Did I tell you I love tags?

Remember this post? I forgot to show you the tags I have around my house.

Here's in my pantry:





Onion and potato storage:





And bathroom organization:

Conversation Heart Cookies

As for almost any holiday, Valentines day being no different, I made cookies for my co-workers. These ones were going to be awesome. I found a recipe on line at marthastewart.com for wonderful Conversation Heart Cookies. You need to plan these cookie out... so start today. The dough needs to be refrigerated for at least 1 hour, and the frosting needs to set overnight, before you can write on them. Martha uses gel food coloring to stamp her message on the cookies, I used edible ink markers (I think this is a lot easier for kids). You'll also notice that for my Royal Icing I decided to pipe a bead of contrasting icing around the edge of my cookies (you do this right away and let it dry), 1 for a little color fun and 2 to keep the thinned down icing from running off the sides of the cookie. If you've never worked with royal icing, it takes a few tries to get used to it. The amount of water you add can make or break it. I kept it really thick to do the edge piping and thinned it down to flood the cookie. I wrapped them individually and put them all in a nice basket with a tag (of course!) I hope you make this cookie for your loved ones, and add a special/meaningful message.

Most favorite thing to do

When I make cookies/treats for work, I must make a tag for it. For me it is like making a scrapbook page just for that one day, it will only be seen for a few hours but it makes the presentation more special. I approach the whole process as if I were making a scrapbook page. I decide on a theme and match the paper to the treat I am bringing. It is so fun to go through all of the scrapbooking/altered art items that i've collected for years and find the EXACT thing that would make the tag. I've made so many of these tags that I ended up making a album of just the tags (making sure I take a photo of the ones I give away). My Co-workers make fun, but I know they would not expect anything less coming from me.

My poor husband has been teased for my tag making. At an old job it was the birthday persons job to bring in treats for their own party.... you see where this is going. He bought mini-cupcakes and it just did not look right keeping them in the plastic carton that they come home from the store in. I took them out of the carton, placed them in a nice basket, and make a wonderful tag (poor husband). But it is just those extra touches that make it more special.



Monkey Bread. For a Co-workers birthday I made her Monkey Bread, and this tag.




Easter Tags. I made these tags for my nieces, and attached them to the Easter baskets we gave them.



Shamrock cookies. For St. Patrick's day I made GIANT shamrock cookies for my Co-workers.