Happy Cupcake Day (or, coffee simbiosis)

I have a very simbiotic relationship with my neighborhood cafe/restaurant. I keep their enormous bowl shaped planters filled with herbs and flowers, and in return they keep me filled with coffee.

Working at home, the cafe is my daily walking destination with Zephyr. It's my social escape, my water cooler for gossip. If anyone is looking for me the cafe is usually the first place they look.

This relationship also works well for my baking habit. I like to bake, and even they, in a restaurant, like to eat. So, this year for Valentine's Day I made cup cakes slathered in cream cheese and Cointreau frosting dolloped with pink, red, lavendar M&Ms, which, since I waited to the very last possible minute to buy, were crazy hard to find.

I got a grand entrance, "Happy Valentine's Day" all around and the cupcakes were gone in less than 5 minutes. Still, it was fun. Who else would I bake this many cupcakes for? Plus, I'm thinking in the spring it will buy me bonus points as I want to add another one of their restaurants to my gardening list. I drink a LOT of coffee. ;-)

Spring Flowers

My jeep is filled with flowers. :-) I'm off to plant them at my favorite neighborhood cafe. I trade flowers for coffee. They call me "the flower girl." I've done this for nearly 4 years now. And since they pay for the flowers, it's the best trade ever. :-)

I like adding something beautiful to my neighborhood. :-)

Making Valentine's Cards

When Etsy announced they were partnering with Citymeals-OnWheels and inviting all Etsy artists to make homemade Valentine's Day cards I got as giddy as a kid on, well, Valentine's Day. :-)

I broke out the colored stamps, vintage ribbon, craft paper, yarn and glue. Etsy said, "pretend its for your sweet, sweet grandma," and I have.

I wish my own grandmothers were still alive. I would LOVE to deliver Valentine's Day cards to them--all three of them. (I actually new my great, grandmother who lived to be 98.)

Valentine's today, feels mostly for school children to share over juice, and new couples to share over dinner and wine, but there's an enormous other age category out there (in here) who deserve a Valentine's too. I am so happy to share my few cards with them.

Thank you Etsy and CityMeals-on-Wheels. This Valentine's Day will feel a little less lonely knowing I got to send a Valentine's to someone who really needed one. :-)

dahlila

Share The Love

Etsy is partnering with City-meals On Wheels to bring Valentine's Day Cards to the elderly. City-meals On Wheels serves over 18,000 people, that's a lot of cards.

You can help by making  them or you can purchase them from Etsy sellers to donate to the cause. Either way it adds a whole new delightful meaning to Valentine's Day for me. I hope it does for you too. :-)

For more information, please read the Storque article, Special Delivery: Share Your Love 2010. Now I'm off to find paper, cut out hearts & razzle dazzle them with a little love.

dahlila xxoo

St. Valentines Day

It's a good day to hang out with the one I love. I hope you are too.

Happy Saint Valentine's Day,

Dahlila & Zephyr

Rhinestone Hearts

I just posted this darling little rhinestone heart pin. When I found it yesterday I got all fluttery inside, Valentines and all.
If it doesn't sell this week, I'm going to wear it on Valentine's Day with this pink corduroy coat, rosy scarf, pink strappy heels and bright red lipstick.
love, Dahlila♥