{January Joy - 22nd Jan}

Today's #JanuaryJoy prompt from Florence Finds is to 'make something crafty'.

I'm always pinning amazing craft ideas and have great intentions of actually making stuff, but life kinda gets in the way and I always have other things that take priority on my to-do-list.

My current project is Valentine's Day favours for my kids to give their nursery friends.

I'm copying this idea:

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I've designed a tag to seal the bags on my computer and have personalised it with a message from my kids. I purchased the cute milk & cookies clipart from Etsy and I also bought the most adorable paper heart straws from Pipii.

Tag, designed by me :-)

Red Heart Straw from Pipii

I was going to bake heart shaped cookies, but this is very much time dependant and I'm not sure I have any! So I might just buy little snack packs of Oreos or other similar cookie.

Does that count as crafting? I hope so! 

The favours look like I've gone to a lot of effort, when they're actually really simple. I shared my Snowman Kisses tag as a printable before Christmas and if I have time I will share this one also. Watch this space!

You can find other Valentine's Day ideas in my previous posts here and here.

{35 at 35: Thoughtful for Friend, check!!}

One of my friends has been going through a really tough time lately. She doesn't live in Glasgow unfortunately, so I don't get to see her as often as I'd like to.

I sent her a box of brownies from Brownie Boo with a little message telling her to stick the kettle on, put her feet up and take a break for a little me-time.

It was these Smartie Glitter brownies that I picked - don't they look yum!

I got a message when they arrived to say 'thank you so much for the GORGEOUS brownies that you sent me, they are really yummy!'. I'm just pleased that they brought a smile to her face and I wanted her to know that even though I'm not there with her, I'm thinking of her. Hugs xx

This was part of my 35 at 35 list (number 3 to be precise!), but to be honest, it was an easy one to tick off my list as I am a really thoughtful person (*toot toot* - blowing my own trumpet!). I sent my sister sweets in the post last year from Send Happiness, and I sent my friend a cake when her baby daughter was born. (Not all my thoughtful gifts are food related, but I do have a very sweet tooth!!). I'm sure there will be many more thoughtful things to come in the next 5 years...