Bright colourful corners are so welcome in my house right now and for the past week I’ve walked past this table and it’s cheered me up no end. Not only can I smell the candy and the sweets wafting up but it’s so cheery that I cant help but be cheered by it.

Creating a table or a display like this one is great if you have a birthday, a wedding or an event in this month that you want to make a bit special. The Favor Bags from the other day are quick to make and so is the rest of the table.

We created the tree by using branches of Hazel and a variety of Pussy Willow. It was placed in to a rather appropriate red polka dot pitcher and the branches were stuck in to a piece of oasis at the bottom.

We sewed together some very simple stuffed felt hearts to dangle from the trees. These types of hearts are very lightweight and hang from the tree without pulling the branches down. This type of decoration are also great for Christmas trees.

Let’s move on to the candy!

I found some great retro style lollipops in a shop nearby and knew they’d be right for my table. They were popped in to a hobnail milk glass vase to lighten the table up a touch.

I used my old trick of placing a liqueur glass on to an upended espresso bowl and filled it with chocolate filled hearts. This idea would make great individual table settings if you were hosting a supper. Add a name tag and you’re all set.

Another way of presenting sweets and chocolates is to almost fill a glass or dish with shredded tissue paper and place bon-bon’s on top of the paper so that they appear as if they’re spilling out over the top.

More sweeties hanging from the hazel branches. I remember these well from being a kid. I’d make my sweetie necklace last for days as I liked to accessorize from an early age.

Another rather cute idea is to use bud vases for smaller lollipops. Just remember to add some oasis/florists foam to the bottom of the vase if you’re having trouble making them stand up straight.

And here we have the first of my gifts to you today. I’ve designed four Valentine’s Gift tags and you can download them for free.

This is the first one. A simple message.

A very sweet tag to tie to a gift.

A boy tag. I believe they print out a little bluer than the picture is allowing you to see.

A simple tag.

These four tags can be printed out as many times as you like on to white card. I used various pairs of scissors to create the edges but you can just as easily use regular scissors.

Click the picture of the tags and this will take you to the .pdf download for them.

Have a rockin’ weekend love bugs. Get up to lots of mischief, glug glasses of Prosecco and eat all the soft cheese, seafood and carpaccio you like. And then I’ll live vicariously through you all!

Love, Cx
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