Valentine's Day Crafts, Cards and Food
from HGTV's Libby Langdon

• Make valentine boxes with doilies/craft paper and fill with homemade chocolates or fudge
• Make edible valentines – make cookies, ice them and then write your sweet nothings on them. Put each one in a glassine envelope and seal with a heart shape sticker. These are for hand delivery only!
• Make a pink carnation heart shaped wreath using dampened florist foam and hang on your door with pink double-faced satin ribbon – it will last at least 1 week
• Make transparent hearts to hang and liven up your windows in February – melt pink, red and coral crayons onto wax paper with an iron, cut out hearts and hang in window
• Wrap small gifts (tickets, jewelry, etc.) in homemade paper hearts and ribbon
• Glue silk rose petals to a yogurt container, overlapping them as you go- fill with tiny sweetheart rose arrangement and give it to an elderly friend who may not have a sweetheart
• Write a romantic poem on tinted vellum and wrap a romantic gift in that
• Write romantic words on small paper disks and place beneath chocolates in a box

• Red cranberry "cider" – warm cranberry juice with mulled spices and orange (The dark rum is up to you!)
• Pancakes in the shape of hearts – it's easy to pour the batter into that shape
• Use varying sizes of heart shaped cookie cutters to cut out pie crust dough and top a berry pie with tons of hearts and bake!
• Make heart shaped scones and invite a lonely friend over for tea
• Make heart shaped chocolate wafer cookies and fill two cookies with ice cream for a valentine's day ice cream sandwich – wrap in wax paper, wrap in a bow a serve after dinner
• Make easy yet impressive chocolate turnovers, with store bought puff pastry and good quality chocolate
• Garnish party trays and serving platters with cherries and pomegranate seeds

Low – Artichoke dip, pork roast, lemon rice, quick zucchini sauté, foolproof fudge and ice cream

Luxe - tomato/basil soup with garlic toasts, leg of lamb, risotto w/ peas, quick sauté of zucchini, chocolate profiteroles with ginger ice cream

Low – Hummus, roast garlic/lemon chicken, roasted butternut squash, green beans almandine

Luxe - yellow pepper soup, Short ribs ragout with parpadelle, shaved asparagus with pecorino, Chocolate mousse

Low – Mixed salad, grilled salmon over spaghetti squash, baked apples with store bought ice cream

Luxe - pear, stilton and endive salad w/ walnut vinaigrette, Steak au poivre, sautéed lemon spinach, chocolate fondue

Previously, Libby hosted and was the lead designer on the FOX makeover TV show, "Design Invasion."