then I had planned. I knew if they were all put together I would not open them up to eat them.

She also asked to use my lace table clothes and napkins. So I ironed them and put the flatware inside the napkins and tied on pink hearts with pink ribbons as the napkin rings.

She had a lot of wonderful Vintage Valentine's Day Hankies that is going to use to decorate with. Since I knew I was going to be having the iron out for the table cloths and napkins, I offered to iron them too.

I collect vintage hankies so I really loved seeing all these laid out together. They are so pretty.

Then I walked around to the other side of the ironing board to unplug the iron and I noticed how pretty they would all be if turned into an ironing board cover. Very cute, don't you think?

I don't know what the whole party will look like once it's all put together but with the little parts I've seen I know it's going to be a hit.

I'll be sure to post photos of the whole party on Sat or Sun.

After the fun party I'm going to head out to do a Paranormal Investigation with my group. I'm looking forward to that.

They say it's going to rain so I hope that it isn't a down pour that causes to much noise in the church we are going to.

I'll post about that on Sat or Sun also.