Love from heckerty

Day 8 – You Have My Heart

You Have My Heart – A Banner for Your Military Loved One

Valentine’s Day can be really tough when someone you love is serving overseas, or on a base somewhere in the country. So Zanzibar and I decided to make a special banner with a yellow/gold heart to symbolize our missing loved ones. It’s easy to make – and we hope you like it!

What you need:

  • construction paper in shades of pink
  • scissors
  • heart templates (we used cookie cutters)
  • ribbon
  • hole punch

You Have My Heart

Construction paper hearts and ribbon.

  • Carefully cut out hearts.
  • We used gold construction paper for the big heart and shades of pink and silver construction paper for the smaller hearts.
  • Then we punched holes in the sides of the hearts and strung the ribbon through.

You Have My Heart

Simple, pretty and meaningful!

The big gold heart in the middle really stands out – and you can add someone’s name, or Mom, or Dad – whatever works for you!

And that’s all there is to it!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Day 7 – Pink Heart-Shaped Cake

Delivered to Persnickerty by her admirer Skeet, the snail mail man!

Persnickerty_Skeet

Pink, heart-shaped cake

This looks – and tastes – fantastic! And it’s so simple, even I, Heckerty, could make it! So I did. And here’s what you do.

What you need:

  • Pink cake mix
  • Vegetable Oil
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 heart-shaped cake tins

Pink, heart-shaped cake

Oil, cake mix and measuring cups.

Pink, heart-shaped cake

Heart-shaped baking tins.

Pink, heart-shaped cake

Mix according to directions on the packet.


  • Make pink cake according to directions.
  • Pour mix into two well greased and floured heart shaped baking tins.
  • Bake for 35 mins at 350

Pink, heart-shaped cake

Greased and floured pan.

Pink, heart-shaped cake

Pour mix in and bake.

Pink, heart-shaped cake

Turns out really well!

  • Put pans on rack to cool and when cool, turn out cake to cool further.
  • Take whipping cream or instant cream in a spray can and cover the top of one cake.

Pink, heart-shaped cake

Cream and strawberries!

  • Place the second cake on top and cover that with whipping cream too.
  • Decorate with sliced strawberries and some red sprinkle sugar.
  • Chill in fridge so cream firms a little.

 

 

Pink, heart-shaped cake

Pink, heart-shaped cake smothered in strawberries, cream and pink sugar!!!

Eat and enjoy!