Be my deployed Valentine

Valentines day is right around the corner! I know most of you have probably already sent out your valentines packages (for once I wasn't a procrastinator), but I thought I'd go ahead and share mine with my lovely readers!

For this care package I once again used materials from Everything's a $1. That place is my best friend for decor! I also did a little Target $1 spot shopping. I'm addicted to target!!

For this package I used

Fabric rose petals

Foam glitter hearts

Stickers

Wrapping paper

Garland

Heart cut outs

Double stick tape

This package was made exactly like my birthday care package. I think wrapping paper is actually a bit harder then regular paper to decorate the lid but cute paper for $1 can't be passed up! My husband isn't big on Valentines day so we normally try to make it mainly about my birthday (which is on valentines day).

For the contents I sent him a magazine, boxes of sweethearts, pumpkin spice pop tarts (I know it's a completely different season), Altoids, sour ice breakers. i did add a few personal touches as well. I wrote 14 reasons I missed him on paper and kissed the back, I sent him a card, and I also did a boudoir shoot back in November and included those pictures as well as some requested pictures of B.

             

I try to cook something yummy for each box so my husband isn't as home sick. With this one I included his favorite cookies, white chocolate macadamia. They turned our awesome. The recipe made at least 4 dozen cookies. We enjoyed them so much that I plan to make more this week. I've read a lot about how to wrap the cookies so that they stay fresh and I took a few different suggestions and used them. I packages the cookies in a ziplock bag with a piece of bread. The bread is said to keep the cookies from going stale so fingers crossed for that. After bagging the cookies and getting as much air out as I could, I placed them in a decorate Pringles can. This keeps the cookies fresh and minimizes the risk of broken cookies. I added tissue paper to the top and bottom on the Pringles cans to cushion my cookies even more.

I'll update everyone on just how well this packing method works as soon as my package arrives!