Valentine Vending During the Polar Vortex

Brrr...The Polar Vortex is here -- and last night's Valentine Vending event kept the chill away with some Snowman Soup (hot cocoa) and candy jars and lots of handmade cards. Also made some butterfly candies - Smarties glue dotted (is that a real word?) onto butterfly diecuts -- in the birdcage. Oh and M&Ms sticks, of course. 

My favorite project was not for sale: the painted mason jars with flowers. I painted those mason jars with chalk cream paint. I had won the jars at a Women's Club event. They were sprayed with red gloss spray paint and tied with that gorgeous gingham ribbon. With some dollar store roses, it was the perfect backdrop with some wood crates from Christmas Tree shop. I don't know what is more fun -- vending or making the table display!

Hot Cocoa Mason Jars

I recently made some Hot Cocoa Mason Jars for friends and family. There are so many recipes online, but I used powdered sugar, real cocoa, powdered milk (which was hard to find) and some salt and powered creamer. I also used a free printable with the ingredients, which I found online. 

I decorated the mason jars with twine, burlap and denim flowers that were made with my Big Shot, and Chalk Paper Cardstock for the tops:

Also, the flavors coordinated with the flower colors: 

• Orange and blue for plain marshmallow and chocolate chips; 
• Green for Mint (the good stuff, crushed Andes Creme De Menthe baking chips); 
• Pink for Peppermint marshmallows).

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