Pink Tea Society: February & Cupid's Float Recipe

Lucy and I had a great time at a tea party our friends hosted in February. Each of us brought a snack or treat to share, and all the littles had a blast dancing, playing, and enjoying all the yummy treats.

Lucy and I brought ingredients to make our own version of Cupid Floats, as well as giant strawberry and vanilla marshmallows with food decorating markers for the kids to decorate and draw with.

Everyone looked great in their tea-time clothes and we can't wait for the next party!

Lucy enjoying her pizza.

Baby C taking her beauty nap.

I used a small cookie scooper to make mini-sized ice cream scoops for the floats. 

Cupid's Float

Ingredients:
- Vanilla Ice Cream (Bryers)
- Pink/red soda (IBC black cherry)
- Maraschino cherries
- Whipped cream (Cool Whip)

Yum!

Dancing, dancing, everywhere. 

I love the cut lace pattern on the tea saucers!

Valentine Breakfast: Overnight French Toast Bake

This dish was amazing! I loved it. It is perfect for any holiday for breakfast, brunch, or dinner. There are also lots of variations you can make just by adding extra ingredients in between the two layers of Texas toast. I would love to try it again with sliced pears or peaches in between.

We topped ours with fresh sliced strawberries and whipped cream. Yum!

Overnight French Toast Bake
Original recipe found here.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup melted butter (1 stick)

1 cup brown sugar

1 loaf Texas toast
4 eggs

1 1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Melt butter in microwave & add brown sugar. Stir till mixed.
2. Pour butter/sugar mix into bottom of 9 x 13 pan and spread evenly.
3. Beat eggs, milk, & vanilla together in seperate bowl.
4. Lay single layer of Texas Toast in pan on top of sauce.
5. Spoon 1/2 of egg mixture on bread layer.
6. Add second layer of Texas Toast.
7. Spoon on remaining egg mixture on top of bread.
8. Cover & chill in fridge overnight.
9. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes (covered for the first 30 minutes)
10. Serve warm, and flip the piece upside down on your plate to get all of the gooey sauce goodness

11. Top with your favorite fruits, whipped cream, or powdered sugar.

Lucy digging in!

We also visited one of our favorite local florists and enjoyed a walk around the green house.

Valentines: Felt Hair Clips and Bracelet

Lucy and I had a lot of fun making these fun Valentine accessories together. I found the inspiration here and bought my supplies at our local Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

This project was also one of our February Advent Calender activities.

Felt Heart Bracelet

Materials:

Felt bracelet 

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Felt hearts

Arrange them how you want, then hot glue them on!

So stylin'!

Heart Clip

Materials:
Stiff felt glitter heart
Hair clip
Scissors
Red and white felt
Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Snip small hole for hair clip to slide through.

Slip clip through and set aside for later.

Cut a small square of white to make lace trim around heart. Use scissors to create bumps all the way around the heart.

Use hot glue to glue white backing onto glitter heart.

Get clip with the plain heart back and glue felt hearts together using glue gun. 

Rose clip

Materials:

Hair clip

Felt rose

Green felt

Scissors

Hot glue gun and glue

Popsicle stick for pressing felt into crevices of clip while gluing 

Start by cutting a strip of green felt that matches the width and length of the entire clip. Glue it to the starting spot and slowly hot glue it to the clip a little at a time so that the glue will be smooth and won't cool too soon for you to press the felt into it.

Use the popsicle stick to press the felt into the hot glue in the tight corners and trim any extra felt off with scissors.

Clip should be entirely covered with green felt and able to open and close. Now hot glue the felt rose onto the clip and you are done!