Valentines 2025

We added the rest of the Scandinavian heart baskets we got at the Swedish American Museum sidewalk sales to the garland, so it was even more crowded than last year! Since the stars are still hanging in the windows, last year’s solution of what to do with all the paper hearts wouldn’t work.  I waited for inspiration for a while and finally it came one morning when I noticed how bare the pinecone branches that were still on the yellow chest were looking.

We had some Kit Kat candy bars left over from making tomte gingerbread houses, so I decided to give those as my treats, although there weren’t enough so I had to buy another bag whih turned out to hold smaller bars. I found a vintage cat card to go with them, and I used glue dots to assemble everything (one or two bars depending on the size)

If the recipients actually hang up all the ornaments I’ve given them, this year, they’re going to have to add their own thread or ribbon hangers!