Valentine Food

My hubby is a very good cook! He made homemade pizza. Isn't he talented!
I made Emeril's flourless chocolate cake. It has a pound of chocolate in it! I used an Orange flavour liqueur instead of Kahlua and orange extract instead of vanilla. I was out of parchment paper and I will definaltly use that next time to help take it out of the form. It was soo good and chocolaty!

Valentine's Early Surprise

I got a phone call this morning that the florist have a delivery for me. I called my husband and asked him if he knew about, and he said that he didn't. Well, of course I knew it was from him! I have the sweetest husband in the world! He sent me flowers and a card, just like when we were dating!

So romantic! I love him !
The heart shape flowers and the purple and pink tulips are one of my favorites!
Happy Valentine's Day!

My Valentine's Decorations

I designed and made this heart for my front door to decorate for Valentine's Day. I got a lot of compliments and I decided to make few more and open an Etsy shop. I hope I will be successful at this new adventure for me.

The heart features two different fabrics for the front and back. This side has cute little hearts. I used a vintage ribbon from Bulgaria.

This cute teddy bear is in my bedroom all year around. I love him, he is so cute! I got it for our first Valentine from my now husband, along with a basket of flowers. I grew up in Bulgaria, so I have seen people receiving flowers by courier only in the movies. I felt like I was in a movie. LOL :) So this teddy bear is very special to me!

This is on my coffee table in the living room. My mom crochet this doily and I sent this hugging bears souvenir to my husband for another Valentine. I love Valentine's Day! I would love to see how other people decorated.

I got an Award!

This is a blogging award that originated in Portugal and this is what it says about the blogs who are given this award.....
"This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are extremely charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly written text into the body of their award."

Oh my goodness! I can't believe I got an award! I feel so honored! Thank you to my dearest friend Millie over at "Millie's quilting". Be sure to check her blog as she is always working on creative and inspiring projects!

Now is my turn to nominate other 8 bloggers with this award:

• Barb at Oceanwavesquilts.typepad.com
  
• Kathy at Quiltldy.blogspot.com
  
• Julie at Julie1960-quiltsfromdownunder.blogspot.com
  
• Mary at Quilthollow.blogspot.com
  
• Kathy at Humblequilter.blogspot.com
  
• Jackie at Jackiecastson.blogspot.com
  
• Veronica at Ratherbequilting-veronica.blogspot.com
  
• Teresa at Stitchinfriends.blogspot.com

I like what this award stands for: friendships made over the internet! I like reading about different customs all over the world and finding out that we are all the same people deep inside no matter where we live.

Super Bowl Quilting, Glow in the Dark, Free Motion Quilting and Food

During the Super Bowl I worked on the binding of my table runner. I am very happy the way it turn out. I used a Glow in the Dark thread for the quilting. You can see it really glows! I tried taking pictures in the dark of my quilt, but it has to be very dark and it's not working, but it glows!


This was my first time using the darning foot on my Janome and doing stippling. It was fun, but I need more practice! I quilted squares in the four patches and in the middle and did the stippling on the white triangles and that was a challenge.



I made the best Buffalo wings using Alton's Brown recipe. You can get it here. First you steam the wings for 10 min and then refrigerate for an hour, then bake 20 min each side on a rack. Toss with the sauce of your choice! Delicious!

I made Double Bake Potatoes that were great with the wings! :)

Happy Sewing!