valentine's party [girls' night]

I love, love, love Valentine's Day.

Have always. 

This year I decided to invite a few of my friends (all mommas too) over for a girls' night out!

We relaxed.

We ate.

We made goodie bags.

We laughed, talked and had some yummy drinks too!

FAVORS

I made truffles:

Cake Batter Truffles (white)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles (brown)

Oreo Truffles (pink)

I put two of each in a fun paper liner and

packaged in a candy box

I made Rice Krispy Heart Pops

(they were huge!)

And assembled each in a cello treat bag

with ribbon and a handmade tag

I put both the truffles and "pop" in a paper bag

(I already had a stack of these bags on hand)

and added handmade name tags to each



DECORATIONS

In addition to the decorations I already had up,

I added a couple more decorating touches...

like my red/white garland I sewed!

SWEETS

I made Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Cupcakes (ahh-mazing!)

A friend made the M&M Blondies (yum!)

I also made chocolate dipped pretzel rods

(I am SO making these again - easy and good!)

CRAFT

I made up a platter/small tins full of crafty things:

scrapbook paper

(cut in smaller pieces,

and some punched out circles)

scissors

stickers

ribbons

glue sticks

even some candy dots!

I had an assembly line of yummies

for everyone to make goodie bags

for their hubbies and kids!

Conversation Hearts

Goldfish

Valentine Chex Mix

Popcorn

Teddy Grahams

Gummy Bears

Chocolate dipped pretzel rods

after they assembled their goodie bags

they each had to make their own tag!!

I was SO impressed by all the creative tags!

(these are just a few of the several made that night)

In addition to the sweets...we had veggies, fruit, cheese/crackers, taco dip, chips/salsa/guacamole and popcorn!

We had a great night!  Thank you ladies for coming out and spending a quiet evening with me at my house!  Thank you too for bringing all that you did.  

I had a blast planning this party! 

I used serving platters, bowls, etc. that I had on hand.  Anything that I bought (other than food) was purchased at Michaels and the Dollar Tree. 

All of my ideas came from pinterest...I tried new recipes this time around. 

The truffles were interesting.  Cute and fun to make...but I couldn't get past the texture.  I'd rather eat a baked cookie than dough.  Blech!  Just my honest opinion.  If you love cookie dough (I know some of you do!) try the truffles.

My favorite of the night?  The raspberry cheesecake cupcakes...I'm starting to really love cheesecake.  Just.  Like.  My.  Hubby.

I think I miss him...

Happy heart Day (almost)!