Mike and I have never really been all that in to Valentine’s day.  We may go out to eat, but there is no exchanging of gifts (i.e fancy jewelry or roses).  I do remember when we first started dating Mike bought me this gorgeous, super high maintenance plant.  He said if I could keep the plant alive for a year, he would get me a dog.  Well, I managed to kill the damn thing in about 2 months, hence my lack of dog to date. :(  In my defense, this was one of those plants were the moisture had to be PERFECT in order for it to survive.  Since my plant of choice is a jade (these pretty much can go without water for months – trust me, I know) it was clear this fancy plant was not going to make it.

Since this will be our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple (aww…) I figured I would get Mike a cute little Valentine’s Day treat.  Mike LOVES Reeses Pieces.  He prefers them  frozen, which I thought was a bit strange until I tried them.  Frozen Reeses Pieces are awesome!  Seriously, grab a bag and freeze those puppies up.

Mike’s treat was super easy to make.  I just decorated a little to-go box with some Valentine’s Day love and filled it up with Reeses Pieces. 

Supplies:

- Valentine’s Day printed paper

- Notebook looking scrap paper

- Small take-out box

- Reeses Pieces (or whatever candy your sweetie likes)

- Tissue Paper

- Scissors

- Red Marker

- Printer

Step 1:  Gather all of your supplies.  I bought everything from Michael’s, except for the candy.

Step 2: Cut your tissue paper so it will fit nicely into your take-out box without being too bulky.  Mine was a square that was about 5×5 inches.

 Step 3: Fill your take-out box with your candy.  Fold the tissue paper over your candy.

Step 4:  I chose chevron scrapbook paper.  I cut a strip of paper that was about 1 and 1/4 inches wide.

Step 5: To add a little more detail, I decided to cut along the chevron pattern. 

Step 6: Cut along the chevron pattern on the other side of your strip.

 Step 7: Wrap your strip of paper around your to-go box so the ends meet at the bottom of the box.

Step 8: Tape your strip of paper together.

Step 9: I took a regular 8 and 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper and traced it over my scrapbook paper.  I wanted to get the right size so the scrapbook paper would fit in my printer.

Step 10: Use a font you like to write a special message to your sweetie.  It obviously made sense to right “I love you to pieces” for my message. Print this on your scrapbook paper.  Cut out a square around your message that is the size of the top of your take-out box.  Fold the square in half, and cut out a heart.

Step 11:  After I cut my heart out, I decided to go around the edge with a red marker to add more detail.  When your heart is ready to go, tape it to the top of your box.

You now have a very sweet (and easy) Valentines’s Day gift for your Sweetie.