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Tell Me My Future…

DIY Valentine Fortune Cookies 4If you finished that sentence with anything other than “you will win the $500 million Powerball” you are not my friend.  But if you did finish it with something other than that, you could have been a fortune teller. Clearly I did not win the $500 Powerball. Why is that clear you might ask? Because I’m here, blogging. Don’t get me wrong, if I won the lottery, I would still blog. But I might take a few days off for celebratory purposes. That, and my blog would change to something along the lines of, “What I am doing with my $500 Powerball winnings.”Fortune Cookie SuppliesSo if you’re as good of a fortune teller as I am, then this Valentine’s treat is right up your alley. I saw these a long time ago on Pinterest (I would give credit to the original, if I knew who the original was). They are super easy, and really appreciated by the receiver. In my book that’s a win/win.Valentine Fortune Cookies DIY 3You’ll just need felt, pipe cleaners, and these printed fortunes. Use about 3″ circles, cut a pipe cleaner to hot glue along the middle. Fold the circle in half, and hot glue along the top (do not enclose the whole half circle, you’ll need an opening for candy and fortunes. Once it’s dry, fold the pipe cleaner in half, and you’ll have a fortune cookie shape! I used Valentine candy corn to fill, and put my fortunes inside.Valentine Fortune Cookies 2Now that I’ve made all my Valentine’s, I’ll keep a look out for all of yours in my mailbox. And don’t worry, if they’re too big for the mailbox, I will be home to accept the large packages.

Comments

  1. I didn’t win the lottery either but was hoping you did. Oh well better luck next time.

    • If I don’t win, I hope you do. Then I can share the wealth. Thank God you only had one child. I wouldn’t want to share.

  4. Oh my god. These are soooo flipping cute. I love them! Also, I’m so relieved to hear you like candy corn. It’s quite the controversial topic!

    • Thank you so much!! Can you tell I really tried to step up my photo game?!!? And yes, it is definitely a controversial topic. Hopefully all my coworkers like it tomorrow!

        • Hahaha I am always trying to make them better – I notice that the successful blogs have the most amazing photos, and I always wonder if they have a professional photographer at their house! I started by making a Pinterest board of good photos that were in the similar genre as my blog, and then just started implementing their ideas into my photos. Like the ‘details’ around the actual prop was a big one. Also, it sucks because we do NOT have good lighting in my house at all, and that’s the first step to having great photos. If you do, or can, take them by a window or door, in the middle of the day. 🙂

          • Hmmm… what a clever person you are. Between your post and another one I read about photos I think I need to start working on mine. Do you use a camera? Or your iphone/ipad?

          • I actually use my iPhone! I have a really great camera too, but it just is so much work to get it out and get things going, that I always opt for the phone. Really, the quality is just as great, for me it’s all about the editing. Use Picmonkey.com to add text and designs, it’s definitely a great first step (and I still use it on every photo).

          • Is that how you put your text on your images? I’m sorry to pester you with a MILLION questions!! Your presentation is so good and I really appreciate learning how you do it.

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