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Hypothetical Valentine Making Party
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Those people with their sayings about, “Two kids aren’t just twice as much work…” were right.
My days zip by in a flurry of wiping, tucking and snuggling. My computer time is limited to client-work and some of the parties I want to have are thwarted. So if I had thrown this party, it would have been rad. You would have been invited. You would have brought your favorite scissors.
My sister and I have thrown Valentine’s making parties for years. We just throw all the fun craft stuff we have on a table with tools and let the ladies go. I say ladies because men haven’t historically been interested in this event. (That gets me thinking about the awesomeness of an All-Boys Valentine-Making Party. Anyway.)
So this year, were I to host a Valentine’s making party, I would have sent invitations in the mail the last week of January. They would have some vintage lady style thing on them that would be fun for the recipient to magnet to their fridge. Like this one I made in 2002 for a lady crafting party:
About three days before the party, I would make sugar cookies
Sugar Cookies
- 1 pound of butter, room temperature
- 2 cups of sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- 6 cup flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
Cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add the eggs and vanilla and incorporate. Add the flour baking soda and salt and stir just until mixed.
Divide dough into four chunks, cover with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Pace while you wait.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll and cut out your heart cookies, put on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes.
When they’re cooled, decorate!
The morning of the party, I would make crustless cucumber dill sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches and the Barefoot Contessa’s Cheddar Chutney sandwiches. I’d make a homemade pink lemonade and put it in the fridge to chill.
We’d pull out all the crafting stuffs on the table — really messy like, so no one feels bad about using the good stuff. (What is that about, anyway?)
Of course we’d serve Rosé.
We’d glue and cut and laugh and laugh.
We’d get rubber cement on our face.
We’d try something new because it is safe here. (It’s just Valentine making after all.)
When we were done, we’d have some special cards to share with the people we love.
Happy Hypothetical Valentine Making Party!