Galentine's Party with the Craft Group

I know I am a little late posting 

this, but I wanted to get it done 

before the pictures got lost in my 

busy life.

Our Craft Group had a Galentine's 

party this year.  We started with this 

fabulous charcuterie heart box 

made by our hostess Laura.  

The beautiful boxes were all laid out 

on a side table.  We took them into the 

living room and munched and talked.

I have to admit by the time we finished 

our boxes, we were stuffed and we 

still had dinner!

You can see there is a full meal 

in the heart shaped box consisting 

of cheeses, crackers, fruit salsa, 

a chopped salad, a petit four, 

nuts and a chocolate. 

Because we were too full to eat 

anything more, we moved on to 

our Favorite Things baskets.  Some 

contained books, and some Valentine's 

things, and some had date items.  

They were all beautifully done.  

The table was set with 

a Valentine's theme with

chocolates on each plate and 

fresh flowers in the center.

Our lovely hostess, Laura, had 

prepared a gift bag for each of us.

Earlier she had asked us for the 

name of a boy we liked in 

grade school.  Inside our gift bags 

were hand written notes from our 

crushes!  What a fun idea.  Mine said, 

"Jackie I like you.  Meet me at recess!" 

What a clever and fun idea.  She also 

wrote a Valentine to each of us from 

herself, a beautiful note to keep telling 

us what she admired about us.  

There was also a pretty hanky, 

candy and treats.  It felt very 

special.

Ribbons were hanging from the 

chandelier and six pots of 

fresh flowers were lined up 

down the table. 

We each got a See's Chocolates 

Heart Shaped Truffle.  I just 

loved that ruffled white plate.

A second theme of strawberries 

was featured and Amy made 

these beautiful strawberry shaped 

macarons.

Here is our lovely hostess Laura.

She is holding the chocolate 

dipped strawberries I made 

for the party.  Our husbands 

call us the "Overachievers", 

so I knew the strawberries had 

to be special.  Some were painted 

gold and some were covered in 

pink sparkle. 

Even though we didn't do a craft, 

(seems to be the way this group 

is going), we had a wonderful 

time and still didn't get home 

until 11:00!! 

So fun to share food and fun with 

fabulous friends.  

 I will be posting this with 

Tablescapes Thursday