I made Valentines Day Cards and they are for sale at MADE. Stop by there and shop!

What’s better then home cooking? Home cooked baked goods – that’s what!  This week I am sharing the brownies I made for Valentine’s Day and decorated with powdered sugar. What made these extra special? I used my Cricut and the Valentines Day Cartridge: Love Struck to cut out paper “candy hearts” designs. I laid those paper cut outs on top of the brownies and used a flour sifter to coat with powdered sugar. Results? Love, kisses and a smiles all around.

Step 1: Mix up Brownie Recipe. For my homemade brownies click here: Valentines Brownies

Step 2: Pour the mix into a 5 inch pan.

Step 3: Take out of the oven, allow to cool, place paper cut outs on top

Step 4: Fill a hand squeeze flour sifter with powdered sugar and coat the top of the brownie. Remove paper hearts.

Step Five: Enjoy!

Happy Crafting and Happy Eating – Yum! xoxo Lovely Lula

Who doesn’t love a Marc Jacobs bag? This delicious Love Story Big Heart Satchel causes some serious envy but at $1895 the love is more of a longing. So how about wearing the style without paying the price? After a trip to a couple local craft stores you can whip one up yourself.

Learn how to make an Inspired Style – Marc Jacobs Knock Off from my piece over at Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch Blog: Inspired Style: A Marc Jacobs Knock-Off

Happy Valentines day! I made this fun book out of manila file dividers, scrapbook paper and my Your Story machine. For the decorative skull on front I used my Cuttlebug and the Beware die and embossing folder combo on clear plastic. All of the pages were tucked in and bound on my Your Story machine.

Happy crafting xoxo

This Valentines Day I am all about comfort foods – read my The Thrifty Cook post over at the Phoenix New Times Chow Bella Blog and part of a three way show down: Valentine’s Day Showdown: Comfort Food from the Thrifty Cook

My three thrifty options are great because they make more then you need for one meal and you can freeze portions to serve up at a later date. Well, the mac and cheese and meatloaf anyway, the brownies may not last.

Baked Mac and Cheese

Apple Crusted Meatloaf

Bite Size Brownies

Valentines Day fashion can be a lot of  fun, especially when made for the wee ones. I made this onesie for the smallest one. I used the Sweet Treats cartridge and my Cricut to cut out the super cute cupcake on black construction paper and I hand cut the LOVE letters also out of black construction paper used that to burn a YUDU screen. Then I print the onesie with brown ink and red ink using my YUDU which I so heart – super yum! Readers: you can also buy my screen-printed tees and onesies at MADE and a.ware

Happy crafting xoxo Lovely Lula

It is closing in on the month of love so I am going to share a series of Valentine’s related posts. I made this necklace to celebrate the season. It is made using Sculpey and Cuttlebug embossing folders and hot pink craft wire.

Click here for the tutorial: Heart Necklace How To

Happy month of love – xoxo  Lovely Lula