Transferring onto burlap rather than the thin white cotton that I used before was a bit more challenging, so I basically had to scratch the image on with my fingernail to get the ink dark enough.
With a new baby in the house, my brain isn’t working so well, I’m always trying to do things one-handed while holding baby Jack, and although I’m not actually blindfolded, I do feel like I can hardly see straight most of the time.But in a good way.
I really just wanted to come up with something simple for Valentine’s Day that was grey and white, mostly because I just find those colors really calming right now and I need that.Then I thought that if it turns out really cute, it would be fun to write something like this on the back, just for blogging purposes so that it would look like a real “project” that I could post about.. My messy writing says “I love Jack because…” and I made a few like this for each family member.. Of course Kennedy got curious though so I explained it to her and she got to work right away thinking of what she was going to write on the tags for each family member.. And I realized that I’d just stumbled on a pretty great new family tradition for Valentine’s Day, one that I’m pretty sure I want to repeat every year.What better way to give us all warm, fuzzy feelings during this chilly time of year?
It’s totally simple, but way more effective than a disappointing dinner out in my opinion.And it took me 5 minutes to throw together..
So during the first 2 weeks of February, we’re going to fill in these little tags for each other and maybe it will start to feel like this time of year is about a little more than just ugly red flowers and boxes of chocolates.
I’m all for that!.-2 tbsp of corn starch.
Combine everything except for the last 2 ingredients in your crock pot and turn it on low all day.Enjoy the delicious scent that reminds you what a great job you’re doing with dinner tonight.
About 30 minutes before you’re ready to eat, whisk the 2 tbsp of corn starch into the 1/2 cup of warm water and pour it into your crock pot with the rest of the ingredients.Serve it with buns, bread, or croissants so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious broth!.