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Chocolate Strawberry Hearts

January 28, 2014 By Shannah Coe 13 Comments

Turn strawberries and chocolate into the ultimate Valentine’s Day dessert and make some Chocolate Strawberry Hearts at home this year!

Chocolate covered strawberries are my absolute favorite treat. I love getting them for Valentine’s Day because they are my special treat for the holiday. Every year, we order chocolate covered strawberries from the candy store. It is super expensive and, although they are so delicious, I decided to try something different this year and create some Chocolate Strawberry Hearts.

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Valentine’s Day Button Art

January 14, 2014 By Shannah Coe 10 Comments

Yesteday I shared my Valentine’s Day burlap pennant banner and I was all boo hoo in that post about how long it took to put together because I kept running out of the right sized buttons. Perhaps you were wondering why I was running out of buttons? Or perhaps I am the only one that thinks like that 😉 Well, I had made some Valentine’s Day button art as a quick project earlier and that was where all the right sized buttons went!…

Valentine’s Day Stenciled Burlap Pennant Banner

January 13, 2014 By Shannah Coe 28 Comments

We’re not crazy Valentine’s decorators around here. After all of the Christmas decorating and un-decorating, I am just a little too lazy to really do much so I tend to leave a lot of the winter decorations that I used as part of Christmas up in the house. I do pump a little bit of pink and red here and there though like this Valentine’s Day burlap pennant banner I made over the weekend.…

More Boozy Baking: Strawberry Prosecco Cake Pops

May 7, 2013 By Shannah 14 Comments

We are taking boozy baking into the cake pop realm. Strawberry cake mixed with prosecco buttercream frosting makes the perfect cake pop idea!

Ok, this is the last boozy baking post for awhile. I hope you’ve enjoyed this {unintentional} series that started with Orange Riesling Whoopie Pies. For this post, we’re going to use the recipe for strawberry prosecco cupcakes to make these delicious Strawberry Prosecco Cake Pops.

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Boozy Baking: Red Wine Cupcakes with Wine Cream Cheese Frosting

May 1, 2013 By Shannah 15 Comments

The boozy baking continues here at Just Us Four. I couldn’t just stop with the whoopie pies so I decided to try out some cupcakes too. After all, cupcakes are where my love of boozy baking originated.

After a few {dozen} texts with Liz, I settled on trying red velvet cupcakes first. She was very supportive and assured me that I couldn’t really mess this up. I mean…I was using wine and nothing is bad with wine 😉

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Boozy Baking: Strawberry Prosecco Cupcakes

April 24, 2013 By Shannah 23 Comments

By now, I am sure you guys are all thinking that I am some kind of super wine-o with all of the boozy baking going on around here! I mean, we’ve had boozy whoopie pies and now I am bringing you a new cupcake with wine!

These cupcakes are different though…it is sparkling wine after all 🙂

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Love Wins

February 12, 2013 By Shannah 5 Comments

This week is all about quick and easy Valentine’s projects. That’s what happens when you birthday falls the week before Valentine’s Day and you decide to take the entire week off…you cram almost all of the Valentine’s Day stuff into one week. Last year, I said I was going to get them all done and posted before my week off. You see how that went! 😉

Anyhoo…do you read Momastery? If not, you should…like right now. Click over there and start reading. You can come back here when you’re done…I’ll wait.

Ok, welcome back. Did you notice anything over there? How about an awesome saying: “Love Wins”? I love it…don’t you?

When I was trying to decide what to put on my little display plate for Valentine’s Day, that phrase immediately popped into my head. In fact, I love it so much that I might find a different color plate so I can keep it out all year round. For now, let’s stick to the Valentine’s Day one though…

Now, as promised, this is super fast and simple to make.

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Can You Feel the LOVE?

February 11, 2013 By Shannah 4 Comments

We have an area in our foyer where 5 framed pictures usually live. For Christmas, I change these out for holiday themed words or pictures. This year, I decided change them up for another holiday prior to putting the usual frames back in their place.

It is the simplest little thing to make. The hardest part was/is getting those darn frames to hang straight.

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{Guest Post} Valentine’s Day Pancakes from Ang at Juggling Act Mama

February 4, 2013 By Shannah 1 Comment

Welcome to the birthday extravaganza!

Each year, I like to take my birthday week off to relax and enjoy some down time. In place of reading stuff from me each day, I feature a bunch of awesome bloggers and their projects/recipes!

Today, opening up our week of awesomeness, is Ang from Juggling Act Mama! She is sharing some delicious looking pancakes that are perfect for the upcoming holiday!
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Hi, I’m Ang (as in, short for Angela). I’m a mother, wife, daughter, sister, auntie, and friend, attempting to do it all – because, well, I want to (and I’m a bit of a nut!). I’m also a writer, crafter, scrapbooker, amateur photographer and Pinterest addict. Long before Pinterest, I developed addictions to books, snapping memories of my kids, and chocolate desserts… or chocolate anything…or…ok, just sweets in general – don’t judge me! I love being creative.

I’m married to my best friend and high school love (we’ve been together for more than half my life now, and married for 8 years). He’s a very supportive albeit, handsome dorky guy – (though I can’t complain since I have live-in tech support!) He can also make me crazy, and I’m not talking about the good crazy: I’m a multi-tasker that swears by lists; he’s a realist that detests them.

We have two beautiful children – ok, I’m biased, but who isn’t when it comes to their kids, right? Our sweet, silly, smart son, Ethan, is four, and our darling, dimpled, diva daughter Olivia (Livi) is one.

I am the proud owner of an Etsy shop called AngelFlowers, where I sell some of my handmade hair accessories. Oh, and I also work full time at an awesome start-up, as an office manager, (this company has the potential to rock peoples worlds, in ways no one has imagined before). So maybe I have my hands a little full… but don’t we all?

I’m excited to be here to share with you a special way to say I love you to everyone in your family this Valentine’s Day with a ‘heart-felt’ pancake breakfast. (So corny, but I couldn’t help myself!) These pink and white pancakes are so easy to make, so here’s how to do it.

Start with your favorite pancake mix. I love these Fluffy Pancakes, which are light and delicious, and perfect for cutting shapes out of them.

Simply mix up your batter, then divide it into two bowls. In one bowl, add red food coloring to get the color pink or red you want.

Next, fry your pancakes just as you normally would, taking care to make an equal number of regular and colored pancakes.

Carefully cut the heart-shapes out of the pancakes using a cookie cutter. Next, remove the heart cut outs and put the white one into the colored pancake, and the colored one into the white pancake.

For an extra special treat, sprinkle in some mini chocolate chips, fresh raspberries, or serve these with a quick Strawberry Sauce.

These pancakes are sure to put a smile on your valentine’s face!

I hope you’ll come visit me for more creative recipes and fun activities to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

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Thanks so much for sharing this great idea Ang!

Be sure to go visit Ang over on her blog, Juggling Act Mama!

“I Dig You” Valentines for Kids

January 28, 2013 By Shannah 8 Comments

When I was a kid, exchanging Valentines with my friends was such a highlight of my school day. H is getting pretty exciting about the party at her class so we decided to start working on the Valentines for her class.

I wanted to do something that could also be used for E’s class to so it couldn’t be too girly. I decided on little shovel Valentines.
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